I'm very demonstrative and openly affectionate, that said, I am also a late bloomer and Im so proud of my gf and happy to be seen with her by anyone.
Recently though, I introduced her as "my gf" and was promptly asked to not do that, she said it was nerdy. Ok, maybe it is and I am just behind the times?? When she saw the hurt (my emotions are easily seen, poker is not my forte) she explained that I am 'way more out' and she had been 'gay all her life'. It was a perspective I had not considered since I no longer feel that I have to hide who I am and am living authentically. It made me sad to think that I felt the need to hide who I was 35 years ago as a teenager, and now that i feel free, still I am somewhat forbidden to really 'be'
I long to walk hand in hand, or just to throw my arm around her.....
Great thread
