Well, I am officially calling the end to my second adolescence! After coming out, for the past few years, I certainly felt like I was revisiting my teenage years. Whether it was high levels of testosterone, sexual activities driven by a need for self realization (see prior posts), focusing on my personal life more so than professional, getting adjusted to my new realities as a gay man, finding my feet as a gay man, or what have you, I seem to definitely have found a new norm in life as a gay man. I am in a relationship well into my second year with someone I plan to spend the rest of my life with, I am 150 percent re engaged with work back on the road doing what I do well, I am no longer feeling awkward or out of place, and I no longer look in the mirror questioning myself or the decisions I have made. I am sure I still have a way to go confronting life's many challenges, but at this point I feel I will be doing so as a confident gay mature man ready to retake the world! EC has been a great place for me to evolve and get through my second adolescence, and I will be forever greatful. Thank you all. And may I be able to continue to return the favour just the same.
And thanks for sharing it with us! Mine is well underway as well, and amazingly my guy and I have been together for 15 months now. I certainly never planned on falling for someone so very soon and have worried that I was on the rebound or something, but we just keep getting closer and happier, so I guess I just hit it lucky. But i can sense the new normal coming fast and I'm looking forward to it. It feels good.
Congrats OnTheHighway! Does this mean that you are graduating from EC? You've been supportive as I've started my coming out journey. I'm still enjoying my second adolescence - I'm not sure I want it to end :eusa_danc (!!)
This is exactly where I want to be in my future. I'm happy for you @OnTheHighway and wish you continued success and acceptance.
No, not graduating. I will still have fits and starts no doubt! And enjoy the discussions too much and have made good friends here
Dude! You don't get it!!!! You are 20 with xx years experience.... There is no such thing as maturity. It is a false god. Stay young of mind open and curious till you move on
Rest assured, I am still and will always be a kid at heart! But I feel like I have taken a holiday for the last few years and it's time for me to get my head back into the game. And I love the Game! I can be gay, in the game, and a kid at heart; it all works.
Congrats, now enjoy your second youth. Somehow it shows on your posts you are at peace with yourself. Well adjusted folks tend to be positive and spread good vibes around. Your presence is much needed here.
Just getting ready to start my second adolescence and so looking forward to it as I've suppressed my true feels for my entire life and just this past week came out to my entire family, which thankfully went pretty good for the most part.
It is amazing how I feel like a kid again. Life is so much different now. Haven't been so happy in years. Always kept my hair short because it didn't matter. Now I'm like a kid gelling it up. Constantly checking the mirror to see how it looks. (Yes, 51 still have a full head). It's great being a kid again.
