Note: This is the second of two parts. Click here to read from the beginning. Grateful that Jacques had not split his head open and died, I ran to him. He was attempting to stand. “Lie down,” I
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Crossing the Border
Note: This is the eleventh of eleven parts. Click here to read from the beginning. I didn’t worry about who Jacques might be dating, but only because I was oblivious to the fact that he was indeed
Mulling the Questions of Life
Note: This is the tenth of eleven parts. Click here to read from the beginning. I was traveling to Florida, to visit my brother Jeff and his wife, Wendy, in the middle of March, and, I’ll tell you,
Decisions, Decisions
Note: This is the ninth of eleven parts. Click here to read from the beginning. I walked with Lipton for over an hour that night, even though it was bitter cold. I remember crying at one point and
What Have I Got to Lose?
Note: This is the eighth of eleven parts. Click here to read from the beginning. Immediately after he broke ties with me, Jacques deleted me from his Bumble account, so I childishly deleted our
Mistakes Were Made
Note: This is the seventh of eleven parts. Click here to read from the beginning. I had a second date with Jacques that was even more enticing than the first.
Vulnerability, Passion
Note: This is the sixth of eleven parts. Click here to read from the beginning. Two weeks of texting with Jacques passed quickly, and then it was time for us to meet. This came about a week after the
Keeping the Conversations Going
Note: This is the fifth of eleven parts. Click here to read from the beginning. In the evenings, it was uncanny that Jacques and Troy would text me within minutes of the other.
Two Texters
Note: This is the fourth of eleven parts. Click here to read from the beginning. I met Troy and Jacques on Bumble around the same time in late January.
Three First Dates
Note: This is the third of eleven parts. Click here to read from the beginning. Here are little snippets on three guys I connected with on Bumble, texted with only briefly, and met in person a