Happy Pride 2015! I decided not to attend any of the
Pride festivities in Philly this year. Just the same shit, different year and
they aren’t even making an effort to change it. OutFest is what I attend so in
October I’ll celebrate in the Gayborhood with my same sex loving brothers and
sisters. And I just so happen to have an awesome, kickass girlfriend to spend
time with so later for all the Pride madness.
I have to admit that I have been truly blessed with Nina.
No ex drama, no baby daddy/mama drama, no drama period! We’re lovers and best
friends. It truly gets no better than this. For years I have fallen for women
who could not even reciprocate the love, openness, honesty, loyalty, or
affection that I brought to the table. With Nina I don’t have to ask, beg, or
plead because it’s always there even when you least expect it. Arguments? What
arguments? We don’t have them. We have some of the deepest discussions about
God, life choices, and how the world is today. We value our time together yet
also value our time apart. If I go out with friends she’s content waiting for
me at home until I return, if she has a late work event to attend I make sure
she comes home to comfortable surroundings and nothing but love because I understand
she’s had a long day. We just fit and it works and I’m so grateful for this
woman.
I’m not the only one who loves Nina. My best friend and
her husband have welcomed her into the family with open arms. Recently a friend
of ours was asking for attendance confirmations for her upcoming wedding down
south. I sent this friend a text letting her know that I would be attending
with Nina and that we planned to fly in, rent a car, and hotel for the weekend.
This friend text me back stating that Nina was welcome to attend the ceremony
but she was unsure if she could attend the reception. Now before I proceed with
the other part of this story I must say that is tacky and must be some new age
wedding bullshit because my upbringing is that if you invite a single person to
an event you always give a plus one. If they bring someone great, if not still
great. Back to the story, my best friend’s husband got wind of all of this and
said “If Nina is not welcome then none of us are welcome.” We all decided not
to attend. How much sense does it make for us to spend money on getting to the
wedding plus a gift only for my girlfriend to have to sit in the hotel room while
the rest of us are at the reception. That’s a not cool by any means.
Instead of spending the money going to someone’s wedding
we decided to spend the money on a weekend vacation somewhere warm and where we
can run around in bikinis all weekend. I’m thinking Key West or maybe even
Saint Croix.
