Reinventing Yourself
Mid-hookup, this guy just stops and goes, “Yeah, I think I’m done, your breath stinks.” I was mortified. Like crawl-into-the-earth-and-disappear mortified. I left immediately, didn’t say a word, just dipped.
How do I change my image without losing myself?
I never really wanted the white-picket-fence life, but now I’m wondering if I skipped too many chapters.
Most young people think that getting older is a decline. It isn’t. It’s a refinement. We’re sold a narrative that aging means becoming less relevant, less desirable, less capable. In reality, what diminishes is tolerance for nonsense, for misaligned relationships, for chasing approval.
I'm recently out of a twelve-year relationship. I'm a fifty-five-year-old gay man, and I don't know where to start. I used to have a nice body. I think I'm still good-looking, but when I go out with friends, I never meet anyone. Everybody is so young.
Dear Uncle Gary, I'm 23, still living at home and going to school, taking a full load and
Take a moment and a deep breath. Look at your life right now. If nothing changes today, where will you