Post by Kid A on Sept 20, 2021 14:37:55 GMT -5
Oh, HELLO!
Been a hot minute, PD! It’s nice to drop by and say “hello” to you all now and then, though, I never know how long it will be before life’s distractions lead me back deep into the real world. It’s been quite a long pandemy and I hope y’all are holding up OK. I now work for the local health department so, as you can imagine, things have been quite busy.
Though Heph and I mutually and amicably separated a couple of years ago, we are still the very best of friends and talk frequently. I’ve been fortunate enough to find new love in my life. We met through a deaf singles dating app and the rest is written in COVID-couple history. He’s HoH (severe bilateral deafness and he never learned ASL! But, I’m teaching him/we’re learning together
) and moved from Seattle during the pandemic to give things a go while he was on standby for work. Well, it thankfully worked out beautifully, and though not always moonbeams and rainbows, we’ve grown a lot and love each other more every day. We just celebrated our first year together and couldn’t be happier.
That’s all well and good, but that’s not what brought me here to write this. As you can imagine, coming out as a dev is always tricky. Since we didn’t meet here and I didn’t advertise my dev-ness on my profile, I knew I’d have to out myself eventually.
As it turns out, I didn’t need to. He figured it out on his own. I was so nervous when he asked and I was so curious HOW he found out. Well, he just sort of put it together (he’s so fucking smart and observant) and even found the interview I did with Disability After Dark. How wild is that? Everything went about as well as you could hope for - he was fully accepting, though obviously curious when I had planned to talk to him about it. At this point, we were maybe a month or two into the relationship with talks of him moving in progress. Though my plan was to talk well before the move, he beat me to the punch.
It was completely unexpected and such a relief, to say the least. I’m sure this topic has been raised before, so I can’t be the only one who has experienced this. If you’re inclined to share, please do! If nothing else, just know when it’s the right person, being “found out” isn’t the monstrous ordeal you might imagine. I’m so grateful and hope this story helps someone come out to their special someone when they feel ready.
xoxo
Kid (w)A(yward)
Been a hot minute, PD! It’s nice to drop by and say “hello” to you all now and then, though, I never know how long it will be before life’s distractions lead me back deep into the real world. It’s been quite a long pandemy and I hope y’all are holding up OK. I now work for the local health department so, as you can imagine, things have been quite busy.
Though Heph and I mutually and amicably separated a couple of years ago, we are still the very best of friends and talk frequently. I’ve been fortunate enough to find new love in my life. We met through a deaf singles dating app and the rest is written in COVID-couple history. He’s HoH (severe bilateral deafness and he never learned ASL! But, I’m teaching him/we’re learning together
) and moved from Seattle during the pandemic to give things a go while he was on standby for work. Well, it thankfully worked out beautifully, and though not always moonbeams and rainbows, we’ve grown a lot and love each other more every day. We just celebrated our first year together and couldn’t be happier. That’s all well and good, but that’s not what brought me here to write this. As you can imagine, coming out as a dev is always tricky. Since we didn’t meet here and I didn’t advertise my dev-ness on my profile, I knew I’d have to out myself eventually.
As it turns out, I didn’t need to. He figured it out on his own. I was so nervous when he asked and I was so curious HOW he found out. Well, he just sort of put it together (he’s so fucking smart and observant) and even found the interview I did with Disability After Dark. How wild is that? Everything went about as well as you could hope for - he was fully accepting, though obviously curious when I had planned to talk to him about it. At this point, we were maybe a month or two into the relationship with talks of him moving in progress. Though my plan was to talk well before the move, he beat me to the punch.
It was completely unexpected and such a relief, to say the least. I’m sure this topic has been raised before, so I can’t be the only one who has experienced this. If you’re inclined to share, please do! If nothing else, just know when it’s the right person, being “found out” isn’t the monstrous ordeal you might imagine. I’m so grateful and hope this story helps someone come out to their special someone when they feel ready.
xoxo
Kid (w)A(yward)
