A friend of mine has been going out of his way to give super-long, super-cuddly hugs lately, or to say a heartfelt hello every time he saw me. I noticed the uptick in affection and was feeling all warm and fuzzy about it, but also kind of confused. They were definitely correlated with a good, deep conversation we’d had, but he’d seemed OK after that— and these weren’t “please comfort me” hugs, they were “let me comfort you” hugs.
Then I remembered: I came out to him last week!
I’m kind of glad that it’s so NOT a big deal any more that I can actually forget about it.
And I’m even more glad that his response has been so sweet. This epiphany has totally brightened my evening.
