I just came across two young fellas who have shared the story of their life and love in many YouTube videos. They don't look gay, they don't sound gay, but they sure as hell are gay. And so much in love. Beautiful.
The vids I've posted below are the most poignant to your Head Trucker, who used to be a great romantic - before life knocked the stuffings out of me. I always wanted the things you see in these videos - the rapturous love, the proposal, the wedding, the home, the happily ever after. Someone to build a life with, a shared life worth living, not an empty string of one-night stands.
But wantin' ain't gettin'. Sometimes, though, you get what you need. Keep trying. I had two husbands - as I like to say - before I met M.P. Despite rosy beginnings both times, they didn't work out: one left and one died. There are no guarantees in this mortal life, none. You pays your money and you takes your chances. (But it's better to try and fail, than never to have tried at all. At least you lived and loved.)
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| There's not many pics of us together. Here we are at Xmas 2010. I'm not really that much taller than M.P. - I'd just come in from outside and was still wearing boots, while he was wearing house shoes. |
But then 18 years ago today, M.P. and I met for the first time, and we hit it off right from the start. We don't do all that sloppy stuff like you see in these vids. Been there, done that. Finances are tight, so we don't travel, don't go to bars or movies. don't even eat out. But we think alike, laugh a lot, take care of each other in sickness and in health, and we're content with what we have, despite the ups and downs of old age. A quiet life in a happy little home is enough for us two old boys; it's all we need and all we want.
As someone who well recalls a time when gay marriage was an impossible dream, it's quite touching to watch these young'uns start their life together, as I would have liked to do - a couple of regular guys in cowboy boots and hats getting hitched before a crowd of family and friends, heading off hand in hand in the prime of youth, in the pink dawn of love. As all young lovers should, straight or gay. Sweet. Very sweet.
A Ring for My Boyfriend (2016) (9:31)
The Proposal, Part 1 (2016) (10:25)
The Proposal, Part 2 (2016) (8:50)
The Wedding (7/11/17) (4;57)
Bonus: Zach has a deep, sexy voice, but I can't quite place his accent - it's Southern, but not quite Texan. It reminds me of Mark Collie's accent -- my first husband and I saw him in concert more than 30 years ago. Here's a song of his we used to dance to on cowboy night at the gay bar:
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