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A lovely quote from the book "Life Lessons" by Kaje Harper
Mac, an in-the-closet cop, wants Tony, out out-teacher, to be with him.
Mac: "There's never been anyone I could go to, to just be myself. I've never ha a lover, or even a fuck-buddy. I thought I could live without that, but now...I don't want to. Even with Mai, I wasn't...I couldn't relax completely. With you, I'm just me."
Tony: "Yeah." Tony smiled at him. "That's part of being gay, you know. It's not just who you want in bed. It's who your emotional relationships are with the other twenty-three hours a day, whose arms you want around you when life hands you shit."
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I think that sums up my experience pretty well.