Reason 10 – because if you can’t beat them..
Posted by Beentheredonethat on April 11, 2008
I was travelling in Thailand and was at one of the temples in Bangkok where I spied a gorgeous man. He had dark hair, coffee coloured skin and the most beautiful face I had ever seen. I watched as he pulled off a T-shirt and put on another one, taking note of his smooth, toned chest and abs. He was heavenly. And he walked away into the throngs before I could follow/approach/anything.
Later that night, in a bar on the dubious Koh San Road, I couldn’t believe my luck when I saw “the gorgeous one” sitting at a table on his own. He was reading a book, and I noticed that it wasn’t in English. Fuelled with the feeling of impunity one gets from being away from home (alone) and a few Thai whiskeys, I approached his table. “Hi,” I said, “I saw you at the temple today. Are you on your own? I’m with some friends back there if you would like to join us?”
The gorgeous one smiled a very polite smile and said, in perfect English, “Thanks. I’ve actually just ordered some food. But maybe after I’ve eaten.”
I wasn’t too impunity-ised to hear a plane crashing and burning at that exact moment. I smiled politely and walked away.
Imagine my surprise about a half an hour later, when the gorgeous one approached my table. “Hi,” he said, “Is it ok if I sit down?”
I almost fell off my chair.
The gorgeous one, reason 10, and I chatted for hours. He was hilarious – as well as charming, lovely, politically correct, Dutch and wonderful. It took me a few more drinks to work up the Dutch courage (heh, heh) to ask this gorgeous man about anyone special in his life. That was when he told me about how he and his partner of 4 years, Mike, had just bought a house together. Mike? A man? Gay? What? How had I missed the signs for that one? My gaydar was normally finely honed but in this instance had totally let me down.
That didn’t stop reason 10 and I continuing to travel throughout Thailand together and actually becoming very good friends (to this day). And he is still, 6 years later, living with Mike.
