Gabriel Bradshaw
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I've been dating for twenty years, and I have some insane stories to share. Join me on my quest of love: romantic love and the love of labels. The dating world is savage, but I won't give up until I get what I want.
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How Did It End?. Content Warning.
They say that the key to real estate is location, location, location. For relationships, it all comes down to timing, timing, timing. If you meet someone at the right time, things can be amazing; you can get everything that you've ever wanted. If you meet someone at the wrong time, it can shatter the illusion and destroy everything. But how do you know when the time is right? What happens when you meet the right person at the wrong time? In a world of 8.2 billion people, how do you know if you've ever met the perfect person for you?
By Gabriel Bradshaw 3 months ago in Humans
Kiss of Death. Content Warning.
The week of my birthday, Max had once again drifted into silence. We hadn't made any concrete plans for my birthday, but he had said that he would be more than happy to give me boyfriend treatment on my special day. As the days ticked by, I started to get a little annoyed. Why was it so hard for him to respond to a text? It wasn't like I was asking for 100% of his attention 24/7; I just wanted to be a priority in his life. Had I become so desperate to have a man care about me that I was willing to romanticize breadcrumbing?
By Gabriel Bradshaw 3 months ago in Humans
Fathers and Sons. Content Warning.
When you are in the beginning stages of dating a man with kids, a good guy will try to keep his love life separate from his home life. Not to say that a guy who introduces a love interest to his progeny right away is a bad guy per se, but I personally don't think it's appropriate to introduce your kids to a new lover in the very beginning. It's one thing if it's not a common occurrence, but some people have multiple relationships a year, which has to be confusing for young kids. In my opinion, a good guy will wait until he's sure the relationship is solid first. When the time does come for you to meet the kids, it should be a sign that the relationship is becoming less casual and moving into more serious territory. While not usually as stressful as meeting the parents, meeting the kids isn't always a walk in the park either. After all, these are the people that will always come before you, who will always be his top priority. In my opinion, the better the father, the longer before he introduces you. If I had kids, especially young kids, I wouldn't want to introduce a prospective partner until I was sure that that person was someone that I wanted in my life potentially for the long-term.
By Gabriel Bradshaw 3 months ago in Humans
Heart to Heart, Face to Face. Content Warning.
Two weeks after my amazing first date with Max, he had vanished into the ether. I was more than aware that he has primary custody of his sons, but still, it only takes a few seconds to respond to a text, especially when you claim to care for the other person. After a few days without hearing from him, I started to fear that he was going to be the next Terrence in my life.
By Gabriel Bradshaw 4 months ago in Humans
2020: A Ghost Story
I am very much someone who wants to be loved. I try to be realistic about it. I don't want the fairytale; I just want someone I can love who will love me in return. I don't expect a love without fights or flaws; I know that perfection doesn't exist, especially when two different lives converge. Growing up, I didn't have many good examples of a healthy relationship. My mom and dad divorced when I was two and a half; my mom eventually remarried, but their relationship was far from perfect. Some of my earliest memories are of them fighting and my mom packing me into the car in the middle of the night. Things really turned sour for them once my brother was diagnosed with autism. Whatever love had once existed between them was replaced with anger and bitterness. Their fighting became more frequent and intensified. Even though they hate each other, they still live together for my brother's sake. I always knew that that was not the kind of love that I wanted for myself.
By Gabriel Bradshaw 4 months ago in Humans
If Your Friends Won't Go Down on You, Who Will?. Content Warning.
Since the dawn of time, gay men have been fascinated with straight men. It seems like every gay guy goes through a phase where he pursues at least one. For me, it's been a lifetime endeavor -- sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn't. My personal opinion is that we as gay men like the challenge. Our whole lives we're told how wonderful vagina is, how disgusting gay sex is...so when we are able to land a straight guy it's the ultimate rush. Knowing that he could be getting pussy, but instead he's letting me suck his dick, it's like a drug to me. In my years of playing the field, I have managed to land more than half a dozen straight guys -- of varying attractiveness. They'd all wanted head, which I'd gladly given them, leading a few of them to become obsessed with me.
By Gabriel Bradshaw 4 months ago in Filthy
Blue Collar Blowjob. Content Warning.
One of the greatest things about being in the dating world in the present day is that people are so much freer in their sexuality than in previous decades. In the twenty years that I have been playing the field, I have watched as bisexuality has become less taboo. It seems like more and more people are coming out as bisexual, when really, it's just that society has become more tolerant toward things that are deemed as "other," so more people feel comfortable embracing their sexuality. In my opinion, being bisexual is like having your cake and eating it, too; limited yourself to one gender can be restricting. I wish that I was into women as well, as my experiences with men tend to end badly.
By Gabriel Bradshaw 4 months ago in Filthy
Sex and the Small City. Content Warning.
For the majority of my life, I have been 100% confident in my sexuality. While I can admit that a woman is beautiful and I can acknowledge that she has nice breasts, etc., I have never had an inclination to experiment sexually with a female, although in my very limited experience, women do have softer, more kissable lips. I always get annoyed when straight guys say, "if you've never tried pussy, how do you know you're gay?" I always want to ask them if they've never tried dick, how do they know they're straight?
By Gabriel Bradshaw 5 months ago in Filthy
Sex and the Small City
After nearly twenty years in the dating world, I had the immense joy of going on a first date that actually wasn't terrible. Okay, at almost thirty-five I should be a dating pro by now, but if I'm being totally honest, I've only been on four dates (including this one) and none of them so far have resulted in a second date. I know I'm shy and awkward when I'm out of my element, but it doesn't help that in the gay community "dating" is paramount with hooking up.
By Gabriel Bradshaw 5 months ago in Confessions
