Henry had a reputation my parents would say.
He has been married and divorced twice.
Lived as a gay guy for a much longer time.
Mom claims to love her brother.
Warning me to stay away from him.
Love the sinner and hate the sin.
My dad had a different take.
He and Henry were at one time friends.
Dad claims Henry took advantage of him.
In a drunken state at Henry's second wedding.
The honeymoon was called off.
The groom was caught doing gay stuff with his brother in law.
Over dinner with both parents present.
I disclose I might have a preference.
For guy over girls I was much more curious.
Not sure that I am gay.
But I could be leaning that way.
Asking how do they feel about a gay son?
Mom blames my Uncle out of the blue.
Yet I have not seen the man since I was ten.
Dad seem to think it could be a phase.
No one wants to be gay anyway.
He says I can talk to my uncle about it.
And he even gives me his phone number.
Uncle insisted after six years we should do a video chat.
I wasn't expecting shirtless or sexy.
You are Uncle Henry my mom little brother?
He says I have too many muscles for age sixteen.
Asking What the hell is my sister feeding you?
Dad said we should talk about me doing gay stuff.
Uncle Henry's very first question.
Who's the gay guy messing with my head?
And if I know gay stuff doesn't fix lonely.
Only love fixes lonely, was I in love with a boy?
I admitted I liked the idea of a hook up.
To see what doing gay stuff was all about.
Uncle Henry seem to think I was looking for easy.
Just to lose my virginly and get that part over with.
Pretend I am old enough, by doing gay stuff now.
Switch to girls later, gay stuff while I am waiting.
I might like it, find a guy and fall in love with him.
Then Uncle asks What is the hurry kid?
So, this year you get a boyfriend.
Next year you meet a girl.
That knows your last years boyfriend.
Do you really want that label in high school?
You have the rest of you life to do gay stuff.
Ask your dad he knows about that.
Uncle Henry say's yes he is gay, it took him two failed marriages.
Hurting his sister, his kids, and my dad to figure that out.
He has spent the last few years working on him.
And making amends to the people he hurt in the process.
I am looking for love not a hook up these days.
Henry wants be in a gay relationship, and a dad to his kids.
He said play sports, keep working out.
Fall in love at college after years of possibilities.
And after checking out all of your options.
So I sent him him a picture of the gay guy in question.
My cousin, Franky on my Dad's side of the family.
He said damn. Go for it nephew.
Uncle Henry - Story Time Blog
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