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From “I Wish You Weren’t” To “I’m Good With It”

Posted by By Jim Bauman April 21, 2024Posted inLife and LivingTags: Acceptance, Coming Out, Conversations, Gay Men, Mothers
A history of the long process of coming out to my mother and the reasons she had to fear accepting me.
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Talking With Strangers

Posted by By Jim Bauman December 12, 2023Posted inLife and LivingTags: Conversations, Linguistics, Making Friends, Strangers, Talking to Strangers
Making friends from strangers has never been easy. The reasons I've analyzed in my own case are tied to who I am as a personality, but also who I chose to be.
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