Hey Tampa and Graham;
Thank you for such a great and supportive reply. Yeah I am exactly as you say Tampa and very proud of who I am! I don't get to see these guys much because of all of the travel I have done in the past few years. I am enjoying a great life with a lot of hard work but love everything I do. I can honestly say that even though I have been only in two long term true gay relationships in my life (and I am still in one with Cam), the time I spent with my two straight buddies and the warmth and love we shared I think is the best part of my life so far, maybe forever. Yeah we had great sex and THEY loved it as much as I did. It did NOT start out as sex. Just warmth and caring and things just happened naturally when the time was right. I cherish just as much or really even more the times we laid together, just holding them for hours, talking, making them feel as safe and comfortable as possible with no sex involved at all. During the day sometimes and lots of nights together too. It was truly love of each other. And even when we did share sex, you know we NEVER really talked about it. They were so happy to have that love and trust, me mentally taking them away from even the thought of any hurt they had inside for just a few hours. It gave them the strength to keep moving on knowing I was there for them in every way possible. I just got to thinking about it and we never once talked about the sex we just had or anytime after that. Just a massive deep soul loving look in each others eyes and a smile afterward. Followed by some kissing and us usually falling to sleep in each others arms. Damn I miss them but will see them in the near future.
To kind of put what was going on in perspective for ya'all. Like I said we had pretty much been best friends since grade school and were like brothers. One of my buds had been to a party and was pretty drunk. I wasn't at that party but as he was driving home, he had a head on collision with another guy from high school who was also legally drunk. Sadly the other guy died in the crash. The police after a lot of accident investigating couldn't tell who was a fault.... really they both were but it seemed to look as the other guy went over the centerline and hit my buddy John. They just couldn't prove it as it was so close. My buddy almost died as well and was in intensive care for two weeks. They air lifted him to U of M hospital from the crash scene. When I heard the next morning what happened, I spent at least 6 hours a day with him 7 days a week. I was still in school too but left after classes and stayed until late evening. When he got out of the hospital, school was just out for the summer and he was alone at home because his parents both worked. So I would go get him and bring him to my house so he wouldn't be alone. He was physically doing OK, in three casts for a while and sore as hell but his body wasn't the issue. He suffered tremendous guilt for not only the accident but the fact he survived and the other guy didn't. Plus his parents were very pissed at him and very hard on him. They made him feel alone in his own home and in fact they have never been the same toward him. After a few weeks of dealing with their crap, he just moved in with me for the summer and I took care of him. Got him out of the house, we did some travel, spent lots of time on the water and all kinds of other stuff young guys do. Today he is 99% fine and is married and has two great kids and wife. He still says that I am the only one that can completely get in his head and soul and help him when things good or bad pop up. I love him SO much.
The other guy I love equally and he was diagnosed with a brain tumor that caused him a lot of vision and balance issues at first. They were able to do surgery and got it and he is now doing great. But it was a three year ordeal that he only had me for the most part to count on 100%. His friends bailed and his dad died when he was a kid. So his mom had to work 60+ hours a week to pay the house bills and the staggering hospital bill. So again, he was with me most of the time including usually 4 to 5 nights a week sleeping together! Today all is good, he got married two years ago, he is making great money as a design engineer and his mom only works a few hours as Mike is paying for her expenses now in return. Mike and John, both amazing guys I cherish! Thank you all for letting me tell you about them!
Hugs,
Ricky