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It turned out to be quite the busy weekend. Lunch with Bill Friday was nice. And we only talked about David 5 - 10 minutes at most. Otherwise it was just a pleasant lunch catching up with one of my oldest friends.
I ended up having a very quiet Friday night at home since Bob was working, but his night was crazy busy... he gave 10 HIV tests, a record for him for one night, so he was pretty beat when he got home at 8:30 :P
We started off Saturday morning with a text from my boss saying she just woke up in bed with Bob next to her. I was like WTF? And the realized she was talking about the "little" news article that Bob had been interviewed for a couple weeks back.
I went to 7-11 to grab a paper and was pretty suprised when when I got there… there Bob was, front page, above the fold, for the world to see with the headline Aging with AIDS LOL OMG… we totally didn’t expect this to be a front page story...
The full article is linked here…
http://www.mercurynews.com/health/ci_22802839/aging-aids-surviving-struggle
It was a really nicely done article and finally I got quoted in the paper where I didn’t either get misquoted or had something taken out of context making me look dumb LOL But Bob… his part of it all came out thoroughly great.
It’s amazing to me to think about it. Besided the obvious "wow, we're both still alive thing", 10 years ago I would have been mortified… for all the neighbors, and friends, and the world, to see that Bob has AIDS, and we were gay, and all of that. In the 90s it probably would have been an issue but not near as much now. Still, it’s pretty damn brave to be that open.
We spent much of Saturday doing chore type stuff, and fielding “I saw Bob in the paper” comments, texts and calls. Even my accountant and his wife (who haven't even met Bob) mentioned it when I ran by their office to pick up my taxes. When I asked how they even knew it was "my" Bob they said "Bob R and Phil H living in Saratoga partnered for 21 years... it wasn't a difficult leap to figure it out" LOL... I guess there is no hiding even if we wanted to at this point LOL
After a chore filled Saturday afternoon I made us dinner Saturday night and then we went out to Renegades for the monthly underwear party. I had a nice time but was suprised that I really only knew a couple of people. It was a very different group than usual. And SO young... I felt kinda old! LOL… and imagine how Bob felt, especially after I turned to him and said “gosh, I wonder how many people recognize you as the old guy with AIDS from the paper today”. He laughed and called me a jerk. I’m such a brat sometimes. :)
Yesterday I made us bisquits and gravy for breakfast and then we went to the mall and did some clothes shopping for Bob, he needed it. Then spent part of the afternoon visiting our friends Ty and Tim. It was a good day and plenty relaxing.
And now it seems impossible but we’re starting another work week. They just keep zooming by.
Hope you all had a great weekend!
I ended up having a very quiet Friday night at home since Bob was working, but his night was crazy busy... he gave 10 HIV tests, a record for him for one night, so he was pretty beat when he got home at 8:30 :P
We started off Saturday morning with a text from my boss saying she just woke up in bed with Bob next to her. I was like WTF? And the realized she was talking about the "little" news article that Bob had been interviewed for a couple weeks back.
I went to 7-11 to grab a paper and was pretty suprised when when I got there… there Bob was, front page, above the fold, for the world to see with the headline Aging with AIDS LOL OMG… we totally didn’t expect this to be a front page story...
The full article is linked here…
http://www.mercurynews.com/health/ci_22802839/aging-aids-surviving-struggle
It was a really nicely done article and finally I got quoted in the paper where I didn’t either get misquoted or had something taken out of context making me look dumb LOL But Bob… his part of it all came out thoroughly great.
It’s amazing to me to think about it. Besided the obvious "wow, we're both still alive thing", 10 years ago I would have been mortified… for all the neighbors, and friends, and the world, to see that Bob has AIDS, and we were gay, and all of that. In the 90s it probably would have been an issue but not near as much now. Still, it’s pretty damn brave to be that open.
We spent much of Saturday doing chore type stuff, and fielding “I saw Bob in the paper” comments, texts and calls. Even my accountant and his wife (who haven't even met Bob) mentioned it when I ran by their office to pick up my taxes. When I asked how they even knew it was "my" Bob they said "Bob R and Phil H living in Saratoga partnered for 21 years... it wasn't a difficult leap to figure it out" LOL... I guess there is no hiding even if we wanted to at this point LOL
After a chore filled Saturday afternoon I made us dinner Saturday night and then we went out to Renegades for the monthly underwear party. I had a nice time but was suprised that I really only knew a couple of people. It was a very different group than usual. And SO young... I felt kinda old! LOL… and imagine how Bob felt, especially after I turned to him and said “gosh, I wonder how many people recognize you as the old guy with AIDS from the paper today”. He laughed and called me a jerk. I’m such a brat sometimes. :)
Yesterday I made us bisquits and gravy for breakfast and then we went to the mall and did some clothes shopping for Bob, he needed it. Then spent part of the afternoon visiting our friends Ty and Tim. It was a good day and plenty relaxing.
And now it seems impossible but we’re starting another work week. They just keep zooming by.
Hope you all had a great weekend!