Was I? I suppose as ready as I was ever going to be. But what kept going through my head was that this really shouldn’t be as difficult as I was making it out to be. It was so stupid that anyone had to worry about this kind of thing. I mean, I was gay, I’d always been gay, and always would be gay. Why should it make any difference at all to anybody? Clearly, it had no effect on anyone but me. So why was it such a big deal? And, yet, it was. Literally, I was terrified to tell the people I loved the most in this world something about myself that was so fundamental and yet had absolutely nothing to do with them whatsoever. That’s f****d up, right?
As soon as the plane was in the air and level, I snapped my hand up and ordered a gin and tonic. The flight attendant handed me my can and my mini
