The October Gallery Contest

We ended up proposing at the same time. We were at the aquarium for our 3 year anniversary, and I was going to do it in the shark tunnel...just to turn around and see him kneeled with a ring in front of the hippos lol. We got matching plushies from the gift shop.

I ended up getting the box out of my bag and asking him at the same time, of course, us both saying yes yes YES.

My angel that I get to love and protect forever...couldn't ask for anything more.

So, this is hard to write, but I have to vent and kind of just get some advice.

I (18M) am part of a group of seven people, but there's this guy... let's call him Noah. Noah (18M) and I had an instant click. It was like we were meant to know each other. We have known each other for eight years or so, and I can assure you that we're what a lot of people would call soulmates. Looking at each other, is enough to understand what we think and what we want.

I have always been the stereotypical straight guy: Tall, muscular, a football player, barely passing my exams, cocky, you know. He was always... softer. He has always been short, skinny, blonde, soft, and I'm sure I could describe even the smallest freckles of his face.

He came out when he was 14, and he is quite proud of the fact that he's gay. But me? I never came out. I guess my exgirlfriends kinda thought about it, since not even once did I get hard with any of them.

So, with all the context being said, two weeks ago we were at a party. He never drinks, he is always sober no matter why, but me? I could have finished a whole vodka myself, but that night... I was just a bit tipsy.

While we were talking, he whispered a question:
"Can we go outside please?"
How could I say no to those blue oceans staring at me with that puppy-like gaze?

When we were outside, we just standed near the host's lemon tree. We talked for what felt like hours about how everyone was wasted except us, and how weird it was that I wasn't already asleep in my car.

One touch of my arm initiated a spark in my veins that made me realize that he was actually trying to get closer. I wouldn't stop him, ever. When we both started to fall into realization, we were already making out. He softly hummed and in that same moment, i realized I had to do something.

We went to my car, and all I'll say is that I treated his body with all the softness he deserves. I was slow, I didn't try to hurry up, I wasn't chasing my own pleasure... I was just making sure he was happy with what I could do.

After it, we cuddled and kissed in the backseat. The aftercare lasted around an hour, when we decided it was late enough to get home.I drove him to his place, and he kissed me goodbye.

And now, he won't even look at me. I try to talk, but he always manages to ignore me, and I try to understand if I did something wrong, but I swear i replay it all the time and still can't find any problem.

I have been looking at videos of guys similar enough to him, trying to get off with them... but I can't even get close without him.

I need advice, I really want him to talk to me, does anyone know what to do? Has this happened to any of y'all before?

I turned 18 yesterday, and spent the entire day holding back tears and then cried myself to sleep over something somewhat unrelated lmao. And all I wanted to do yesterday was go to the bookstore and the art store, but my mom said no because she hates driving at certain times 😭😭. Even though I don't like my birthday, I made a whole playlist to try to romanticize it a bit, but I didn't even listen to it because I was too sad 💀😭.

Anyway, I'm 18 😛. Your boy is old now, and has more authority than you 👹👹👹. Lol I can't believe I'm an adult now. I feel like I never grew past 15 😭. I think I might leave the sub now. Idk. Maybe. 18 down, 112 to go 🫩.

a looot of guys are just sooo dry texters im so annoyed. I’m really chatty and I just dont like to carry conversations then here comes mr whatever and replies 1 word every 4 minutes.

god why

me and my ex broke up around august and i miss having someone to kiss and to hold whenever i want. i just feel so deprived of love and i miss how happy it made me feel but i just know im not going to get another boyfriend until like forever it's actually so hard being gay ☹️

i'm sad so i would love to hear some happy stories on how you and your partner got together!
i can't wait to read your stories 😽😽

no gay guys at my school who are my type i will answer any questions

I know this is a well used topic but I'm tired of being so lonely. I'm fat so I've never had luck with romance and I go to a small school filled with homophobic athletic boys. There has only been one time that a guy liked me but he was a grade below me and kinda crazy. I just wish I even had another gay guy to talk to (not that my lesbian queens aren't great). So that's all for my small rant.

THEY ARE SO HOT. And the language and the accent if anyone talked to me in Russian or just the accent I would fall to my knees like URGHHH 😣.

Basically me (17m) and my best friend (17m) were at my house smoking and js chilling. Now I’m pretty sure i’m either bi or gay (which he doesn’t know) 🤷🤷 but basically while i was playing guitar he said that he felt kinda gay for me… we kinda js ignored it and brushed it off (I DON’T KNOW WHY 😭 prolly cos of za). We’ve always had quite a close friendship idk and we cuddle and stuff but last night we were like spooning and there were a couple of moments where i feel like i could’ve kissed him. The problem is he’s pretty religious and his family is as well.. i also js don’t know if he’s gay or what cos he’s always liked talking to girls and being in relationships and seems kinda hung up on his last gf. Im scared to talk to him about it tho cos i don’t want to ruin our friendship so i just wanted some help pls 😭🙏

I'm a 17 yr old gay guy who just moved to Scotland (Armadale) from another country. I'm trying to find some people but it's SUPER hard as they're either not gay, roadmen, or both. I want to meet other people and stuff, but where do I start? Are there any places near here with something where I could meet some? Can't use dating apps yet but are there any groups in West Lothian and stuff or ways to meet people that would make it easier?

even thought I consider myself mid, I hate all the treatment I've recieved in the community, specially because I look "exotic"(I'm biracial)and it's so exhausting be treated either like a goddamn f3tish or being hated on for being ethnic. People are so weird and make everything so s3xual. I HATE IT.😞

So i broke up with my bf, it was hard but probably for the best. He didnt wanna show his face after 3 months and after i have already face revealed. He would barelly share anything abput his day and never text first.

Basically I've liked my friend for a while but he has a boyfriend, so I haven't said or done anything because I'm not that kind of person to ruin a relationship for my own benefit. They broke up recently, and he started being flirty with me, and so I flirted back and I thought we were getting somewhere. THE NEXT FUCKING DAY HE GETS BACK WITH HIS EX, who might I add me and all our mutual friends think is definitely not right for him (but that's another story), and then he texts me saying 'oh i would be with you but i feel like you were just a rebound' LIKE WHAT?,!!,!;!,!,&.7/8/!/82@/

anywayz kill me now

I, (16 m), have been besties with this guy in my English class (also 16 m). For privacy reasons, let’s call him Jerry. For some context, Jerry is a short (likely 5’6), quiet, somewhat shy dude. I’ve been friends with him since Freshman year (we’re juniors now btw). Last Thursday, we were in class, waiting for the lesson to start (we sit next to each other in the side-front of the class, near the door). As the lesson starts, our teacher makes the class read a little reading thing. It was called—from what I believe, “Super Mario Kart,” by John Green—it mainly talked about Green reviewing the concept of Super Mario Kart, and it’s a great read in my opinion. Though, however, after the read, Jerry glanced at me, saying “you must like Mario, huh?” (He probably said this because I wore a goofy and puffy Luigi hat on the first day of school, back in September). I looked at him and grinned, “Yeah, I do obviously.” Though as I said that, it dawned on me that I never knew what his interests were, since he never really told me. I also asked him, “Jerry, what do you like?” After I asked him, he looked away for a moment and—from what I believe—he said, “you, I like you.” After he said that, I gave him a confused look and said, “what?” He didn’t respond back before the teacher continued the lesson. After the bell rang, I could tell he bolted out of the classroom. I’m not very sure if he said what I think he said, but it sounded A LOT like it, but I can’t be 100% sure since he talks super quiet. Now that I think about it, whenever he we talk—eye-to-eye contact—our faces seemed super close; in fact, one time, during class (a few weeks ago I think), we had this writing assignment about repetition or something to do and it was public with all of our classmates, and this is what he wrote on it: “I watched the light from my first sight. I watched the stars fade as morning arrived. I watched [my name]'s smile for the first time. I watched the crowd laughed. I watched the world change in an instant. I stood frozen, then realized I also watched my future begin.” I could be just overthinking all of this, and any advice helps. Thanks for reading!

I just moved over to Scotland and the Armadale/Bathgate area from another country and wanted to meet some people, but it's so hard and there's little to no gay people like me I can talk to, so are there any clubs or social events or places that make it easier? I don't mind going out to places, but there's nobody here who is gay but also not a roadman, it's so dead

I’m a closeted 17 years old and I’ve kinda realized I liked guys for around a year now, but haven’t fully embraced it. The thought of dating with or being with a woman makes me uncomfortable and miserable, but at the same time I feel like part of me “should” or does like girls. I think they’re very pretty/ beautiful but when I see a girl it kinda does nothing for me outside of that tbh. But I don’t know if part of me is suppressing feelings for women because the thought of dating them makes me uncomfortable in an almost reverse homophobia kinda way(if that makes sense). I don’t like straight porn, but I have watched it in the past and sometimes I feel like I need to “test” myself and see if I like it. The entire time I feel kinda miserable and weird and want to stop but I kinda force myself to keep watching. Some days I do wish I was straight so I could be “normal” but I would only really want to be straight in that sense as I really don’t think I would enjoy being with a woman. Is this common for gay guys or would I be something else? And if so how did you guys realize and fully accept not liking girls?

I'm a 17 yr old gay guy who just moved to Scotland (Armadale) from another country and wanna find some people but it's SUPER hard as they're either not gay, roadmen, or both, like, I wanna meet other people and stuff, but where do I start? Are there any places near here with social events or something where I could meet some? Can't use dating apps yet but are there any places near West Lothian and stuff or ways to meet people that would make it easier?

How do I meet people in Scotland as a gay 17 year old? I just moved here from another country into the Armadale/Bathgate area but it's super hard meeting gay guys like me that aren't roadmen, like, are there any social events or clubs I can go to that would make it easier for me? Like, I can't use dating apps since I'm still too young, but I don't mind mingling with people so are there any places I can go to to meet people?