It all happened so suddenly and I was taken completely off guard when John Sutton came up from behind and asked me about my prize onions.
I was in my allotment at the time, bent over planting some turnips and; come to think of it, I reckon this guy had been standing there for some time, because I heard some rustling in the nearby hedgerow which I had assumed was birds, otherwise the allotment was deserted.
"I read about your onions, Pete" he said. He obviously knew my name from the local newspaper report. "I'd love to know how you make 'em grow like that, do you user a sort of vegetable form of Viagra?" he grinned.
"I wish" I replied with a chuckle not realising his interest was more than my onions. "but it's not so easy as that, you need to nourish them from seedlings like I am at the moment."
"And where would that be?" he asked looking interested enough to be told more.
"In my potting shed", I replied - I start off by germinating seeds first and then, when they are about a millimetre high, I prick them out into small pots, about three to a pot until they are large enough to plant outside."
"Would love to see how you prick out" he said and, cal me niave or what - I didn't have a clue at the time of what he was aiming at.
He introduced himself as John and somehow I was immediately taken by him, his attitude, cheerfulness and manner was something I had not seen much of lately, so I was only too happy to take him into the potting shed to show him how I operate.
Inside it didn't take long for me to get the picture, the way he was sidling up to me, bending over my shoulder as I leaned over the bench to do some pricking out, and yet he seemed like a sort of an uncle to me, he must have been at least twenty years my senior. I reckoned round about fifty - but he had an attractive aura about him and all of a sudden, I realised that after all this time, me thinking because I didn't like girls, that I was odd.
It was going to be John that made me put that all behind me, and make me realise I was gay and do you know what? - it was all done so beautifully, just the way we talked, enjoyed a cup of coffee together out of my flask, discussing all sorts of plants which led to other things.
"Have you ever been with a guy?" John asked, his eyes wide and lusty looking but very attractive for an older guy, that somehow I felt warmed by him.
"I haven't, never, John"