I definitely have a thing for older, fat guys.
"And that's okay, Keenan," Dale told me in our therapy session when I disclosed this. "You can't help who you like, love, prefer in bed. We all have what we desire in front of us, and frankly, that's what makes us tick."
I used my insurance to see Dale after one day I was home on leave, and I attended a family cookout when my cousins began ragging on me about my choice of lovers. It was irrelevant to them that I was gay, but whenever I brought someone around, it usually was a fat, white guy, usually over 50 and in the 270 to 350 lb. range.
"Keenan likes them truck drivers," my cousin Mabel yelled out.
"Or them coffee and donut eating judges," my cousin Sam barked, for he mentioned Alvin, my ex of four years.
My cousins and I were brutal when it came to "Jonesing" on each other, and usually we all had tough skin, but this hit a little different. After my tryst with Scott, then the cookout, I made it my business to see if "something was wrong with me."
"Frankly Keenan, you'd be surprised of how many men enjoy the company of another with a little gray hair and extra pounds," Dale advised. "It's not about looks as much as performance, and that's not just sexually, but in conversation, outdoor activities, and other things that makes us tick."
The older Dale, a chunky, caramel skinned Latin guy, had me in his office while he preached the gospel. His sleek black suit, checkerboard black and red socks and Cole Haans matched his positive personality as he elaborated on the possible "whys" of guys like me.
"Was your first lover a big, white guy," he asked.
"Yes," I told him.
"Did you fuck him," he asked.
I paused and turned my head to him to see his eyes barreling through his glasses at the end of his nose, checking me for an answer.
"Yes Dale, we had sex," I told him.
"You make it sound so bad. Hopefully you enjoyed it," he said as he smiled.
He then turned his eyes downward to a notepad as he was jotting things.
"Have you been with anyone else of any other type of bodyframe other than big guys," he asked.
I mentioned Scott, and explained how Scott was able seduce me not once, but twice.
"I can see you're getting excited about this Scott," he stated.
I looked down and noticed I became hard, and evidently he did, too as he primed his eyes in my middle for a quick minute.
"Keenan, you have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. You're a gay man in a sense of not just sexual preference, but in happiness as you seem at peace with guys of big sizes, and occasionally small sizes, as evidenced by this Scott. I can guarantee, your cousins pick because they're jealous, most likely unsettled in what they want, and perhaps in some cases, want what you desire and obtain," he told me. " Add to the fact that you're a good looking young man."
I turned my complete body over towards Dale as he rambled on. He continued his session with a lecture, and I felt like he was coming off course when he mentioned my family's jokes, but the more he spoke, the more he made sense, and I'd drink in every detail of this handsome man.
"Dale, how do you do this," I asked while in awe of his style in his profession.
"Do what? My job of telling it like it is? Young man, I've been at it for 41 years, and get paid handsomely to do it. That's how," he said as he removed his glasses.
I sat up and took a quick look on the walls of the room, seeing the various degrees above a host of plants. I looked back at him as not once did his eyes leave me.
"Impressed," he asked.