I've been known to take chances in life that haven't worked out so well, but the events of a recent warm summer evening remind me that when things do work out, they can be amazing.
While I've spent the past 10 years experimenting with my sexuality and never quite being able to comprehend how a man who loves the female body can still be obsessed with the feel of a nice hard cock. It's this obsession that had me cruising Grindr in hopes of finding someone in my area to fool around with. It had been a couple of years since my last experience while away on vacation and I was getting that urge again.
I live in a relatively small city, so I knew most of the Grindr regulars and had no problem identifying the ones that I was going to ignore either because they were habitual no shows or because I had chatted with them before and knew we weren't going to be a good match.
I wasn't having much luck and decided to go for a run to wear off a little energy and enjoy some alone time away from the family. I left the house wearing my usual running gear with no thoughts that I was about to embark on a life changing adventure. I was only a mile or so into my run when my watch showed that I had received a message on Grindr. Normally I would just keep going and check my messages after the run, but I decided to take a quick break and see if anything good had come in.
I retrieved my phone from the running sleeve I keep it in and saw the message was from someone I had never chatted with and hadn't seen on the app before. It was an innocent message, asking how my day was and what was I looking for. Nothing out of the ordinary, but enough to pique my interest. I replied and said I was married and looking for someone to fool around with, but not looking for any kind of long-term relationship. I said I had a bit of experience but hadn't been with another guy for a couple of years. I also told him that ideally, I wanted to find a regular sex buddy to meet with every once in a while but wasn't looking for any kind of relationship.
We chatted back and forth and in 15-20 minutes of conversation I was sitting in the parking lot of my kid's school enticed by what the other guy had to say. He was in the same position as me at my stage of life, but his marriage had broken up and he was now exclusively into dating men (which he said hadn't been successful as of late and he really needed to hookup). I was a few year's out of a regular hookup with a fully gay man that didn't end well because he wanted more than a casual hookup, so I was a little reluctant to pursue this adventure, but as we chatted I began to feel like I really needed to meet this guy.
I told him that I was out for a run and if he wanted to meet up and chat some more, I could run around the track at the high school until he showed up. He only lived a few minutes away, so he said he would come over and we could meet. I ended the conversation and started to jog towards the track which at that time of night was usually empty. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that a men's soccer league had just wrapped up and there were a dozen guys sitting in the parking lot adjacent to the track enjoying a few post game beverages. I wasn't sure how this was going to play out and whether the other guy (Andrew) would be frightened away by all the people there.
As I finished up the second mile around the track, I saw a truck pull into the parking lot and drive past the entrance to the track. I figured it was probably Andrew and all the extra people around the track had scared him off. Part of me was ok with it, as I didn't really want to be seen with this other guy and wouldn't have an explanation if I knew any of the guys (it's a small city) and they asked what I was doing there with Andrew.
I found out I was partially correct about Andrew driving past, however instead of being scared off, he decided to park his truck out of sight and walk over to the track.
As I was running around the track, I noticed a guy approaching from the back entrance and saw that he matched Andrew's description. Older (55 to my 38), a nicely trimmed beard, average height and a few extra pounds that come with age.