Today is my dear friend Jay’s 50th birthday.
It’s a big milestone birthday, if you’re the kind of person who keeps track of such things. I am not that person. I was always bad at math (especially calendar math). Somehow I am even worse at gift-giving and party-planning.
So I’m keeping it simple, like I have for the past 25 years of our friendship.
Today, I’m celebrating my brother from another mother. My sister from another mister. My roommate. My landlord. My chosen family. With breakfast or brunch, a card, and a gift card.
Honestly, it’s “on-brand” for both of us. I seriously can’t believe I’ve known this bitch for half his life.
Half. His. Life.
That realization alone deserves a mimosa or three.
When you’ve known someone that long, the milestones stop being about candles and balloons and start being about accumulation. Accumulated laughter. Accumulated inside jokes. Accumulated shared meals, shared roofs, shared silence. Accumulated memories that live in your body more than your brain.
Fifty is more than just a number. It’s a scrapbook, a highlight reel, and a blooper reel rolled into one. It’s also a club: The Fuck-It Fifties Club. Being a member shows that we’ve made it through half a century, embracing our blessings and messes. So let’s bless this mess. And not be tardy for the party!
Cheers to Jay!!! And fifty years of being dear, here, and oh so queer.
I love you, you magnificent bitch….
Keep calm and let’s carry on!
Clint 🌈✌️
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BORN THIS WAY ON THIS DAY
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MAN CRUSH OF THE DAY
“Love-making is an art which must be studied.”
Ivor Novello
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