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An Anniversary Of Sorts...
I'm not sure whether one event in particular triggered my coming out ten years ago. Certainly, the internet played a big part in it; the discovering of bears and the fact that I was not the only person with my particular kinks through various searches online. For many years, I had thought of myself as asexual; I tried a couple of heterosexual relationships because it seemed to be expected of me. But it wasn't right. Since High School and the bullying by a number of assholes because I was a sensitive sod. Because somehow I was different. Well, guess what f*ckers, I am different. I'm not the downtrodden creature I once was. I have evolved so much beyond that; blossomed you could say to someone who is a lot happier with himself than he was then. Admittedly, a lot of self worth issues have been resolving themselves over more recent years, but coming out had an awful lot to do with the beginning of the journey to where I am today.
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Secondly, your comment about your blossoming after coming out is the exact same experience as mine...
My whole life didn't change 'overnight' when I came out some 12 years ago -- but coming out certainly helped put things in motion...
And I'm a better man for it ;-D
*hugs* - and thank you for asserting your different-ness ;-D