#goodness!! i was not expecting ANY of this but i am gladly swimming downstream

[dykemelon]

OKAY here’s what happened

about 2 weeks ago I got back on my tinder bullshit

about a week ago I matched with an enby named Dayne

We spent like an entire day straight (Sunday) talking, getting to know each other. They seemed very shy and excited and kind of unable to talk about themselves, but very kind and empathetic and interesting.

We made a date for Tuesday to go to the beach and drink wine & eat triscuits. They live about 45 minutes away from me so we agreed to meet in the middle.

We spend a big chunk of Monday talking too. Notably, we bond over a mutual love of... fruit! Fruit is obviously a big deal for me right now, and they apparently spent the summer working on a farm (!?) so they’re really fond of agriculture like that! I immediately develop a crush on them when they say “what can I say? I’m a fruit who likes fruit”, like as opposed to a man who likes men or a woman who likes women.

The date goes really well. We complain about the dysfunctional queer communities we’ve been in, talk about our backgrounds and future plans, and go swimming in the ocean. We kiss a bunch in the ocean (!!) and then more back on land huddling under the towel for warmth. We watch the sunset together.

It’s kind of ridiculous how well we click with each other. We have similar modes of communication, similar ways of expressing affection, similar stims and tics, similar perspectives on the nature of intimacy and queer relationships, etc etc. it’s a lot. We basically go looking for the bottom of each other’s boundaries with respect to intimacy and we don’t find it. We are both very enriched by this.

At the end of the date before going home we make out in the back of my car for like 2 hours.

We decide that we’re pretty much dating now. (!!) We decide that there’s value in taking it slow past this point, something that we are both clearly bad at. This is going to be sort of enforced by that they’re going on a trip for a week starting Thursday. We decide on “fruitfriend” as our preferred gender neutral term for romantic partner.

We start to settle into some normal talking patterns on Tuesday evening and Wednesday.

However we also decide after much deliberation that it was a good idea for me to impulsively drive to their place Wednesday night so we could see each other again before their trip. I arrive at about 10:30pm and leave much later at 4am. Very few clothes were involved.

We’re kind of confused about why this is happening but we’re really not complaining!

Here are some facts about my new fruitfriend:

Rlly rlly cute

Like dang

Very Jewish. It seems like pretty much their entire life is informed by this

Leo sun Virgo moon Virgo rising

Just finished their undergrad (Jewish studies) last year and is living with their dad until they can find a job and move away

Vegan

Bad at video games apparently

A self-identified dumbass, but they seem pretty witty and insightful to me!

The farm thing is very real and very wild, they spent the whole summer living in a gay Jewish farming community

They can drive!

They’re pretty comfortable with polyamory. They have a boyfriend (?) still in college (this is in Milwaukee), and part of their trip is to visit him

They really REALLY like my Fruit Reviews, and gave me some fruit to review from their trees

I am so very gay

tl;dr I’m dating a cute fruit now

posts about them will be tagged #flf, for fruit-loving-fruit of course