Do you play games with your partner? I hope so.
I remember when I was single, and in the dating scene, I hated gay men who played games. In fact, if the gossip amongst other men at a gay bar were that a certain guy played games, I avoided him like the plague.
Gay leather bars provided yet another avenue for playing games and shifted my perspective of what it meant to be a gay man (temporary insanity). But the equipment required for these games was so expensive -- I would have had to take a second job just to pay for the team uniform let alone the other special leather accoutrements.
Now, as a committed half of a gay couple, I have come to love games -- in part because I like the games Brian plays -- and in part because we finally got some equipment. Special equipment -- which has added no end to the excitement since it arrived five days ago. Of course, when the FedEx delivery drove up and gave Brian the heavy, bulky box, his curiosity was sparked. "I'm not telling you -- you'll have to wait and see -- you'll have to wait until I assemble it."
Not two minutes later, Brian came over and said, "I know what it is -- its a table. I know -- we were talking the other night -- and you went out and got a table."
He was right.
{mosimage}It took me about 20 minutes to get the legs on and the parts out and then the fun began.
The only decision was chess, checkers or backgammon?
We chose chess.
I won the games for the first two days and then was slammed on day three.
On day four, Brian came home from worked and asked, "Do you want to fool around?"
"I'd rather play chess," I said.
Gay couples talk back: What kind of games do you play in your relationship? How often do you play? What is the impact of games on a gay relationship?
