Yesterday, I was on an adult oriented app and got a notification of a message. I clicked the message and was greeted with this:

“Daaaaamn [real last name]. I always knew you were gay, but I didn’t know you were THAT gay.”

I honestly sat there in stunned freak out. I should not have replied but I sent back “?”

The sender replied with: “[real first name], it would be a shame if [son’s name] found out you suck dick.”

Before I could screenshot it, he had killed the account. Deleted it.

All I knew was that he was 3600 feet from me.

I freaked out a little more, reported the threat to the app company who had no way to help me because they pride themselves on the anonymity of their app.

As the freak out subsided, I thought about it more and realized that I don’t really care if I’m outed. My wife knows already as do most of my close friends. I have not shared with my family because there was no reason.

A friend of mine said that they only have the power if I give it to them. So I started calling people and outing myself to them.

I think I know who the person is that did this and I feel sorry for him. I’ve know he was gay since he was a little boy and how awful he must feel in his self-loathing misery.