We’re back! Who’s joining the coffee hour? Comment below 👇🏼 Bring your questions or whatever you would like to talk about be each others support! Looking forward to talking to you! ☺️

Hey friends, I totally missed the last two calls because I was working both days and I totally forgot to cancel them! We will be back on Monday 09/14 at 6pm and then I want to do it biweekly every Monday and Wednesday as I don't think ill be able to hop on two calls every week as I have done in the past. Hope you'll understand ☺️

I know some of you know about my partner that I've been with for 5years, that's been incarcerated for 3 of those 5 years. Well he gets released and I go pick him up next Wednesday at midnight (technically Thursday). I have a lot of good feelings, scared feelings, insecure feelings, and the only thing I keep reminding myself of are 4 points. 1. Clear boundaries 2. Proactive listening 3. Open communication 4. Meet him where he is. So send positive thoughts, prayers etc..our way please and thank y'all in advance

I’ve realized that I tend to gravitate toward M/M romances that are genuinely romantic, but still have something else going on besides the romance itself. Alexis Hall’s London Calling trilogy and the Material World spin-off series are probably some of my favorites. The stories are funny, the writing is light and easy to get into, and the romance feels sweet without becoming overly sentimental or cheesy. Another favorite is Adib Khorram’s Love in the Vine series. I’ve read the first two books so far, and I really love how deeply romantic they are while still giving us characters with different personalities, motivations, and baggage. That complexity makes the relationships feel much more interesting. I’m definitely looking forward to the third book. For something a little more lighthearted, there’s Alison Cochrun’s The Charm Offensive, about a dating-show coordinator who falls for the “prince” he’s supposed to help find a perfect match on reality TV. It’s funny, a little predictable, and definitely plays with some familiar rom-com tropes - but honestly, that’s part of the charm. Sometimes you just want something entertaining and romantic. 😂 Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville takes things in a much darker direction: an assassin falls in love with his target. It’s more serious and intense, but somehow the premise turns into a surprisingly beautiful and very romantic love story. Eric J. Brown’s All That’s Left in the World and The Only Light Left Burning are two books that really stayed with me. They follow two young men who meet by chance and travel together looking for somewhere safe after the apocalypse. What touched me most was that their love doesn’t happen all at once. It develops gradually as they realize that this is the person who keeps showing up, someone they can rely on, and someone who stays beside them through whatever life throws at them. That kind of love feels especially meaningful to me. Right now, I’m reading Tal Bauer’s The Fall, about a hockey player who suffers an accident during a game and wakes up with no memory of the previous twelve months, only to discover that the life he finds himself living is basically the complete opposite of the one he remembers. I’m still reading it, so no verdict yet—but the premise definitely hooked me.

Not bad for a cranky old fairy boy who’s not even remotely trying! Suck it bitches!!