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Just Friends – Part Five

After A finally moved into a new apartment, we tried to rekindle our friendship. It didn’t go well. He still complained a lot about his dating life, and when I started seeing someone, I didn’t tell him about it. It made me feel guilty that I was happy, like I needed to hide it from him, like I needed to be single to relate to him. Maybe that’s my own fault, thinking that way. I...

Just Friends – Part Four

You may remember my story “Meet Me in St Louis.” If you don’t, and you’re too lazy to go read it on getoutmag.com: I fell in love with a lawyer, he moved home to St Louis and broke my heart. Essentially. It really fucked me up, if I’m honest. I went into a funk. I had trouble getting out of bed in the morning, and I complained about everything. Everyone at my work was tired...

Just Friends – Part Three

One day, as I do every couple of months (and all of you should too), I went to my doctor to get a full STD test. On the Friday before a three-day weekend, I got a call while I was at work, and checked my voicemail during my lunch break. “Hey Ian-Michael, it’s Dr. Kathy. So, listen, you tested positive for chlamydia. I normally wouldn’t leave a voicemail for this, but it’s really no big...

Just Friends – Part Two

I was able to keep my feelings for A at bay while our friendship continued to blossom, like the single rose that blossomed on my bedside table. After “American Horror Story” ended, we found new ways to spend our time. Sometimes we went out for drinks; sometimes we watched a movie; once, I got two free tickets to a wine tasting. Of course, neither of us used the spit buckets, so by the end of...

Just Friends – Part One

I met A at NYC Pride years ago, when I was dating The Ex Fiance?. He was sarcastic and a little pretentious, so of course I got along with him perfectly. I got drunk and spent the whole day trying to hook him up with a friend of mine, who wasn’t interested in him at all, but the effort didn’t go unnoticed. We became casual friends – we’d see each other out here and there,...

Sweet Tooth

For a brief stint two winters ago, I dated L. L was an extremely sweet kid. Too sweet, really. I know I probably sound like a huge asshole—hell, I probably am a huge asshole—but I can’t stand people who are too sweet. In correlation to my assholeishness, I am sarcastic, stubborn and often selfish. My jokes are harsh, I don’t like to be wrong (or admit I am, even when it’s undeniable) and I put...

The Townhouse

For 28 years The Townhouse, has been serving the community with its upscale, yet unpretentious ambience, included is a cocktail bar, for meeting and chatting, a piano bar with some of the best and most popular pianists in the city, and now a brand new, completely renovated club room “All under the same roof”! Something for everybody. Get Out! Magazine spoke to the Management about the new edition to the already successful establishment. So, you...

Christopher Robin

I grew up on Disney movies. The first movie I ever saw in theaters was “Aladdin.” I loved everything about it: twinkish Aladdin, beautiful Jasmine (later in life I met the voice of Jasmine, Linda Larkin, which was a dream come true), that cute little monkey, a flamboyant genie. What more could I want in life? I wanted to be blond, like Cinderella and Aurora, but my favorite Disney princess was, by far, Belle from...

The Lawyer, Part Three

J spent the weekend in Paris, and I spent the weekend freaking out. I didn’t know if I liked J as much as he liked me; I certainly didn’t talk about him as much as he talked about me—or, as much as I gathered he did from the regulars at his favorite bar. But I did like J, and he was exactly my type. I wanted to get to know him better. I decided I...

The Lawyer, Part Two

After barely talking for a year, J messaged me and asked if he could take me out for dinner for my 25th birthday. I was still embarrassed, but accepted the chance to start over. I showed up at Koi on 40th Street, wearing a sequin t-shirt and leather shorts. We caught up and ate the most amazing sushi I’ve ever had, not to mention a few lychee martinis. By the end of the meal, I...