Composed Desire

Composed Desire

2 boyfriends

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May 03, 2026
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I’ve had two boyfriends in the last five years.

I don’t say that with pride or with sadness. I say it the way you’d say any fact about yourself that you’ve stopped trying to explain to people who are going to interpret it however they want anyway.

It takes me a long time to say yes.

Not because I’m evaluating someone against a checklist. Not because I need…

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