So, I told the crew while at Korean BBQ for Kevin’s birthday about being a kind-of role model to this 26yo gay kid named Thomas who I met through my friend Alfonso. 

KG said, jokingly, “Watch out for a Talented Mr Ripley” situation there.”

“Oh, that already happened to me in Baltimore,” I told him, Nathan and Michael before changing the topic toward them.

It was the first real acknowledgment to anyone in my new life that that happened, and it’s keeping me up late tonight. 

KG is coordinating a dinner at the house an old mutual friend and mentor of mine in college, who introduced he and I when we dated. The plan is to spend the night, and I’m feeling a lot of anxiety about returning for a dinner, let alone a sleepover. 

I’d like to discuss if, when, how to discuss what happened with my Talented Misters Ripley in negotiating this dinner invitation, and whether it is a good idea to be make myself vulnerable to this group in that way.

See ya Monday, Dr. C.

-TK