From Sydney to Dublin & back again.
My big love story starts on the dance floor at Sydney Mardi Gras 2017 at 2am. I have been very fortunate to be able to come back to visit Sydney from Ireland almost every year since living there in 2007/08. Sydney since then has always held a big piece of my heart.
On the night in question I was out with my friend Sean who had just moved to Sydney & his new partner Matt. Matt was dead keen on finding me someone so that I would have an excuse to move back as he knows how much I love Sydney. At around 2am on the Saturday night/Sunday morning he told me to wait where I was & he returned with his ex boyfriends friend Dave. We chatted/pashed then Dave headed off back to his friends after we exchanged numbers. An hour or so later upon Matt’s insistence I messaged him. He came back straight away, we spent the rest of the night and the remainder of my time in Sydney together before I went back home to Dublin which was unfortunately the Monday morning.
Over the next few months we stayed in contact daily and he had a trip planned to visit Europe in July. He extended it by 4 days at the beginning to come see me in Dublin. Two weeks before he arrived sadly my mum passed away suddenly and I didn’t realize it then but looking back Dave visiting me was just what I needed to help lift my spirits.
In 2018 I went back to Sydney for Mardi Gras and we pretty much spent the three weeks together. I got to meet his friends and over the time I was there I became their friend. It would be a year until we would meet again.
In 2019 we spent the time I was in Sydney together and I got to know our friends even more. They all came to Europe in summer 2019 and I met them in Amsterdam for pride. In 2020 I made the journey once more for Mardi Gras but little did I know it would be over two years until I would see them all again.
We met in Europe in summer 2022 for a big gay cruise and it was like no time had passed at all.Meeting Dave has had one of the biggest impacts on my life, he’s shown me that true friendship can survive no matter the distance or time apart. I’d go so far as to say he and our eclectic group are not just friends but we are chosen family with whom I love very specially.My memories are worth more than anything that anyone could ever buy me.
I can’t wait to get back to Sydney in a few weeks time to make more of them with Dave & our giggle of friends for Mardi Gras/World Pride!
My big love story starts on the dance floor at Sydney Mardi Gras 2017 at 2am. I have been very fortunate to be able to come back to visit Sydney from Ireland almost every year since living there in 2007/08. Sydney since then has always held a big piece of my heart.
On the night in question I was out with my friend Sean who had just moved to Sydney & his new partner Matt. Matt was dead keen on finding me someone so that I would have an excuse to move back as he knows how much I love Sydney. At around 2am on the Saturday night/Sunday morning he told me to wait where I was & he returned with his ex boyfriends friend Dave. We chatted/pashed then Dave headed off back to his friends after we exchanged numbers. An hour or so later upon Matt’s insistence I messaged him. He came back straight away, we spent the rest of the night and the remainder of my time in Sydney together before I went back home to Dublin which was unfortunately the Monday morning.
Over the next few months we stayed in contact daily and he had a trip planned to visit Europe in July. He extended it by 4 days at the beginning to come see me in Dublin. Two weeks before he arrived sadly my mum passed away suddenly and I didn’t realize it then but looking back Dave visiting me was just what I needed to help lift my spirits.
In 2018 I went back to Sydney for Mardi Gras and we pretty much spent the three weeks together. I got to meet his friends and over the time I was there I became their friend. It would be a year until we would meet again.
In 2019 we spent the time I was in Sydney together and I got to know our friends even more. They all came to Europe in summer 2019 and I met them in Amsterdam for pride. In 2020 I made the journey once more for Mardi Gras but little did I know it would be over two years until I would see them all again.
We met in Europe in summer 2022 for a big gay cruise and it was like no time had passed at all.Meeting Dave has had one of the biggest impacts on my life, he’s shown me that true friendship can survive no matter the distance or time apart. I’d go so far as to say he and our eclectic group are not just friends but we are chosen family with whom I love very specially.My memories are worth more than anything that anyone could ever buy me.
I can’t wait to get back to Sydney in a few weeks time to make more of them with Dave & our giggle of friends for Mardi Gras/World Pride!
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From Sydney to Dublin & back again.
