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We have been on an incredible journey so far, and our relationship has already had to withstand so much, this is how we know that nothing can break us apart. Of course I said ‘YES’, and I proposed to Marthe in September 2020. The following year, we went back to Bali, to the very place where we met and on our 1 year anniversary, Marthe proposed!!! We would visit each other every 2-3 weeks for a couple of days, sharing our adventures on Instagram.Įventually after 10 months, Marthe moved to the UK and we finally ‘Broke the Distance’. This is when our blog ‘ Breaking the Distance’ was created. We arrived back in Europe and were in a long-distance relationship. After spending 3 weeks together, we knew it was meant to be. I (Tash) am from the UK and Marthe is from Holland, but we met and fell in love at a surf retreat in Bali in Jan 2019. The rest is history, and here we are! Now, happier than ever, building our own Wonderland, and inspiring you to build Tash and Marthe Ricky’s theatre! It only took a couple of days for us to start flirting, and then for Ricky to kiss me in the changing room… Where was I sent to work in the meantime? Yes! You got it. Just three months after that magical encounter, my theatre was closed down for a couple of weeks, whilst they changed to a new play. That’s when I caught sight off and got lost in Ricky’s eyes. I, Arif, went looking to buy an ice-cream. Mamma Mia’s interval was too short but long enough to witness the beginning of something beautiful. As part of this, he had to evaluate the theatre and its staff, choosing a winner, who would, in turn, become the next ‘Mystery Shopper’.
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He was gifted a night out at the theatre, to another venue. And although we worked within the same theatre company, we were based in different venues.Īs a reward for his excellent customer service, Arif was nominated as a ‘Mystery Shopper’. We used to work in the West End as Front of House. It might have been chocolate, but the truth is that we don’t remember the flavour of the ice-cream that melted our lives in one forever. However, this was not to be: in November 2018 Luis contracted liver cancer and passedon 28th of January 2019. In 2002 I quit my job and moved to Mallorca to be with Luis and started working in a hotel.įinally, in 2017 we married, bought a new flat and all could have finished like a fairy tale. I used every opportunity to go to the island to visit. But just at this point Luis contracted on lymphatic cancer and later on they detected a HIV-infection.Īs a result, we started our relationship up again and bought a flat in Mallorca, but as I had a good job in Germany I remained there until 2002. Then Luis went to Spain and I stayed in Germany.Īfter 12 year together we decided to pause our relationship. We lived in Frankfurt (not together but nearby) until 1990. I am German and was born in 1956, my spouse, Luis, was Spanish and born in 1945. My husband and I met in 1978 in Frankfurt, Germany. Our relationship has matured over time and we are excited for our future together and the experiences to (a.k.a. We have now been together for 12 years and counting. Within a year, we moved in together and five years later we married with 150 of our closest family and friends present.
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This experience strengthened our bond together. Over the first year Stephen, newly out of the closet, supported Branden with his coming out journey.
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We had opposite shift-work schedules, Branden would drive an hour just to see Stephen briefly before he began his shift at work. We hit it off immediately, both growing up in the rural parts of Alberta and this being our first gay relationship, we had so much in common.įast forward a month and we became “official” boyfriends. Our first date was at a local brewery where we talked for hours and played pool. We talked online for several days, then we finally made the leap to meet in person. It was 2009, Branden was in the closet, looking to find a relationship on an online dating site Stephen, also seeking a relationship replied. Real Life Gay Love Stories Branden and Stephen That’s why in this blog post we wanted to share some real-life gay love stories from some of our followers on Instagram in the hope that we can spread the message that love really is for all. We would have absolutely loved to have been able to learn that gay love stories do exist and that gay relationships could be real, true and loving. When we were growing up there were few (if any) gay love stories around for us to be exposed to, whether in real life, on TV, or anywhere else in the media.