I made a new friend on Facebook named Mike Green. I am very happy that he reached out to me that one day in the beginning of May. We are both going to be Masters in Social Work students starting in August. He is a really nice guy and I am going to meet him for dinner in real life. I hope it’s going to be just a friendly meet-up and that he will respect the implied boundaries because I am not gay and I have a girlfriend. I know he understands that I am just looking for another friend and a guy that I can talk to about guy things and emotional things with another guy.
He is already working in the social work field in mobile crisis which is really awesome so he’s getting a lot of experience. I am going to be really new once I get started in my practicum. At least I will be able to talk to him about my concerns and fears which feel very real. I know I don’t have much of a framework or model with which to extrapolate from. I’ll just have to observe and ask questions.
At any rate, we are going to meet in downtown Philly at a place called Taste Cheesesteak Bar. They have really good Cheesesteaks! I mean they’re to die for. Should be a good time.