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Hi everyone! My name is Bjorn and here is the story of how Compass was me and my boyfriend’s wingman.
When I first joined Compass, I did it to make more LGBTQ+ friends, not in hopes of finding myself a boyfriend. Well, sure I’m not going to lie, the thought of a boyfriend was maybe in the back of my head as well. But it wasn’t until my third Compass event that it actually came to that. At the end of September 2020 was the first offline event since the epidemic had started, a Compass Lunch. While we were waiting for the lunch to start, a cute guy with shining green sunglasses and short ash-blonde hair came walking our way.
“a cute guy with shining green sunglasses and short ash-blonde hair came walking our way.”
Due to COVID regulations only four people could sit at the same table, and luckily enough I managed to snatch a spot on the same table as the cute guy I’d just met. At the beginning we sat there with three persons, but credits to Daniel for ditching us for another table, which left us sitting alone. We got on talking about our hobbies and our identities. I identify as gay, while he identifies as bisexual. And as he told me that, I grew a bit nervous, but also excited with some flutters in my stomach, because I had never liked a guy before that I had a real shot with. We shared our experiences, sillily laughed together and in general we just had a great time. Just the two of us. It really just clicked.
At the end, he invited me to hang out again sometime... with a group. He later confessed to me that he just chickened out at the moment, but all I can really remember from that moment was the cute but nervous smile that had accompanied his invitation. The same day follow- backs on Instagram followed, and the day after, I worked up the courage to text him, having found his number in the group chat.
They always say: “If they like you, you’ll know.” I just never believed it until he really attempted to start a conversation over text, with the question of how my homework had gone. The next day I had a competition in athletics within my sport association, at which I won both events. He set up the perfect opportunity for a date by texting: “That’s worth a celebration,” accompanied by a winky face. With a little advice of a friend I managed to smoothly follow up with: “Great! When do we celebrate?”
“That’s worth a celebration,” accompanied by a winky face
The next week was our first date and now we’ve been together for more than 8 months. In the end I got what I came for at Compass and more. Not only did I get a fantastic loving boyfriend, I also got my best LGBTQ+ friend!
