{"id":250,"date":"2015-05-25T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephaneian.com\/?post_type=our-story&#038;p=250"},"modified":"2023-05-31T01:22:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T01:22:09","slug":"stephane-needs-to-dry-his-hair","status":"publish","type":"our-story","link":"https:\/\/stephaneian.com\/en\/our-story\/stephane-needs-to-dry-his-hair\/","title":{"rendered":"St\u00e9phane Needs To Dry His Hair"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-250\" data-postid=\"250\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-250 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_r6u3535 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_b3qi535 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_c11l242   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s be real. The first date was good and all\u2026 but calm your jets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the beginning I was way more into St\u00e9phane than St\u00e9phane was into me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Makes sense. St\u00e9phane was 26 at the time and I was 37. There was a big gap in age. I was ready to settle and get serious.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St\u00e9phane was recently out of a long term relationship and wasn\u2019t sure what he wanted yet. I had an established career, St\u00e9phane was newly into a job that he wasn\u2019t sure yet would be the right place for him. A young gay working in sports TV? Really?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was a lot separating us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St\u00e9phane needed time to be St\u00e9phane. And I was just this old guy who was into him\u2026 a bit of a clich\u00e9 in the gay community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was friend-zoned a bit, if only for a while.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some space was needed. So every excuse under the sun was used to slow down a second date.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Including\u2026 \u201cSorry\u2026 I need to dry my hair\u201d. As ridiculous as it was, I got the message.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This didn\u2019t stop the chatting though\u2026 and hangouts as friends would soon start aplenty.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s be real. The first date was good and all\u2026 but calm your jets. 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I was ready to settle and get serious.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St\u00e9phane was recently out of a long term relationship and wasn\u2019t sure what he wanted yet. I had an established career, St\u00e9phane was newly into a job that he wasn\u2019t sure yet would be the right place for him. A young gay working in sports TV? Really?<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was a lot separating us.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St\u00e9phane needed time to be St\u00e9phane. And I was just this old guy who was into him\u2026 a bit of a clich\u00e9 in the gay community.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was friend-zoned a bit, if only for a while.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some space was needed. So every excuse under the sun was used to slow down a second date.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Including\u2026 \u201cSorry\u2026 I need to dry my hair\u201d. 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