The Ballad of Flaco Joe
Treat yo'self to some popcorn, kids, this is gonna be a saga. For over a decade, I have had an on/off thing with Flaco. I've mentioned him dozens of times in dozens of posts, even had a few solely about him . He is extremely special to me. Despite so many years of hanging out and hooking up, we've never actually attempted to date, for reasons I will get into. An outsider may look at this and see a textbook FWB relationship, and though I don't totally disagree, it's not exactly like that. First and foremost, we are actually friends. We enjoy spending time together. We laugh and joke. We text at random just to say hi. We go on dates, and he treats me like a boyfriend would, holding my hand and kissing me, whether we're alone or with a group. Sometimes he comes over, and there are no 'benefits', just a night spent together in front of a movie, followed by us curling into each other and falling asleep (those are my favorite times, for very obvious r