My first gay experience was right after college in the summer of 1989. Three days of hitchhiking across the states found me sitting under an overpass in Birmingham, AL feeling fresh after a long shower at a nearby truck stop. As I sat holding my thumb out I remember thinking about a guy in a van that had obviously wanted to have sex with me, but I turned him down. Now I was wondering why. What was I afraid of? I thought, if it happens again, I am going for it and see what it is like.
Coincidentally (really!) the next car that stopped was a guy wanting to have sex with me. Go figure.
It was a compact reddish car with a heavy set black guy driving. I looked in and saw him smile so I opened the door and got in. I passed my pack to the back seat and buckled up as we pulled back into traffic. He did not ask me the usual questions like, "Where you headed?" Instead, he said, "Your feet must be sore from being out on the road, will you let me rub them for you?"
That was the strangest thing any guy has ever said to me in my life! But, hey, he is giving me a free ride and I do love to get my feet rubbed. I pulled off one shoe and put my socked foot in his lap and he started massaging it with one hand while holding the wheel with the other. It felt good and I told him so.
He said that he could not give me a good foot rub while driving and asked if I wanted to stop by at his office so he could do a better job. I said, "OK". I knew I was about to find out what gay sex was like. I had read about it in a Penthouse article some time before and was very curious to try it. I am glad I did.