Some people think that we all have a component of our sexuality that is bi-sexual, maybe even gay. Something as simple as looking at someone of your same sex and admiring their good looks, or how they look at the pool. All the way up to the point of this story.
About a dozen years ago, hitting my mid-40's, I had one failed marriage, and the girl who made that happen had shown me the door after three years. A few dates, some playing the field, but I was just bored with women. I had been with, no exaggeration, more than a hundred women, and it was always pretty much the same thing. I always enjoyed the view, and the response, but the really good ones weren't available, and I always ended up with someone less than my ideal. Which is why I kept looking and kissing some princesses who turned into frogs.
I remembered the joke from years ago where the comic said "Bi-sexual, makes it twice as easy to score on Saturday night". Enter Craigslist. It was new then, and the personals were pretty amazing back in the day, and while not a luddite, I was maybe the last guy on the block to check them out. On a whim, I hit the "men for men" tab, and an entirely new world opened up to me. You read the Literotica stories about those discovering their bi-side, and it was about the same for me. "Men give better blow jobs; their asses are tighter than women" and all the rest.
I took that bet. Found a good face picture, and a dick picture. First couple of meetings were awkward, the first guy ten years older than his picture, and while we were eating lunch, I looked at him and said "I just can't picture you giving me a blow job". He snorted sweat tea out of his nose. We wished each other luck, walked away, and then logged on again. As days and weeks went on, there was a steady stream of fun guys. One or two hookups with each and we were both on to someone else. Attempts at friend relationships sadly didn't happen. Some nice surprises when you go to meet someone and they open the door stark naked, then close the door and then sink to their knees while unzipping your jeans. Guys set up glory holes in their house, where you walked in, pumped and dumped. One time, it was a pair of roommates who wanted to shoot video, and we settled for still photos without my face or identifying ink.
I posted that I was a top, and oral versatile. I have a lousy gag reflex, so taking a cock down my throat is next to impossible. I could still lick and get the head in, and honestly, it wasn't bad. I never thought of myself as gay, just bi. Unlike women, the guys were all business, no seduction needed, and they were already cleaned up and lubed. I could "come and go" within 20-30 minutes, and some would wrap up after they had an orgasm, saying "time to go" while my hard-on stood there in anticipation. The dating spectrum went from 18 to 50, and every color you can imagine. After a few months, I started dating women again, keeping my bi-profile handy if a free weekend popped up, or wanted some company to keep me warm some night. There have been scattered hook ups since then but just occasional, usually between my serial monogamy, dating one woman for three-six months, and then pulling the plug.