Living Alone

25 June 1992

I often recall the main fear that drove me to get involved in gay society. (See, for example, 25 June 1976.) I saw myself in my forties living an asocial, asexual life alone in a house in the (Hollywood) Hills. I was certain I wouldn't be able to stay sane in such a life.

And here I am doing almost exactly that. (It's not the Hollywood Hills, but it's definitely the same idea. Also I didn't know anything about AIDS then, which is a major contributing factor today.) But I'm not in fear for my sanity. In fact, I worry much less about sex and my social life now than I did then.