Pride 2017

Markie J
Markie J
Aug 28, 2017 · 3 min read

So instead of listing a bunch of names on twitter I decided to do something a bit more personal, are you one of these people. Tweet me to find out.

  1. To the two who had a nightmare moving.
  2. To the one I shouted directions to from the tram stop.
  3. To the one that managed to say not to McDonalds more than once.
  4. To the one that threatened to throw his husband and I in the bin.
  5. To the one who had to suffer that threat too.
  6. To the one who dislocated his knee and hurt his head.
  7. To the one who got tackled hard.
  8. To the new one who popped up at the beginning and very end.
  9. To the one didn’t tell us about his bf for 6 months.
  10. To the one wore a hard hat for the parade.
  11. To the one who has a very security conscious friend.
  12. To the one who is an epic dancer and can count himself adopted.
  13. To the one who left the other one at home for exams.
  14. To the one in the Cap.
  15. To the one who needed to borrow hair product because he left his in Germany.
  16. To the one who needed paracetamol on day 1.
  17. To the one who wouldn’t let me have a whistle.
  18. To the one who ran off to Starbucks before the parade.
  19. To the one with abs.
  20. To the one I was overly explaining everything too.
  21. To the one from my home county of deepest darkest Wiltshire.
  22. To the one with the cutest dog in existence.
  23. To the one who has the third best chest hair.
  24. To the one who pulled off DrM’s magnificently.
  25. To the one one that graciously lent Andy her jacket.
  26. To the one who has the hiding face in pictures ever.
  27. To the two that I found a Muscle daddy for and introduced to Recon.
  28. To the one with the best chest hair.
  29. To the one who wasn’t going to come to pride.
  30. To the one who is running off for more Pride shenanigans on a island somewhere.
  31. To the one that does education and science.
  32. To the one who mentioned Marigolds.
  33. To the one who’s an ex of the one that does education and science.
  34. To the one the IRS will catch up to one day
  35. To the one I forgot his name in the space of 20 mins but is now seared into memory.
  36. To the one I really should text because its been so long.
  37. To the one who had a really awkward story about peeing on Manchester Pride Merch.
  38. To the one who works in a bank, but marched with builders?
  39. To the one who has a nice harness I never got to see in real life.
  40. To the one who took pictures of bees.
  41. To the two that joined us in the show bar.
  42. To the one that needed hugs during a panic attack.
  43. To the one that had me DM them someones user name.
  44. To the other Canadians.
  45. To the cub I didn’t get to talk too much if at all.
  46. To the one who definitely replied too.
  47. And too all the others.

Thank you for making my pride awesome.

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Markie J

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Markie J

Canadian at heart, British by everything else. Maker upper of words, early adopting geek, Properly Gay Married.

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