"I am a successful, reasonably wealthy, married man with two adult children. But sometimes I find myself lost in emotion. Way back, I played soccer and Gaelic football and a friend at the time played Gaelic football for an opposing club. We met a few times on the pitch on opposite sides, both determined to do the best for our teams."
"My reply was, 'I fancy you actually.' There was no look of surprise, no stand back, no blush. He asked for a lift home, which I gave, and as he got out of the car, he leaned across and kissed me on the side of my face and said, 'See you soon, I hope'."
A man who is now successful, married, and the father of two adult children recollects a secret relationship from his early 20s with an opposing Gaelic football player. They competed as rivals on the pitch, with a staged slip and a whispered 'Go for it' leading to an after-match drink and a confession of attraction. The men began a two-and-a-half-year affair that mostly took place in hotel rooms and through fake 'training courses.' They maintained public distance after matches, met separately to be together, and sometimes shared rooms without arousing suspicion. The man still feels emotional longing and hopes to reconnect.
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