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By Sophie Lloyd
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From the Redditor who caught her husband sexting his nurse after surgery, to the Mumsnet user whose husband tried to stop her from seeing her daughter, the internet is overflowing with relationship drama. But with so many stories about love gone wrong, there are also those occasions when everything has gone right.
In this case, one man had Reddit on the edge of its seat over the weekend when he shared his adorable crush on his gym buddy on the OffMyChest forum.
In a post titled 'I'm in love with my gym bro' (which can be viewed here), a 22-year-old man, under the username of u/lilStupidWhore, explained he'd begun to question his sexuality after developing a crush on a guy at the gym.
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He wrote: "I (Male 22) fell in love with my gym bro (Male 24). Problem being, I thought I was straight.
"This all started a few months ago, I noticed this guy at my gym and I knew something was immediately off.
"I was like nervous to even look at him, but I decided to get rid of that nervousness and just talk to him.
"He was actually really nice and funny and we quickly became buddies."
Not long after meeting his new friend, the Redditor and his girlfriend split up. Shortly afterward, he discovered the gym friend is gay.
He continued: "I told him that and we had a heart to heart where he casually came out as gay.
"But that initial offness that I felt when I first saw him didn't go away, and I quickly started to piece together that it was the same feeling I get when I look at a really pretty girl."
Over time, his crush on the gym buddy has grown.
"It's been increasingly hard to be near him because he's just so...gorgeous I guess," wrote the Redditor.
"Whenever I go to sleep, I just imagine him there snuggled up to me. I just wanna text him all the time...and I just wanna kiss him so bad.
"I guess this is me coming out as bi...I met a beautiful guy at the gym and we became best friends, I love his personality, he makes me laugh nonstop, and ngl he's mad thick.
"I wanna ask him out so bad."
Fellow Reddit users couldn't get enough of the man's cute crush. Since first being shared on Sunday, the post has received nearly 22,000 upvotes and 3,800 comments with many encouraging the man to ask his friend out.
SnooPies5837 said: "This is hands down the sweetest thing I've read in a while. Go for it! And good luck."
Everettsuperstar advised: "Don't hold back feelings and regret wondering "what if."
A poll by market research George Barna and the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University and Foundations of Freedom found that 40 percent of Gen-Z and 30 percent of Millennials identified as LGBTQ.
However, a Pew Research analysis from 2019 found that bisexual individuals are significantly less likely to be "out" than their gay or lesbian peers.
The study— which analyzed a survey of 3,510 American adults collected by Stanford University—found that only 19 percent of bisexual people were out to their close friends and family, compared to 75 percent of gay or lesbian people. Biphobia from both heterosexual and the LGBTQ+ community was cited as a common reason, as well as invalidation of their sexuality and feelings.
Along with encouraging the man to ask his friend on a date, many users also congratulated him on coming out as bisexual.
Veryboringkid said: "Welcome to the bi gang. Good luck!"
While Aware_Past commented: "IM ROOTING FOR U OP, MAKE US BISEXUALS PROUD."
Shortly after announcing his intentions to ask his gym buddy out, the man shared an update that had everyone cheering.
The Redditor wrote: "He said yes.
"So I walked him to his car and I told him. And bruh...the way I couldn't speak lmao I was so nervous."
Apparently, the Redditor's crush had already guessed he had feelings for him, telling him: "'I can only catch you respectfully staring at my butt so many times before it's a little sus.'"
The Redditor added: "I told him that I'm bi...and we're going on a date Friday. But like bruh...he looked so flustered and cute when I told him.
"I guess we're a little more than just gym bros now..."
Replying to the update, Bookoholic12 wrote: "CONGRATULATIONS!! You DID IT! Half the internet is rooting for you guys lmao! Keep us updated on your milestones!"
Apprehensive_Spell98 commented: "I don't even know you, but I feel extremely proud of you."
TahaymTheBigBrain said: "I have been so invested in this and seeing this made my day really dude, you give me hope in the future it's so sweet."
And Earth295 added: "This is by far the most wholesome post I've ever read on Reddit."
Newsweek has reached out to u/lilStupidWhore for comment.
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