Howdy folks :) 27yo queer, freshly permie dude looking for community and friends

Welcome to Permies!

Sounds like you've had some time building good experiences so far and found a worthy goal to work toward!

I feel as though I've read some other folks building or looking for gay permie communities, but I don't know the current status. You could probably search through the community or singles listings and find them.

Good luck and share your permie experiences with us as you go!

Welcome, Alex! Look forward to seeing you around Permies! I hear you on the "not cold"- I moved to South America so I'll never have to shovel snow again, I've done enough of that for a full lifetime.

Tereza Okava wrote:Welcome, Alex! Look forward to seeing you around Permies! I hear you on the "not cold"- I moved to South America so I'll never have to shovel snow again, I've done enough of that for a full lifetime.

Thank you Tereza!   Holy cow can I empathize with that.  I like snow for a couple weeks in december and then I'm ready to twirl around in meadows again lol. Where were you from originally and what made you take the big leap?  I've been traveling the US trying to find somewhere perfect for me but I think my definition of perfect is, well, too perfect XD  

L. Johnson wrote:Welcome to Permies!

Sounds like you've had some time building good experiences so far and found a worthy goal to work toward!

I feel as though I've read some other folks building or looking for gay permie communities, but I don't know the current status. You could probably search through the community or singles listings and find them.

Good luck and share your permie experiences with us as you go!

Well shucks thank you, I'm gonna do just that!   Already posted in the singles section as well haha.  Thank you for the warm welcome so glad I found y'alls hidden gem of an online community :)   Silly question probably, but do you have to "quote" the person you are replying too for them to be notified or do you typically just reply to the entire thread?

alex reed wrote: do you have to "quote" the person you are replying too for them to be notified or do you typically just reply to the entire thread?

Hey Alex! You can respond however you please, the people in the thread will be notified when the thread gets a response (if they want to be) regardless of how you reply.

You asked how I made the big move- I've always been in motion, so I just kept on moving. I lived up and down the East Coast as a kid (Army family), went to school in upstate New York (waist-high snow, wooot) and after graduation moved to northern Japan (waist-high snow, woooot), eventually came back so my kid could be born in New England (waist-high snow, woooot), and then decided enough of this stinking snow already, moved to Brazil. Here it's cold, but we never get more than an inch of snow, and I have bananas that survive the frost in my backyard.
(it's not quite that simple, but I left the US originally for work and never really came back for good. I hear you on the challenges of finding your place. We moved to where we currently are because we wanted a safe place for my daughter to grow up, get around the city by herself, get a free college education, etc. Now that she's getting towards the end of college, and my feet are so itchy [this is the longest I've ever lived ANYWHERE] we're looking at where to finally establish our farm and it's hard to choose. So far it looks like the deciding factor is near family, and the town has to be on the train line to the biggest city, so I can get some culture when I need to and it's easy for people to visit. I figure everything else will come along in time.)