Memories of lockdown

I write this almost exactly 4 years since going into my first lockdown in March 2020. Not that long ago but it seems like another lifetime. The first lockdown was kinda fun in a warped kind of way. Probably helped by the fact that it was summer, I could walk around the block and had a house and garden to sit in. I wasn’t cooped up in a tiny apartment which would have been harder.There were later lockdowns that were harder, including the one during which my partner died in front of me, but I’ll stick to the happier first lockdown. 

There had been inklings of trouble ahead in The preceding months. In December a conference in Tokyo I had been invited to speak at was postponed due to a fear of an outbreak in the region, later to be canceled. I booked a ticket in January to fly to Sydney’s gay Mardi Gras, one of my annual fuck fests, and was told in no uncertain terms by my partner that if I went he would not let me back in the house. I protested to no avail, my partner was far more attuned to what was on the horizon than me. 

So in March we were in lockdown. It was my duty to walk to the supermarket and queue in social distancing clad in mask and disposable gloves. My partner disinfected the groceries on arrival home. 

It never occurred to me to break the rules to hookup sexually with anyone. Quite frankly I don’t think anyone else would have anyway. Things may have changed later once vaccines were available. I do remember the ‘Cumunion’ website hosting zoom sessions where you played with your cock in front of the camera. I joined a couple of times but I can’t say it did anything for me.

I did indulge one small sexual outlet during that first lockdown. Every morning I would position my phone camera and take a snap of my soft cock in the same position. I’m not sure in retrospect what the point was, but it was something to do. 

Once the lockdown was over it was possible to hook up again but understandably people were a bit wary. In my digital ‘black book’ sexual encounters, the first post lockdown entry is 9 June 2020, which was about 3 weeks after lockdown was lifted on 13 May.

Boy was it good to get a cock back in my ass after the enforced abstinence.