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Booted Harleydude
and BikerBeef

Some stats about the guys pictured below:

Booted Harleydude (BHD), owner of this website, is the beefy guy.

BikerBeef (BB) is just shy of 6' tall, weight proportionate to height, five years older than BHD, brown eyes, goatee, cute butt.

We met on April 25, 1993, when the club we both recently joined participated in the March on Washington in Washington, DC, USA. We will never forget the minute we met -- BB came out of a room a the club President's house, extended his hand, shook BHD's, and said, "Hi, I'm (BB)". BHD returned the handshake, and said, "Hi, I'm (BHD)". We spent the whole day together talking and getting to know one another, and kissed each other in front of the White House. We went our separate ways that evening; didn't have our first real "date" until the next weekend, which began with a romantic home-cooked meal, a night together, and then a long motorcycle ride the next day.

We weren't really looking for a mate or a partner. It just happened, but then again, we wanted to make it work. We share a lot of common values and interests beyond the boots/leather thing. We also are different enough that we appreciate learning from one another. BHD from a huge family, BB from a very small one. BHD from a cosmopolitan diplomatic background, BB from a working-class steel town. BHD having lived in Europe and traveled the world; BB having traveled (at the time) to just a few states in the U.S. Both college educated, financially secure, future-oriented, and self-sufficient. Neither wanted a dependent or subservient partner. We wanted—and have—a 50-50 partnership with mutual respect for each other's talents, skills, abilities, and challenges.

We lived apart for our first five years, spending only weekends and vacations together until we decided to make things permanent. After looking at the used-home market, we decided to build a house in the Maryland 'burbs of DC, where BHD grew up. BB moving to Maryland liberated him from Virginia where the politics about our relationship are downright hateful. Maryland is much more accepting and tolerant, and commutable to Washington, DC, where we both work. Neither of us are city kids, and did not want to live in the federal District of Columbia, which has taxation without representation in Congress, more noise, and higher taxes.

Now that you know a bit more about us, here are some pics. Enjoy.

Pics taken on July 18, 2009, hanging out on our deck at night.