Dylan Barillas- Ch 10-Romance is in the air

Dylan (37) his husband Leo (68)
Their children: Salma and Harold (15)
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I am on vacation and let me tell you that its really boring.  I rather be at work saving patient lives than being here at home by myself.  Sure there's a morning rush when the kids and Dylan get ready for their day but then I am left alone. If it weren't for our faithful butler I would have no one to talk to.

I figured I would try to get healthier for my family.  My husband Dylan, is 30+ years younger than me. I need to look my best so that I can keep him around.  Don't get me wrong. I know that Dylan loves me but this is more for me than him.

I am at my best when I am jogging. I can feel my mind racing with ideas. I also start to think about the twins, Dylan and what would happen if we did have another child?  However that last thought flees my mind rather quickly when I get off the treadmill.

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Imagine my surprise when a squirt named Stephan Benson starts coming around?  At first I thought he was here for Salma.  I was worried because we never discussed the dating rules.  Dylan told me that I needed to let them test the waters a bit.  It turned out that Stephan actually liked Harold and vice versa. Dylan promised he would stand guard while the teens "tested the waters" however given our busy schedule he fell asleep instead of chaperoning.

Turns out that Harold was not interested in Stephen.  Harold is gay but he said that Stephan is way too needy for him. Dylan took it upon himself to tell Stephen but he would not hear of it.  I felt bad for Stephen..I couldn't imagine trying so hard to get someone to like me.  This is one of the reasons I thank God I am not a teenager.

I had about enough of Dylan trying to hint when I saw Stephen hanging around too much. I finally told him that Harold did not want anything to do with him... Dylan was upset and Harold I could tell was embarrased. But really how much longer could this go on?

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I had a talk with both Harold and Salma.  They are allowed to date but they have to deal with their dates not us.  I told them that I nor their father are their break up facilitators. I explained to Harold that if he didnt like Stephen that he should have told him from the beginning.  I told them If they would not be grown enough to do this then they should not be dating.  Salma agreed and said that she was not dating for this exact reason.

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We never did see Stephen again.  We did however start seeing Edward Hernandez.  This time I was told he and Harold were trying things out or dating.

Sometimes I wondered about Edward's intentions because he doted on Salma a lot.  Dylan told me that I was just being a protective dad.

It soon became apparent that this was someone for Harold. I could tell right away that he was smitten with Edward.

Soon...well a little too soon for my taste anyway...they started going steady.

They moved rather quickly. This was something that we didn't want but how could we stop it?

This is when I noticed that we needed to focus more on us.  Soon the twins would be grown and out of the house.  What would we have left if we did not invest on keeping our relationship alive.

I asked Dylan out for a date and he was smitten that after all these years I would ask. I wanted to make this as romantic as possible.  He of course agreed.

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For our date we went out to eat.  It had been a long time since we went somewhere without the kids. It was great to be out there ourselves. 

We sipped wine, ate and had a great time.  This is why I love Dylan so much.  He never asks for anything. Yet I know he deserves all I can give them and more.

We both promised that we would do this more often.  It was so great that we were going to make this our thing to do more often.

When we got home we were about to get out of the car and then Dylan decided to get a little frisky. I guess our romance is alive and well after all.