A couple of weeks back, Mr 24 hour affair re-appeared in my life!

Much as it was a surprise to hear from him again, it was quite nice that he wanted to re-establish contact anew.

Seems that the guy he went back to after me had beaten him up again, the so called love of his life! This guy had thrown him out on New Years Eve and he had gone back to live with his family.

He was surprisingly upbeat about it all in positive way. Like this happening had made his life change for the good. The relationship over forever, and an offer from a friend of his to come back and live in Salford - he was pressing the reset button for 2007!

Also the chance to build and have proper friendships (with me particularly), he'd even found himself a new job.

I felt awkward about him visiting, as this was the first time I had seen him since August 2006 - and a lot of water had passed under the bridge.

I was pleasantly releived that there was no awkwardness at all about what had/hadn't happened back then, just two friends sharing an evening together.

All in all it was great - and seemed to herald a new direction for us as mates with him having his life go right for a change, and me as ever the same guy I always have been.......