Driver's Thread About A 78-Year-Old Grandma Coming Out Goes Viral

‘I teared up’: Cab driver details the emotional conversation she had with a 78-year-old passenger who came out as gay and then confessed she is in love with her female best friend

Sometimes the world needs love, sweet love, and we’ve got your wholesome content for the day. A Twitter used shared a beautiful story about driving an elderly passenger, who shared a deep secret about being in love with her childhood friend. The story has gone viral, just in time for the Cancer season eclipse. Yes, this will make you misty, so grab your tissues now, and settle in for a heartwarming queer elderly love story.

Twitter user @Al0haNani, or Nani, is a driver for an unnamed taxi or rideshare service. She describes picking up an older woman, who is 78 years old (we’ll call her Grandma Tender, for simplicity’s sake).

Grandma Tender must have gotten the vibe that Al0haNani was a safe person to open up to, because she asked her if she’d “ever been with a woman.” Nani was understandably taken aback by the question.

This older (78) lady I drove today asked me if I had ever been with a woman. I told her yes and she asked me what it was like. At first I was like...umm grandma this is weird. But she told me she thinks shes in love with her best friend since childhood.
— Cimónalisa 7.15 (@Al0haNani) July 12, 2019

But Grandma Tender really wanted to know what queer sex is like — and Nani was happy to oblige a questioning mind.

She basically just wanted to know what the sex feels like. I told her it felt like taking a fresh shower, getting a massage head to toe and then having sex with myself. Like a copy of me in person rubbing all of everything together and feeling solely pleasure, no pain.

— Cimónalisa 7.15 (@Al0haNani) July 12, 2019

Grandma Tender was obviously very intrigued, and said that no man had ever made her feel that way, even her ex-husbands. Straight women everywhere totally understand this sentiment. She then explained that her best friend, whom she’s in love with and is also her roommate, also fulfills her emotionally. Sadly, Grandma Tender lamented how difficult it is for her cohort to accept fluid sexualities.

She said she wishes her generation wasn’t so closed off and stuck up about sexuality because she wouldn’t have felt so suppressed. Her and her best friend live together now and basically the friend is like everything she wishes her husbands were for her but she’s scared to say 😩
— Cimónalisa 7.15 (@Al0haNani) July 12, 2019

But then a beautiful thing happened. As Nani was dropping Grandma Tender off at home, and her friend comes out to help her into the house. Grandma Tender’s friend, who has no idea about the conversation in the car, tells her “I couldn’t imagine having anybody else to end this life with. You’re my favorite person.” And Grandma Tender finally told her friend what she’s been so afraid to say: “I love you.”

Then she helps her stand up and says “I couldn’t imagine having anybody else to end this life with. You’re my favorite person.”

Bruh when I tell you I teared the hell up. Then then rider teared up and they hugged and told each other “I love you.”

I wanted to ugly cry so bad.
— Cimónalisa 7.15 (@Al0haNani) July 12, 2019

As you can imagine, it began raining on everyone’s faces. Other Twitter users expressed their emotions about this story, with some relating their experiences with queer sex and love.

But what she said feels too relatable to me (along with your description of having ex with a woman; I always said its like having sex with a flower— soft and sweet). I’m not straight but have only had boyfriends and truly am just not fulfilled, even with the few great experiences pic.twitter.com/afUjmTzTLg

— ♓️WET PUSSY ENERGY♓️ (@asadashakur) July 12, 2019

My heart. This is so beautiful pic.twitter.com/FK7sq352m1

— Raquletta Moss (@twistedfiction4) July 12, 2019

Such a beautiful story. We rarely discuss our elders in the #LGBTQ community but the reality is they get older and they want & deserve companionship. When you think of how many have kept their secrets for fear of retribution. I hope they have a beautiful life together.

— J.I.M.B.R.O.W.S.K.I. (@PeaceAndCheese) July 12, 2019

My grandma, before she passed, confessed to me that she dropped out of high school for her best friend because she loved her so much (exact quote, one of her regrets). But she married my … less than stellar … grandpa because thats what her generation did…

— Presistance (@preaction) July 13, 2019

We may never know if Grandma Tender’s love is reciprocated, or if these two elderly ladies ride off into the sunset together, but either way, we’re hoping for the best. Everyone deserves love, and everyone deserves to live their life authentically and true to who they are. It’s never too late to tell someone you love them, even if you’re Grandma Tender’s age.