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Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3
At 40 years of age?All I can say is that you must have lived an incredibly insular life.
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No. I haven't at all. I grew up in a rural environment, and I work in an environment with 90% straight guys. Many of them boneheads on film and TV sets. Not insular at all. As an adult, say from 21 onward, I have not seen anything I needed to do anything about. Call me lucky. In high school, sure. But not since I have been a man.
I am giving you the benefit of the doubt and am assuming your comment was not meant as some kind of insult. My life has not been led like a veal raised in a box. More of my time out is spent with straight people than gay. But then again, I do live in Los Angeles. In fact, I spent this entire evening in a straight bar. Everyone thought I was straight, I guess. Women tried to hit on me, and the married couple my friend and I were with actually made some good natured brokeback related jokes with a lady who was trying to scam me. Maybe it was the cowboy hat. She asked who was with whom, because she didn't dance with married guys, and the guy said, putting his arm around me, "I am with him, so we can both dance with you." He was with his wife and I was with my good friend who is a girl.
She responded with "Oh, you're like those guys in the cowboy movie." We all laughed, and he hugged me and said "Yup, this is my guy." Not a bad word mentioned, not a negative vibe felt. We all laughed and kept drinking and telling stories. The married couple we were with never asked if I was gay or straight, and it wasn't an issue. So, no, I do not live an insular life at all. We were at an Irish straight rock and roll bar in Van Nuys. Dave and I had our arms around each other frequently. We punched each other and wrestled around. I just met him and his wife tonight. Not a peep. From anyone.