I’m sitting in my room on my bed, looking out my giant windows. The problem is that I live on the first floor of an apartment building and my windows are facing the courtyard where cars drive around constantly and people enjoy their cigarettes as if their lives depended on it while they’re having a conversation as loud as fireworks exploding right next to your ear. I guess that’s what living in the city is all about.
As I sat here in my light lavender rose pink room (my sister chose the color) with my burning laptop on my thighs, I thought about a certain topic that came up in a recently aired episode of one of my favorite television shows of all time: the straight-gay man and the gay-straight man.
By now, everyone has come across these types of men at least once in his or her lifetime. If you’re confused as to whom these men might be, let me explain. The straight-gay man (SG man) is a homosexual male who acts masculine. This is the type of man that a lot of homosexuals find very attractive. To be stereotypical, the SG man enjoys doing things with his hands, such as construction work, building things, outdoor activities, and anything of that sort. The SG man may also be interested in technology and automotives. This is the type of man that almost all women desire: amazingly good looking guys that they can’t have.
On the other hand, there is the gay-straight man (GS man). The GS man is a heterosexual who has some gay characteristics. Again, being stereotypical, the GS man loves shopping, enjoys taking his time to dress up, has quite a number of gay friends, enjoys dancing, and likes to smile in pictures.
As if life and finding love isn’t complicated enough. Now, you have to find out if the guy you’re going after is a heterosexual, a homosexual, a SG male or a GS male. Obviously, if you’re gay, it’s great if the guy you’re after is a SG man, but the GS man is very deceptive. There are actually straight guys who love their Prada shoes and LV bags more than (excuse my language) tatas and pussies. Especially for gay men, isn’t it hard enough that the natural perception of someone when you first meet them is to assume that they’re straight? Gay men don’t wear signs around their obviously-fake-tanned orange necks that say “Hi. I’m gay” or wear name tags on the breast pockets of their Michael Kors powder blue argyle sweater vests that say “Hi! My name is GAY.” Having these GS men running wild confuses the hell out of everyone and makes gay men finding love that much more difficult. Of course, when you ask guys what their sexual preference is, they get offended as if it’s supposed to be THAT obvious. I guess, just like new cell phones with GPS, everyone’s gaydar will need to be upgraded.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
A Threat to Relationships
As I was showering tonight, I thought about my past a little bit. I have usually been the one out of my friends to be single. My friends were the ones who were always in relationships as I watched and observed on the sidelines. I went through in my head what I’ve done and what I’ve been through while I was single and I could write several books on those experiences alone. One particular thing that popped in my head and somewhat bothered me was a situation with a RA (Resident Advisor) of my dorm while I was in college.
First, the RA, who shall remain nameless, was not my RA but an RA in my building. He was as friendly as any RA should be. He was attractive in a dorky kind of way. We chatted from time to time and we had some friends in common (that does happen in a college that houses less than 8,000 students in a small town). One night, a friend of mine dragged me with her to the RA’s room and we all hung out for a bit. For some reason to which I cannot recall, my friend had to leave and she left me with the RA. He made me watch a movie that I was not interested in. What’s a bit interesting was that he didn’t make me watch the movie fully; he skipped through scenes, describing the important parts of the movie. After the description of the movie was over, the RA’s boyfriend came by drunk and we all chatted and hung out for a little while (of course I felt a bit uncomfortable). I went back to my room afterwards and that was the end of that night. I believe about a week later, I heard from people that the RA’s boyfriend was not very fond of me. According to the RA, his boyfriend was afraid I'd pounce on him and pursue to have an affair with him (not his exact words). Ever since, the RA’s boyfriend and I never really spoke except for “Hi’s” and “Goodbye’s.” I just wonder, what exactly threatened the RA’s boyfriend?
Not only has this happened to me with a gay couple, but this has happened to me with my heterosexual friends in relationships. What, you say, do they have against me? I don’t know if I have the answer to that, but I do know for a fact that two of my female friends were aware that their boyfriends were unhappy about them spending time or speaking on the phone with me. Were they scared what ideas I would put in their heads like that they should dump their boyfriends? Were they afraid the girls would want to spend more time with me because all I'm really after are their humps? There are a lot of questions at hand. Still, that does not answer the first question that was brought to light.
If anyone asks my friends about me, they would find out that I’m a friendly, caring individual. People would probably say that I’m easy to talk to and I am protective of my friends and that I'm very modest. I think I may have pinpointed a possible answer. I am friendly. Friendly. Could my friendliness be misinterpreted as being what some people may call a "home wrecker"? Did a supposedly positive personality trait turn into a negative trait in other people’s eyes? That's definitely a huge possibility. Let me know what you think.
First, the RA, who shall remain nameless, was not my RA but an RA in my building. He was as friendly as any RA should be. He was attractive in a dorky kind of way. We chatted from time to time and we had some friends in common (that does happen in a college that houses less than 8,000 students in a small town). One night, a friend of mine dragged me with her to the RA’s room and we all hung out for a bit. For some reason to which I cannot recall, my friend had to leave and she left me with the RA. He made me watch a movie that I was not interested in. What’s a bit interesting was that he didn’t make me watch the movie fully; he skipped through scenes, describing the important parts of the movie. After the description of the movie was over, the RA’s boyfriend came by drunk and we all chatted and hung out for a little while (of course I felt a bit uncomfortable). I went back to my room afterwards and that was the end of that night. I believe about a week later, I heard from people that the RA’s boyfriend was not very fond of me. According to the RA, his boyfriend was afraid I'd pounce on him and pursue to have an affair with him (not his exact words). Ever since, the RA’s boyfriend and I never really spoke except for “Hi’s” and “Goodbye’s.” I just wonder, what exactly threatened the RA’s boyfriend?
Not only has this happened to me with a gay couple, but this has happened to me with my heterosexual friends in relationships. What, you say, do they have against me? I don’t know if I have the answer to that, but I do know for a fact that two of my female friends were aware that their boyfriends were unhappy about them spending time or speaking on the phone with me. Were they scared what ideas I would put in their heads like that they should dump their boyfriends? Were they afraid the girls would want to spend more time with me because all I'm really after are their humps? There are a lot of questions at hand. Still, that does not answer the first question that was brought to light.
If anyone asks my friends about me, they would find out that I’m a friendly, caring individual. People would probably say that I’m easy to talk to and I am protective of my friends and that I'm very modest. I think I may have pinpointed a possible answer. I am friendly. Friendly. Could my friendliness be misinterpreted as being what some people may call a "home wrecker"? Did a supposedly positive personality trait turn into a negative trait in other people’s eyes? That's definitely a huge possibility. Let me know what you think.
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