Turns out that because I was hired by a gay man, because I dress well and smell good, because I wear a thumb ring and don’t talk about sports; ergo, I must be gay. In fact there’s a rumour circulating largely among the women in the office that I got my job because I was having an affair with said manager.
Really… you’d think people would attempt to lead more interesting lives. :rolleyes:
So, roll up to the chief offender, grab her firmly by the biceps, stare into the backs of her eyeballs and ask her with a faint lisp, “When was the last time you held a real man in your arms?”
Dunno if it’ll do any good, but it sounds fun. Hell I might give it a go right now…
My brother goes to a public school (I go to a private school). Since I’m in high school and he’s in junior high, all of his classmates think I’m a lesbian because I told them that I don’t have a boyfriend. So, they all said, “Oh, you’re abnormal. You’re in high school and you don’t have a BOYFRIEND??? So, does that mean you’re a lesbian?” I just don’t care. I don’t know any of them anyways. Hopefully, your offenders (and mine) will grow up. :rolleyes:
They DO lead interesting lives. Their boss just hired on his gay lover. Office melodrama is sure to ensue causing no end of talk around the water cooler. Didn’t you get the memo?
You mean to tell me a man can’t have an honest affair with his male boss without being thought of a hoe-mo-sick-chual? What is this world coming to this days.
And, we drive Miatas, not Boxsters, thank-you-very-much!
I know exactly how you feel. I put a little attention into my appearance, I like showtunes, and I occasionally suck a little cock, and suddenly everyone’s claiming I must be gay.
That really sucks. I don’t really have any suggestions for you, but man, that’s gotta be awkward. I hate how people always feel the need to pull this kind of BS.
Its kinda like how every one has to read homosexual themes into anything cool that nerds or intellectuals like. I’m talking about things like Lord of the Rings here, not to mention the whole “Megaman-X and Zero are lovers” thing, or how people insist that ALL of the Gundam Wing pilots are gay (not just Quatre and Trowa, who are admittedly a bit ambiguous).
There’s even a ton of classic literature that gets analyzed like this, nevermind that they were just written in times with different societal norms, mores, and folk-ways (though even I kinda wonder about Moby Dick, frankly).
Now, don’t get the wrong idea, I’m not a homophobe or anything (“in the interests of full disclosure,” I’m bisexual), I just get peeved when people have to pull this psychoanalysing BS on things they don’t know shit about. One of my sisters is always dealing with stuff like this at her new company because they’re bending over backwards to accomodate her and she’s a young, pretty, recent college graduate. Nevermind the fact that she almost single-handedly did the work of their new head of Sales when she first started there, or planned out a very succesful list of activites for “Take your kids to work day,” Or the fact that she has experience working Customer Service/Relations jobs, as well as doing financial research and administrative assistant jobs (seriously, for a 26-year-old, she’s got an incredible resume).
Nope, she’s just “that annoying new twenty-something blond who’s awfully friendly with the CEO, if you ask them!” Them being the gossipy cow-orkers (thank you Scott Adams) at the office.