# A football player and his boyfriend went out to dinner... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-player-and-his-boyfriend-went-out-to-dinner/648694 "2013-01-29T05:14:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-player-and-his-boyfriend-went-out-to-dinner/648694/21 "2013-01-29T21:34:49Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > My goal in life is to leave as confusing an archaeological trail as possible. If I can get just one future historical linguist to write a paper on rice saucing, my life will have been worth it. I think we need to find a sexual practice to make it a euphemism for, just to muddy the trail. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-player-and-his-boyfriend-went-out-to-dinner/648694/22 "2013-01-29T22:45:56Z")
[QUOTE=Balance] I think we need to find a sexual practice to make it a euphemism for, just to muddy the trail. [/QUOTE] No need to invent one–it already exists. Look it up at [urbandictionary.com](http://urbandictionary.com). Warning: it’s NSFW. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-player-and-his-boyfriend-went-out-to-dinner/648694/23 "2013-01-29T22:54:22Z")
[QUOTE=Roderick Femm] {snip} The fact that _he was out in public openly with his boyfriend_ is not the main point of the story is, I guess, the best part. {snip} [/QUOTE] I surmise the reason why the incident was reported with that level of detail had more to do with the arrested man being an ex-player with the town’s NFL franchise than with his being gay. Which, IMO, is as it should be. [Digression]Although, I don’t quite get why he was charged with felony _domestic abuse_ if they “weren’t in a formal relationship” (much less, living together). But that’s a discussion for another thread.[/digression] ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-player-and-his-boyfriend-went-out-to-dinner/648694/24 "2013-01-29T23:28:43Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Do you mean the ‘Mall of America’ in Minneapolis (Bloomington actually, but that’s neither here nor there). Yes I do, sorry (conflating with Great America amusement parks, I guess). **SpoilerVirgin** , the point for me was not that he was in San Francisco, but that he was a (former) professional football player. So yes. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-player-and-his-boyfriend-went-out-to-dinner/648694/25 "2013-01-29T23:38:34Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > That’s the reaction I got when I went to the Great America mall in Minneapolis. The occasional non-pale family stood out quite a bit (and the ones I saw seemed to huddle together for comfort). > > Disclaimer: this was at least 15 years ago, so things may have changed there since then. Nope. Everybody there is still pasty as ever. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-player-and-his-boyfriend-went-out-to-dinner/648694/26 "2013-01-30T02:17:09Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > **SpoilerVirgin** , the point for me was not that he was in San Francisco, but that he was a (former) professional football player. So yes. > Roddy Ah, that makes sense. I guess I’ve seen enough stories about former athletes being gay that it didn’t make much of an impact. Now such a story about a current athlete in a major team sport would be a much bigger deal (although I sincerely hope that when I do read that story, it’s not about domestic violence). ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-player-and-his-boyfriend-went-out-to-dinner/648694/27 "2013-01-30T02:39:34Z")
> [@Toucanna](#): > > No need to invent one–it already exists. Look it up at [urbandictionary.com](http://urbandictionary.com). Warning: it’s NSFW. I actually did check, once I was safely away from work, because I’m not sure I would be surprised at any phrase turning up there. I didn’t see an entry, though. (Or one for “muddy the trail”, the lack of which actually surprised me.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-player-and-his-boyfriend-went-out-to-dinner/648694.md?page=1)