# Advantages of being gay or having a same sex parter. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 12, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-of-being-gay-or-having-a-same-sex-parter/757220 "2016-06-12T21:07:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-of-being-gay-or-having-a-same-sex-parter/757220/1 "2016-06-12T21:07:11Z")
I don’t mean to be presumptuous, but there’s got to be plenty of “perks” being with someone of the same sex , right? I’m sure there sure are with being with the opposite sex too. I’ve heard SS couples say they get to try on each other’s cloths, but that’s IF you two share the same style, AND are relatively the same size. I can never know this for sure, but if I were gay, I would bet five bucks that I would be more sexually experienced than I currently am. NOT because I’m a guy and think about sex all the time, and other guys do as well… I’m just more at ease talking to men. It’s possible that since I’m not attracted to them in real life, that I’m just not as shy, but I don’t think that’s all of it. There are many factors at play. Anyway, Humorous/sarcastic responses welcome. ---
**Author:** ![DeepLiquid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deepliquid/32/14893_2.png) [@DeepLiquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeepLiquid)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-of-being-gay-or-having-a-same-sex-parter/757220/2 "2016-06-12T21:18:35Z")
Well, we get beat up now and then, we get shot in nightclubs, we are roundly hated by a large chunk of the worlds population, and people think it’s okay to start threads on forums asking lots of intrusive questions about the intricacies of our lives. Sadly, my wife and I don’t wear the same size clothes so there are zero perks for us. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-of-being-gay-or-having-a-same-sex-parter/757220/3 "2016-06-12T21:29:07Z")
I’m so sorry. I was at work all day, and texted this without knowing the horrible news. I thought it might garner some interesting responses, but perhaps it was in poor taste. I’m so sorry and probably deserve a lot of guilt. It’s so horrible what happened today. All those lives lost… Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-of-being-gay-or-having-a-same-sex-parter/757220/4 "2016-06-12T21:30:02Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-of-being-gay-or-having-a-same-sex-parter/757220/5 "2016-06-12T21:34:53Z")
Astro. That is exactly what I was seeking. It was unintended ignorance. Once again, I apologize. Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-of-being-gay-or-having-a-same-sex-parter/757220/6 "2016-06-12T21:37:06Z")
I read the horrific news after giving my response then erased it. This is probably not a time for light hearted banter re gay sexuality. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-of-being-gay-or-having-a-same-sex-parter/757220/7 "2016-06-12T21:42:33Z")
The risk of an unplanned pregnancy is way lower. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-of-being-gay-or-having-a-same-sex-parter/757220/8 "2016-06-12T21:54:32Z")
I think this thread should be locked. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-of-being-gay-or-having-a-same-sex-parter/757220/9 "2016-06-12T21:58:16Z")
You get that [free toaster oven](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTFNK1PQ6jg), according to TV. (Bisexuals have to settle for either a Vivitar Camcorder, or a 10-speed Huffy.) ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-of-being-gay-or-having-a-same-sex-parter/757220/10 "2016-06-12T22:01:58Z")
In light of today’s events and the fact that the OP was unaware of them at the time the thread was started, I’m going to close this for now.