# Q for gay male dopers: Best way to apologize

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 24, 2013, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-gay-male-dopers-best-way-to-apologize/648205 "2013-01-24T09:11:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-gay-male-dopers-best-way-to-apologize/648205/41 "2013-01-25T04:22:37Z")

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> [@SecretaryofEvil](#):
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> Is there like, a story or something behind why you’ve been “voluntarily celibate since 1995” or was that a joke?

Personal circumstances, loss of interest in “the game” of trying to get laid, a personal “kink” for which I’m unlikely to find a willing partner in my small town, and an STD I’m not interested in risking passing on.

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**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-gay-male-dopers-best-way-to-apologize/648205/42 "2013-01-25T04:26:42Z")

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“I think there’s been a terrible misunderstanding.”

“Mmrphf? Mmmmrrr mmgg mmmphf?”

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