# So go figure... I'm gay. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463 "2005-05-11T21:44:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/1 "2005-05-11T21:44:20Z")
Funny, I never got the memo. :dubious: 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: ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/2 "2005-05-11T21:49:12Z")
You don’t by chance drive a Boxster, do ya? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/3 "2005-05-11T22:02:41Z")
\>\> NOT commenting on any recent break ups \<\< 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… ---
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/4 "2005-05-11T22:39:12Z")
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: ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/5 "2005-05-11T22:43:28Z")
You don’t like SPORTS?!?!?!?!? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/6 "2005-05-11T22:45:22Z")
You wear a THUMB RING ?!?!?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/7 "2005-05-11T22:52:17Z")
[http://www.nekothekitty.net/cusp/daily.php?date=030207](http://www.nekothekitty.net/cusp/daily.php?date=030207) go for it! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/8 "2005-05-11T22:52:18Z")
Jesus, have they been living a cave for the last two years-hello, the term is “metrosexual!” ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/9 "2005-05-11T22:59:40Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > You don’t by chance drive a Boxster, do ya? Shit, they’re giving out cars now? Last I heard it was just a toaster. I may have to sign up. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/10 "2005-05-11T23:00:39Z")
> [@Quicksilver](#): > > Really… you’d think people would attempt to lead more interesting lives. 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? Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/11 "2005-05-11T23:07:29Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/12 "2005-05-11T23:09:38Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Funny, I never got the memo. :dubious: > > 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: 😃 You [SMELL](http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/09/science/09cnd-smell.html&OP=9e53c48/mqBHmwb(Q23ebbVUmU))Ym)Ym)cmQ23(jBX(Bm)c(XwuQ23gBSSKFVgS) good? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/13 "2005-05-11T23:51:12Z")
Hell, let the women think you’re gay. Let the women also think that, maybe, just _maybe_, they can “fix” you. What’s the problem? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/14 "2005-05-11T23:59:13Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/15 "2005-05-12T02:46:48Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > and I _occasionally_ suck a **little** cock, and suddenly everyone’s claiming I must be gay. I thought you guys liked the big ones… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/16 "2005-05-12T02:51:05Z")
I get pegged as a gay man quite frequently. Wait… let me rephrase that… ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/17 "2005-05-12T02:56:42Z")
> [@iamthewalrus(:3=](#): > > Shit, they’re giving out cars now? Last I heard it was just a toaster. > > I may have to sign up. No, but they do have a fleet. Never heard of Ferry Boats? C’mon. Someone had to say it. ---
**Author:** ![H3Knuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@H3Knuckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H3Knuckles)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/18 "2005-05-12T03:25:59Z")
Besides the excellent comic link (Go Gar!)… 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. ---
**Author:** ![H3Knuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@H3Knuckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H3Knuckles)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/19 "2005-05-12T03:49:20Z")
If I just posted a thread-killer, I apologize. :smack: I seem to do that a lot (especially when I get wordy). :o ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/20 "2005-05-12T05:01:37Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > 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. Same here. Had a cock in my mouth, and then the guy tried to bend me over, and I was like “WTF!? I’m not gay!” 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463.md?page=2)