Some of my neighbors have decided that I am a lesbian.

[zoid]

@RivkahChaya

Wait! My husband drives a Subaru! Do I need to be worried? :dubious:

He’s a lesbian trapped in a man’s body.
Sorry.

The only thing you can do is to go out and get more pussy than him, that’ll show him! :mad:

[Count_Blucher]

Thank Og its Tom & Jerry!
If it was Ben & Jerry, you’d have to worry about what flavor they’d name you…

[efyou]

Is it possible that Joe could have been making that up just to find out if you’re a lesbian or not for himself?

[chiroptera]

@efyou

Is it possible that Joe could have been making that up just to find out if you’re a lesbian or not for himself?

Naw. At this point I am pretty sure he doesn’t care, anyhow. And I’ve gotten to be pretty good friends with him (have his house key so I can take care of his dog; he’s become very close to a couple of my long-term friends, etc) so there would be no reason or need for him to engage in subterfuge.

Interesting twist, though!

[Magiver]

@monstro

I drive a Subaru…

does it have a trailer hitch?

[Grrr]

Throw a softball through one of their windows.

[TreacherousCretin]

@chiroptera

Just to be clear - I do NOT think “gay is an insult.” My largely recreational [del] outrage [/del] irritation was because of what I presume to be stereotyping of women by Tom and Jerry. Of course it could be just that they have no lives/get off on fantasizing about lesbians/are fat old guys who haven’t gotten any in years and are bitter about it.
Being a woman in a traditionally male line of work, I run into this and other stereotypes quite often. That’s the part that sometimes irritates me.

I expressed myself very poorly. You made yourself perfectly clear, and I understood you, despite the impression my post gave. I’m very tired today, and I hope that’s why I wrote so clumsily. Sorry about that.

FWIW, I’ve been driving a Subaru for nine years.

[Little_Nemo]

@Count_Blucher

If it was Ben & Jerry, you’d have to worry about what flavor they’d name you…

Obviously something with no nuts.

[chiroptera]

@TreacherousCretin

I expressed myself very poorly. You made yourself perfectly clear, and I understood you, despite the impression my post gave. I’m very tired today, and I hope that’s why I wrote so clumsily. Sorry about that.

FWIW, I’ve been driving a Subaru for nine years.

Thanks. And I’ve actually been thinking about another Subie wagon (I used to own one.) They’re great cars for snow country.

Obviously something with no nuts.

Bwahahahaha.

[monstro]

@RivkahChaya

Wait! My husband drives a Subaru! Do I need to be worried? :dubious:

If he wears peasants skirts and owns a couple of cats, you might need to let him know it’s okay for him to come out.

[stpauler]

As a gay man, a single woman living alone in a house doesn’t ring any bells. The painting contractor bit though, that-for some reason-is a field that is just rife with lesbians. I don’t know why, but every single female painting contractor I’ve ever met is a lesbian. Even Cheryl Wheeler has a song about her partner (now wife) and a job of hers when she was a painting contractor.

Syllogisms and all that, it doesn’t mean that you are one. It just means that the odds are assumed not to be on your side.

[QuickSilver]

@chiroptera

Quick background: I bought my house on a half-acre in August 2010, on a quiet dead-end road. I am a single female and also a painting contractor. I’ve become quite good friends with several of my neighbors, including “Joe” who lives right across the street from me.

So this morning Joe calls me up and laughingly tells me that he had a conversation with “Tom” and “Jerry” who each own homes at the end of our road. Both are fairly reclusive guys and I’ve never actually talked with them. Apparently Tom and Jerry have determined that I am a lesbian and not only that, “getting more pussy than them and Joe combined.”

Whatever floats their boats; if they feel better imagining their neighbor is a horny lesbian, more power to them.

Mostly, I feel annoyed. Annoyed because a single, self-sufficient woman cannot possibly be straight (and therefore depending on a man)? Because being in a non-traditional “male” line of work means I cannot possibly be feminine? Because a single female without a man must by definition be a lesbian?

OK, so I am not annoyed enough to muster up any real ire - I actually find it amusing. And if it keeps those old fat guys at the end of the street from trying to hit on me, even better. I don’t really personally care what people who don’t actually know me think of me, but I am irritated that stereotypes like this persist.

I completely undrestand. Sucks to be stereotyped.

However, you’ve not actually denied it.

[Ethilrist]

@RivkahChaya

Wait! My husband drives a Subaru! Do I need to be worried? :dubious:

Well, he’s probably not a lesbian…

[cmyk]

Ask Joe if he knows where you can buy a rooster.

When he asks why, tell him you love cock.

[Spiderman]

@chiroptera

Well there you are. You MUST be a lesbian.

Heh, you people are funny. (And thanks for the offer Spiderman - I’ve never had a superhero!)I’ve decided that I am more amused than annoyed. Maybe I should get a rainbow flag or two to display. And a Subaru.

I do believe that my offer was turned down. There’s only one possible explanation for that…she IS a lesbian!!! :eek:

Yup, Tom & Jerry were spot on in their assessment! See, now she’s even coming out & getting a Subie with a rainbow flag.

[Bricker]

@Typo_Negative

“I’m not gay, but I’m willing to learn.”

Yeah, would they send us someplace special?

[tonyfop]

@Count_Blucher

Thank Og its Tom & Jerry!
If it was Ben & Jerry, you’d have to worry about what flavor they’d name you…

Now if they would stop playing these cat-and-mouse games…

[swampspruce]

You people have me seriously worried. I’m looking at the evidence of my life and have to come to the conclusion that I am indeed a lesbian in a man’s body.

1. I love having sex with women (that being my wife) and have no interest in having sex with men.
2. 07 Subaru Legacy wagon (with hitch) is my car.
3. Cat household
4. Indigo Girls and Melissa Etheridge CDs in domicile.
5. Prefers to play softball.

I think I’m going to have to get some therapy…

[Kzbre5m]

[QUOTE=Typo Negative]
“I’m not gay, but I’m willing to learn.”
[/QUOTE]
“I really like men, but for you I’m willing to make an exception.”

[LupusYonderboy]

@Mr.Nylock

Some people think I’m a nut, don’t let it get to you.

I see what you did there