So what’s with Tom and Jerry, two single guys who live alone on a secluded street? My gaydar is pinging like crazy.
I dealt with “gay”, mainly due to my two-handed tackles in touch football.
I’m pretty sure my neighbors think I’m a lesbian too. I live with another single woman with our assorted children and since all the houses are the same,most people rightly assume we share a room. Pretty soon she is moving out and my PLP (Platonic Life Partner), also female, is moving in. We are totally buying a pride flag.
Hmmm … I wonder how that would work as a pickup line?
Hmm. Here’s my list.
- I love having sex with women and have no interest in having sex with men.
- 06 Subaru Outback wagon (with hitch) is my car.
- Dog household
- Indigo Girls and Melissa Etheridge CDs in domicile. And I LOVE Natalie Merchant
- Have been known to play softball.
I’m thinking I’m a lesbian too. I’ll have to discuss it with friends when we meet for brunch this Sunday. (oh shit, that’s probably another sign)
One of my favorite In Living Color parody vids was “Neurotic” by Madonna, with the line “gay man trapped in a woman’s body.”
Platonic Life Partner is a thing?
So I’m the AntiMadonna? cool.
Leftfield, maybe we should start a support group.
Ha!
OK, true story. When I first started painting in 1979, my business partner was another (straight) woman. After a year or so, we hired our first employee, who happened to be a gay man.
What happened was inevitably, people assumed that she and I were a lesbian couple, and he was our straight boss. We thought about calling ourselves ourselves Two Dykes and a Faggot Painting. 
I’ve actually had quite a few women working for me over the years and I guess the gay:straight ratio has been about 50:50. I have a woman working for me now but she is straight and very much married. We are both aware, however, that many people will assume that we’re dykes (a couple, even) and we’re OK with that.
If any of you do decide you’re lesbians, let me know please. ~tapu
Everything’s a thing.
It’s wild to me that guys go around thinking the only reason a woman wouldn’t throw herself at them is she’s gay. Who in a normal walk of life seriously thinks they’re that attractive?
The best response would have been if the OP had said “Wait - Tom and Jerry are straight? Wow, I thought they were a couple. I’ve felt kinda bad, thinking about them maintaining two houses to keep up appearances…”
It’s not the only reason. But it is the most comfortable and utterly self-serving reason.
- I love having sex with men and I have no interest in having sex with women.
- Just traded the 2001 Outback for a 2011 Legacy
- Snail household
- Rammstein and Who CDs in domicile
- Never played softball in my life, not even in gym class.
I guess I’m not a lesbian. In fact, I’m starting to wonder if I’m even female.
I’m not sure if we invented it (probably not), but it nutshells our relationship nicely, I think.
I always figured that was at the root of a lot of homophobia - obviously they’re such stud muffins that gay guys would be all over them! Or worse, those evil gay guys would treat them the same way that they (the homophobes) have treated women in the past. :rolleyes:
Some people are *way *too concerned about what other people do in their private lives…
Well, to the OP, my guess is that you’re at least a reasonably nice looking woman, and since you haven’t shown any interest in two old fat guys down the street that are by themselves and probably lonely, they are probably a little bit hurt, and instead of them realizing they are not in your league and a bit more picky, they would rather assume you’re a lesbian, to make themselves feel better.
What I’ve learned from this thread is that I am a lesbian and possibly RivkahChaya’s husband. Now I’m confused.
its the asshole’s standard default assumption
It’s like a Bosom Buddies/Remington Steele mashup gone horribly awry. This thing has legs!