Welp... that's it. I'm gonna be gay.

No… not really. But it’s a nice thought.

Last night I went out to a club downtown. The scene was kinda slow, so I went up to the bar and was hanging out with my friend and bartender Kirby. ((Interesting name… even moreso because it’s my middle name.)) Anyway, he’s a match short of being absolutely flaming, so I love talking to him. He’s a riot.

Then this nice young man comes up to me and asks if I want to do a shot with him.

Duh.

He buys some shot that tastes like peaches, and sits down next to me.

Okay… that’s cool.

I continue to shoot the shit with Kirby who’s talking about this “Pot-Brownie” he ate and how he’d never had one before and what fun it was. I was explaining to him that “I wish” and “What I wouldn’t give for a big fat bong-load right about then.” when Nick, the nice young man, puts his hand on my shoulder and asks if I wanna do another shot.

Sure. He’s got really strong hands.

We do another shot… this one tastes like banana. “So, you like this music?” he says to me. Then it dawns on me. He’s not being overly nice for no reason. ((So I’m slow on the pick-up… leave me alone.))

“Umm… I don’t think I play for the same team you do. But I appreciate the drinks.” I say. He smiles.

“That’s cool. Maybe we should do another shot to make sure tho’.”

Wow… do I look like a booze-whore? Might wanna find a different line there sweetheart.

Out loud I say, “Umm… no thanks. I’ve got my Sapphire. I’m good to go.”

“Do one anyway.” Then he buys two more shots and sets one in front of me. Far be it for me to let good liquor go to waste, I take the shot.

Some more inane banter between Kirby and me, and my other friends want to leave. So we do. All this leads up to the point I’m trying to make. ((See, bear with me and I’ll eventually explain the thread title.)) As I’m walking out, I’m thinking to myself,

G-d, I really wish I was gay. He was a handsome guy. So is Kirby for that matter. They both like me. I coulda stayed and prolly had a hell of a time with both of them.

You see, this is not an isolated incident. I get hit on a lot by guys when I go out. I don’t know. Maybe I have a gay vibe. Maybe it’s more sterotypical as I tend to dress up a bit more. ((Prophet says I get “Ho’d out.”)) And I act a lot more sensitive than most of my guy friends. Maybe it’s just me. But, if I were gay, I have to believe I’d get so much more action than I do now. I’d have so many more people to choose a “mate” from. I’d prolly be a thousand times less lonely. And lord knows I’d drink for free a lot more often. All of these good things. Not to mention the fact that my luck with the ladies recently… <cough> okay… my luck with ladies for a while now has been… well… non-existant.

Three small problems tho’… One, I don’t like dick very much. ((I don’t say “at all”, because well, I like mine.)) Two, I love pussy. Mmm… pussy. <no grin smiley could even possibly hope to maybe properly convey the message here> And lastly, even if I could make myself “love the cock” I’m still in the military, and they kinda have a hang up about that.

Oh well. Just thought I’d share a story and a few random thoughts I’ve been having recently. Any comments?

Wow. I had the exact same story when I was in the military stationed in Germany and San Francisco. Guys were always hitting on me (sadly I had a falling out with a gay friend when he took advantage of me when I was really schnockered). I looked pretty young for my age (still do), loved to party, dressed nice, well-mannered; all signs pointed to my utter gayness (I guess, what did I know?). Lots of disappointed guys when I told them my preference (tho I did experiment one time, nothing much happened) and I loved to hang out gay or mixed bars, people there are MUCH friendlier and smell nicer, very cool music and loads of free alcohol (if you put out the right vibe). I could dance with anybody in the house. I loved it. The sex just wasn’t quite for me, but I sure loved the culture.

[Dr. Drew]
You’re gay.
[/Dr. Drew]

[Stan]
Don’t be gay, Simetra. Don’t be gay . . .
[/Stan]

Tripler
This wasn’t at American Pie was it?

My brother is gay, whenever we used to go out in Vancouver he would introduce me to his gay friends and follow it with, “He’s straight, don’t hit on him”.

I guess a few of his friends thought I was hot and made some inquiries.

This has happened to me more than a few times IRL and Matt even proposed to me a long time ago.

I’m such a heartbreaker.

Simetra, I can absolutely understand your situation. I’m a straight woman and I have been hit on several times by women. Mostly recently a male co-worker of mine (who I though knew me well enough to know that I like Men) asked me to come outside of my office because he “needed to talk to me”. Here I thought something was wrong. He starts in on this very muddled speech about knowing a nice, young, single, attractive girl and she was looking for the same, why not put you two together, etc. :confused: Well, it would have worked out lovely save for the fact that I’m not a lesbian. When I told him nicely that I date Men he turned 3 shades of red and said he thought my open-mindedness was due to my being into women - whoa.

Similar to you, ** Simetra** I am not gay but I would have much better luck if I was.

Hm. This is interesting. Now, I don’t drink so YMMV, but if two beautiful ladies were hitting on me to beat the band, I might decide to go home with them, at least to see what it’s like.

Of course, I’m a gigantic slut.

But, matt, would you then decide to become straight?

God, I know where you’re coming from. I have a continually lengthening list of guys who wish to be immediately notified should I turn* gay. Damn hardwired straight genes:(

*Yes, I know people don’t just “turn” gay. I guess they’re betting on a sudden realization or something.

See, this is one of the basic problems with the whole concept of “straight,” “gay,” “bi” and so forth. I’ve been attracted to ladies in the past, but I’m much more partial to gents.

I really, honestly wonder whether anyone anywhere is actually, really, truly, perfectly oriented in one direction or the other.

But Simetra, if guys are hitting on you, maybe you should feel flattered? Sounds like you’re at least cute enough to get noticed. My thank you to you is that you are tolerant and understanding and not a straight boy with a baseball bat.

(and no, I’m not making assumptions about the size of YOUR bat …) :smiley:

Simetra,

You would have had a good time. My wife and I had a couple of gay friends in from out of town a couple of weeks ago. Being as we live in Las Vegas, we had to take them to the Liberace museum which has to be the campiest place on the planet. Now I know this is going to be a shocker, but there’s a gay bar in the same plaza as the museum. Rhett (gay friend) wanted to stop in to see what the local scene was like. In short, we had a blast. Great music and a friendly and very funny bartender who served drinks that had a mule’s kick. Meant to poke our heads in and leave, ended up staying two hours and leaving piss-drunk at three in the afternoon.

LabRat

Reading that, I thought your story was going to be taking a whole different route than it actually did!

Happy

Then what happened? We won’t tell anyone :wink:
It happens to a lot of guys Simetra I posted a similar encounter a year ago maybe.

Well, it seems like guys pick you up on their gay-dar, probably because deep down you’re bisexual (you like pussy, but you’re also attracted to men). Well, actually, I’d call it “bicurious.” You don’t know what the heck you want at this point. I’d suggest some experimentation (not sexual, at least not yet - don’t do anything you’re not comfortable with, particularly if it’s potentially dangerous). Talk to guys, go out with them, see how you feel about them romantically. Then decide.

::checking wallet::

::checking flights::

I can be there… oh… tomorrow afternoon-ish. Where should I meet you?
Yeah, Sim, I know exactly where you’re coming from. My luck with guys for the past, oh, six years or so’s been pretty horrid. I mean, here I am stuck with this total loser who adores me, supports me emotionally and financially, and puts up with all my crap even when I’m being completely horrific to him. As a matter of fact, he thought I was a lesbian when we first met [sub]only half right there, but who’s paying attention to such things[/sub]… maybe I should just up and go back to the other team. Not like things could get worse. :smiley:

I don’t know, there, agentfroot, but based on my own similar experiences, I’d guess it far more likely that some people’s gaydar just doesn’t work worth a fried damn.

Or sometimes it’s wishful thinking on the part of the guy:) I know I’m not the only non-het on this board who’s wished a couple of straight guys … well … weren’t;)

One of my friends and I are the most famous fake lesbians in the tri-cities.

Meaning, of course, that we’d be lovers if we weren’t both straight.

I have a tendency to hit on persons of both sexes, not necessarily because I am bisexual [my gate swings more towards men than women, with a few exceptions] but because it catches people off-guard.

That was random.