Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-k Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:Pucc-I:Pucc-K:ag5 From: ag5@pucc-k (Basket Case) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: gays masquerading as hetrosexuals Message-ID: <749@pucc-k> Date: Thu, 27-Dec-84 23:16:49 EST Article-I.D.: pucc-k.749 Posted: Thu Dec 27 23:16:49 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Dec-84 07:52:18 EST References: <436@amdcad.UUCP> Followup-To: net.singles Distribution: net Organization: Tower Acres Pleasure Center Lines: 43 <<>> >I don't have any complaints to raise here (although I think my friend >might), it just struck me that before I moved to California, such events >would have been hard to imagine. So I would like to ask, in this globe >spanning forum, if this kind of thing seems to be more common in California? Actually, I think it might be more common in this God-forsaken part of the world. (This, of course, is only my educated guess..) And (unfortunately) if it is, it is for the wrong reasons. The wrong reason is, of course, to have a 'cover.' As to why it might be more common here, well it's tough being out in a town that still thinks all gay people live in California... Although your friend might have complaints to make (and they might even be justified) I would hope that she would also be a bit understanding of this sort of behavior. It's something that society forces upon some gay people... >I would like to emphasize that I'm not upset with the woman I dated. >I just wasn't her type. I don't expect her to say "I can't go out with >you because I'm gay" because that's not the kind of thing you want to >say to a stranger. She could have said "I don't think you're my type" >but she probably thought I might make a good friend and didn't want >to cut things off so quickly. And I think that's pretty neat. >(it was still frustrating, but, no pain no gain) I think you're right here... Quite frankly, if she *weren't* interested in you *as a friend* she could have put you off from the start. Indeed, this is a problem which gay people face. Right now I'm seeing someone whom I thought would be a good friend (this hasn't changed); she seems to have other ideas about the relationship... Something to look forward to when school starts :-(. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Henry C. Mensch | User Confuser | Purdue University User Services {ihnp4|decvax|ucbvax|seismo|purdue|cbosgd|harpo}!pur-ee!pucc-i!ag5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ "Never eat more than you can lift!" -- Miss Piggy