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Originally posted by dtb
Anyway, the guy (an excellent yoga teacher, by the way) is the ur-metrosexual. Unclear as to whether gay or not -- but I thought probably not.
Well, one time, he and I were talking and I said "hey my boyfriend in high school had that [rather unusual] name" (it was in context) and his response was, "Really? Me too! -- Ha ha, just kidding." So, whatever, I guess he's gay.
But then yesterday, he was mentioning a fiancee and how now he has a "child" because she has one.
So we are perplexed. We were thinking maybe he really meant his fiancee is a "he" and he was trying to throw us off the track.
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Perhaps he was joking about the high school boyfriend? Big Ed's brother Big Earl is married, and sometimes makes jokes like that -- like the other day at happy hour. Wanda was complaining about how her boyfriend Jimmy the Kenworth driver had been seen at the Bada-Bing strip club, and Michelle a/k/a Big Edna said "men suck!" Big Earl said "not often enough," and we all laughed.
Or maybe Yoga Boy is bisexual. Heck, maybe Big Earl is. Or full on gay, and just hiding it. Hmmm.
To the question about why someone who is gay in TCOTU wouldn't be "out" (or would be reluctant about admitting it to oneself or one's oh-so-tolerant parents), I dunno. Maybe Dualit can enlighten us. If I had to guess, I'd say that even TCOTU has a few homophobes, and so some people just are private about it to avoid problems.
