Today, the kid next to me asked me, in all seriousness, if gay people have feelings like regular people. I'm gay, and I have to sit next to this barnacle until June. FML
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Autumn: Leaves and Laughter
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Today, a coworker was telling me he was lonely and needed someone special in his life. I replied, "Why don't you find yourself a girlfriend?" He looked at me weird and said, "I'm gay." FML
Today, I learned that the girl I love thinks I'm gay. To be honest, I'm having doubts too. FML
Today, after three weeks of putting it off, I decided to ask out the girl I've had a major crush on since third grade. When I told her, she smiled, but then quickly said, "But aren't you gay?" FML
Today, I found out that my entire school differentiates me from another girl in my grade with the same name by saying, "No, she's the lesbian one." I'm straight. FML
Today, my sister gently asked me if I was gay. Turns out I've been without a boyfriend for so long that the whole family believes I secretly have a girlfriend. FML
Today, I talked to a girl I like. I tried to make her jealous by telling her I had a "thing" going with another girl. She looked deeply into my eyes and said, "Wait, aren't you gay?" FML
Today, my daughter was telling everyone at her elementry school about my gay partner. Yes, I have a gay partner. He is my work partner and he happens to be gay. FML
Today, I found out the reason my crush has been talking so openly to me. Not because she likes me back, but because she thinks I'm gay. FML
Today, I learned why a guy at work hates me when he drunkenly confessed it at a work retreat. Apparently I look like a gay teenager he had a horrible awkward one-night stand with, and every time he sees me he gets mad at himself. I could have gone my whole life without knowing that. FML
Today, while I was babysitting my nephews, the 7 year old boy walked up to me and asked if I was a lesbian. I laughed it off. An argument ensued about my sexuality for a good two hours. I lost. FML
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imchacon22 19
Ignorant people
WompWompWomp123 7
Tell him, "Not only do I have feelings, I have super powers as well!"
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Comments (198)
CreeperIRL 14
Well... Do they ?
worldclassrager 39
You could say I am not sure ask someone who is gay...but either way it's common sense everyone is the same just our hearts are different...
username1776 3
Gays are like strippers, they have no souls so they can't have feelings
tomatosz 23
He's obviously been brainwashed that gay people are "not normal", but asking such a question makes it seem that he's genuinely curious about gays (although from an ignorant viewpoint). Maybe there is still hope of teaching him that gays are actually regular human beings like him. Although, whether this could be the case kind of depends on the way he asked it.
StylisedFatalism 6
I know this wasn't a great thing for him to say, or you to hear, but it goes to show that there is still a lot of ignorance in this day and age. Rather than ridiculing him, be patient and educate him. I've had to deal with offensive questions before that were born of ignorance rather than an intent to offend because I was genuinely the first real live gay they had met. take a bit of time and there'll be one less homophobe in the world...people fear what they don't understand
truecommenter 7
That silly barnacle! (gay voice)
katejones 8
Perfect change to educate!
happyfingers 15
... Barnacle? Really? BARNACLE. What, are you Spongebob?
mustabee 5
Wah wah wah, answer the fricken question, whats wrong with you, s/he asked and wanted to know. Why u may ask? Well, because they dont know,so what if the question is obvious,they are still taking an intrest,you are different from them so they are curious - im not gay and when i found out a friend was gay,i bomberd them with a lot of questions, now i know things like, his a bottom and his boyfriend is a top. I live in the worlds captial of homophob, where you can get hit, jailed on top of being disowned BY ALL THE COMMUNITY for being gay. So there is a lot of propaganda, for example, that gay people are devil worshipers or their parents are. So dont blame me, him or her for asking questions. Remember that gays are not widely accepted and so, there could be a religious or political system that could have influenced them negetivily and now you call them a barnacle all because they want to find out the truth. You being pehaps the only gay person they know at the moment can also set the tone for how they view gay people. If my friend had been a dick about it, it would have maintained the negetivity i had towards gays. Remember that there is a political, religious and education system that teaches people things, so because gays are not widely accepted, these systems may peddle lies. Let me ask you this, did anyone crucify you for asking if santa claus reindeers have wings when you were told by your parents and the whole community that he had left you a present. Misinformation or ingnorance has a source, now answer the fricken question and any strange questions they may ask for that matter you arse
mustabee 5
i didnt realize how long that was. Anyway - sorry
xSkittle 16
Oh come on, he asked if OP has FEELINGS LIKE REGULAR PEOPLE. You don't have to be a genius to know how dumb that question is.
SecsNoises 6
You do realize how a person responds to ignorant questions doesn't justify hateful bigotry, right?
RedPillSucks 31
But #62s point is that OP has a chance to answer the question and help dispel stupid myths/propaganda. We live in a society that's largely Judeo-Christian. The bible has passes that essentially commands believers to kill homosexuals. So perhaps we can't miss every opportunity to override this foolishness. I'm not gay so I can't speak for them, but I would be terrified living in an environment that I found intolerant to that level, and I know for a fact that those environments are still around in abundance.
underthesea12 24
what was the answer you gave? I would say they are overly sensitive seeing this post.