Monday, April 24, 2006
Whats up with these boys?!?!
The youth of today are changing. And often not for the better. But there's something I've noticed which perplexes me. I don't consider it bad but I don't know that it's necessarily good either.
As you all know, I am a contract trainer for a big well known hospitality organization (name withheld for the obvious reason that they get enough bad press as it is) and when I'm training I live at the training facility. So in the evenings I get to be a bystander to all kinds of interesting sights. Sometimes it's funny. Often it's horrifying.
Long story short I've noticed that lots of straight guys in the 18 - 25 year range are major flirts with the gay guys. I have lots of gay friends and I truly admire the acceptance. It sucks when you have to deal with ignorance and bigotry in social situations. And I guess since sexual orientation has become a protected class, its much less of a stigma in most places and certainly within younger age groups.
But I'm wondering how much people are affected by the "it's-so-damn-cool-to-be-gay" ideal. I mean its weird how these boys are so flirty. They act like high school girls. And virtually all of them steadfastly maintain that they are straight. Not experimenting. Not bi-curious. Not in the closet, looking for a good time to come out. But noneltheless, they are doing full body hugs with the gay guys. And joking around about getting blow jobs from each other. And talking about clothes. Stuff that I know straight guys don't do together so much, I don't think. At least they didn't used to, anyway.
Before you get the impression that I'm being closed minded.... I'm making this point because a really good friend of mine has become a total smitten kitten with a straight boy. And I can't figure it out. My friend, let's call him "W", is a real cerebral, skeptical sort. Doesn't fall for anyone's trickery much less that of a straight boy. This straight boy, less call him "D", is even having sex with one of "W's" female friends (better known as "L"). But he flirts like a frickin' tricked out whore when he's around "W". He asked "L" not to tell "W" that he slept with her! (Yes, I know, I know, its totally like high school.)
Anyway, out of pure curiosity, I had acouple of drinks with "D" recently. What a tease. Oh my god. Look up effusive in the dictionary. There is a picture of this boy. Total charmer. Making love to me with his beautiful eyes. A total player. I could see right through him. I'm pretty sure I could have gotten to at least 2nd base with him right then and there. He clearly gets off on manipulating people. I also caught him the next day, typing a saucy letter to someone (a girlfriend I assume) on one of the public computers)
Which is what makes me so mad for my friend, "W". Who I dearly love. "D" is giving him the eyeballs too and hugging him and hanging out with him and complimenting him and giggling like a school girl with him. And "W" won't admit it but he's clearly in love with this dipshit. Its bad enough that these guys do this kind of crap to every woman on earth. Why do they have to start on my gay boyfriends too?!?!?! Gay guys have a hard enough time in normal gay relationships. They don't need these flirty asshole hipster metrosexuals messing with their minds.
So if you are a hot, flirty, hip, straight 20-something, stop groping my gay friends! Enough with your mind games! Go hit on some sorority girls.
As you all know, I am a contract trainer for a big well known hospitality organization (name withheld for the obvious reason that they get enough bad press as it is) and when I'm training I live at the training facility. So in the evenings I get to be a bystander to all kinds of interesting sights. Sometimes it's funny. Often it's horrifying.
Long story short I've noticed that lots of straight guys in the 18 - 25 year range are major flirts with the gay guys. I have lots of gay friends and I truly admire the acceptance. It sucks when you have to deal with ignorance and bigotry in social situations. And I guess since sexual orientation has become a protected class, its much less of a stigma in most places and certainly within younger age groups.
But I'm wondering how much people are affected by the "it's-so-damn-cool-to-be-gay" ideal. I mean its weird how these boys are so flirty. They act like high school girls. And virtually all of them steadfastly maintain that they are straight. Not experimenting. Not bi-curious. Not in the closet, looking for a good time to come out. But noneltheless, they are doing full body hugs with the gay guys. And joking around about getting blow jobs from each other. And talking about clothes. Stuff that I know straight guys don't do together so much, I don't think. At least they didn't used to, anyway.
Before you get the impression that I'm being closed minded.... I'm making this point because a really good friend of mine has become a total smitten kitten with a straight boy. And I can't figure it out. My friend, let's call him "W", is a real cerebral, skeptical sort. Doesn't fall for anyone's trickery much less that of a straight boy. This straight boy, less call him "D", is even having sex with one of "W's" female friends (better known as "L"). But he flirts like a frickin' tricked out whore when he's around "W". He asked "L" not to tell "W" that he slept with her! (Yes, I know, I know, its totally like high school.)
Anyway, out of pure curiosity, I had acouple of drinks with "D" recently. What a tease. Oh my god. Look up effusive in the dictionary. There is a picture of this boy. Total charmer. Making love to me with his beautiful eyes. A total player. I could see right through him. I'm pretty sure I could have gotten to at least 2nd base with him right then and there. He clearly gets off on manipulating people. I also caught him the next day, typing a saucy letter to someone (a girlfriend I assume) on one of the public computers)
Which is what makes me so mad for my friend, "W". Who I dearly love. "D" is giving him the eyeballs too and hugging him and hanging out with him and complimenting him and giggling like a school girl with him. And "W" won't admit it but he's clearly in love with this dipshit. Its bad enough that these guys do this kind of crap to every woman on earth. Why do they have to start on my gay boyfriends too?!?!?! Gay guys have a hard enough time in normal gay relationships. They don't need these flirty asshole hipster metrosexuals messing with their minds.
So if you are a hot, flirty, hip, straight 20-something, stop groping my gay friends! Enough with your mind games! Go hit on some sorority girls.
// posted by Stephanie Cake @ 4/24/2006 04:32:00 PM 
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