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"I thought gays are a myth" Come again?

Discussion in 'Coming Out Stories' started by boyequal, Apr 25, 2009.

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  1. boyequal

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    It's interesting how certain events lead me to remember this place :slight_smile:

    I went to a birthday party earlier this week (it was kind of boring as I don't drink...). Anyway, I started chatting to this girl (let's call her Lindy) and I'm so used to people knowing I'm gay, it just came up in casual conversation. I think I mentioned some guy I kissed... She went quiet and looked at me with a very weird look in her eyes. "Did you say guy?" Lindy asked. Having thought that she knew, I just plainly said: "Yeh..."

    Suddenly she starts stroking my arm and says: "So, you're real?" By now I'm thoroughly confused. What is she on about? I wonder. "Yes, I'm real..." Lindy's eyes widen and she starts smiling, "Wow! I've never met anyone gay before! I've only seen them on TV."

    Inside I start smiling, no laughing, at this girl who's so excited to meet a gay guy. I start wondering whether or not she's going to ask me to go do shoe shopping with her...

    "I always thought you were a myth propogated by the media or something," Lindy said, "Wow! You're SO awesome!" Now I am really laughing inside, while hse continues to touch me. I decide it's time to inform this poor girl.

    I sit her down on a chair, me opposite her, and I start telling about gay people, how they are just like everyone else, how I'm not suddenly some sort of slut and that I've still got real feelings. The basic questions of: how did you know, when did you find how, do your parents know, obviously came up. Around here, someone (drunk...) came by and grabbed her to go dance. But the rest of the night, every time I saw her, she just had to touch me to ensure that I'm still a real person.

    Anyone ever have THIS kind of reaction to a coming out?

    PS: Names changed to protect the ignorant.
     
    #1 boyequal, Apr 25, 2009
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    Nope,this is a new one ,on me! So,now we're a myth. Too funny!
    I give you credit for sitting her down and talking to her.
    P.s. I'm so glad you're "real"!
     
    #2 Mickey, Apr 25, 2009
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    Good job in educating her! Yea we are so real!
     
    #3 EM68, Apr 25, 2009
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    Haha this "Lindy" just made my day :slight_smile:

    Great story! Good on you for educating her! I never knew people who thought gay people were not real were real! I thought that was just a myth :wink:

    I haven't had that per say, but it definitely slips out alot because im so used to being out to my friends and family. Anytime im with friends of friends they find out by the end of the night without be even trying.
     
    #4 Greggers, Apr 25, 2009
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    I'm a myth!

    I'm a ninja myth!

    I love this 'lindy'

    She would pass out if she joined EC. :')
     
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    hahahh
    awe thats cute but i've never experienced that before.
     
    #6 littledinosaurs, Apr 25, 2009
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    That's hilarious, I've never heard this theory before!

    I would be like "Yeah, I'm real! Here, rub my horn!"
     
    #7 DexterMorgan, Apr 25, 2009
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    Wow that's one I have never heard of.
     
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    I'm the first "gay" a lot of my friends really know...
     
    #9 Nameless Hope, Apr 25, 2009
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    Wait, hold it, you're saying we're real? We actually exist?!

    But really, I enjoyed that, it gave a me a laugh.

    Props to you for setting her straight! (no pun intended :icon_wink)
     
    #10 Halpert, Apr 25, 2009
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    You mean, all this time when I was skipping down the sidewalk naked in the rain singing "sining in the rain" people could hear and see me!?! That's awkward...


    (just in case you didn't get it, I was joking there, though I do do everything except the being naked thing part of things when it's raining...)

    That is really funny, kinda scary that there is such great ignorance, but still really fuuny.
     
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    lol,, like we are this secret community that are never seen or heard!! How old was 'lindy'? good job on educating her. I must admit though outta all my friends i was the first gay guy they had known.
     
    #12 riddlerno1, Apr 26, 2009
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    Yup! This incident also made my day! I'm quite impressed with myself for showing someone that we're normal people!

    Lindy is about 20 years old, so it is kind of weird that she thought that we were a myth... Perhaps a very conservative and closed upbringing? At least she couldn't get over it to call me "awesome!" Can't wait to see her around on campus again :wink:

    Now, I've got a date with a unicorn, at the gay bar under the rainbow...
     
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    That's a first for me!

    :roflmao:
     
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    I can't say I've met someone who thinks gay people are a myth. However, I've met people who obviously think there are no gay people where they live or work, or that they don't otherwise know any. I've felt like a myth on multiple occasions when my classmates (or others) start talking about gay people (sometimes not in the best of lights) and they don't even realize that there's one sitting right behind them! I swear I'm gonna say something the next time that happens. I think very few people (maybe President Ahmadinejad of Iran) actually think that gay people don't exist. Many people, in my experience, think that gay people do exist, but only as exceedingly flamboyant caricatures who live in NYC, LA, SF, or in a television. As if "there's no way any are in MY neighborhood." Not that there's anything wrong with fitting a stereotype- some people do more than others. But I wanna to see the look on those people's faces when they discover that they actually do know someone who's gay :icon_wink
     
    #15 edogs334, May 2, 2009
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    she must live under a rock haha
     
    #16 Myke, May 2, 2009
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    Haha!
    I was really laughing when I read this!
    :icon_bigg
    Everytime I tell a girl I'm gay they always say "Will you be my gay bestfriend??"
     
    #17 Michael1992, May 3, 2009
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    sweet im a myth :slight_smile:
     
    #18 Just Adam, May 3, 2009
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    So that makes you a person who thought that people who thought that gay people weren't real were not real? I didn't know those people were real.:wink:

    Wow, first cartoons, then reality tv, then gay people, tv people are brilliant!
     
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    Haha never heard that one before. Good job on educating her :slight_smile:
     
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