My so-called "gay" and "straight" traits

SHOCKERS:
I usually have a goatee (for some reason people I know think gay men never have beards)
I geek out over Dungeons and Dragons and have DM'd for about 15 years (again, being gay and nerdy is a shocker to some people I know)
I'm not very fashionable and usually dress for comfort (I'm no slob but I don't dress cute and preppy either)
I listen to prog rock, folk rock and goth over stuff like Lady Gaga
I'm a big horror fan and love all things dark, macabre and surreal


OBVIOUS:
I have a very soft, light and feminine voice
I take VERY good care of my hands and feet. Both are very soft and not especially masculine looking
I wear my emotions on my sleeve and am not afraid to cry if I am sad
I like to bake and decorate my home
I prefer shopping with 'gal pals' rather than watch sports and drink beer with the guys
When I'm excited about something, I start going into jazz hands mode

 

• my brother said that I could not be gay when I told him
  Don't watch/follow sports
  Don't follow fads
  Don't follow fashion
  Don't follow music (know my likes)
  Don't follow celebrity
  Don't follow politics lib/con
  Don't enjoy public limelight

OMG...

The society that oppressed me totally disinterests me. Never saw that quite so clearly.

• I am creative
  Can always pick and like most expensive

 

These threads are always interesting because they say as much about our OWN stereotypes about gay and straight people as they do about those of society as a whole!

SHOCKERS
Very handy with both plumbing and electrical.
Judy, Barbra, Madonna and Lady Gaga leave me cold.
So does poetry and flowery prose, for the most part.
I enjoy nice, gory action movies.
I prefer beer over wine or cocktails, and the darker and stronger the better.
Not at all squeamish about blood, vomit or poop, and have been known to carry on a casual conversation while scooping out a bedpan.
Very unemotional and controlled (unless I choose not to be--see below!).
Can't stand little yapping "kick me" dogs. Any dog under 25 lbs. had damn well better be a puppy.
Politically I am mostly conservative (except that pesky little "gay marriage" thing).
Very much a Catholic (on the liberal side though) and no intention to change.
Married, with 2 teenage kids.

OBVIOUS
I can flip into FABULOUS mode at the drop of a hat if I don't need to be controlled, and can be as flip and wisecracking as Eve Arden.
I know who Eve Arden is.
I talk with my hands. All over the place.
All of my closest friends are women.
My knowledge of the workings of cars is limited to filling fluids and actually driving. But I can identify just about anything produced between WWII and the Summer of Love by the styling. And I prefer cars that are finned, chrome-covered and pink.
I know even less about sports than I do about cars.
What I DO know is old movies.
Musicals. Love 'em.
I would LOVE to get lasik so I could get a bunch of different stylish glasses with clear non-prescription lenses and change them at will to match whatever I'm wearing.
I dress better than my wife.

 

ChiorBoy, you're really starting to freak me out. It's like you've taken custody of my brain without my knowledge. Very weird how similar our take on this is... all I had to do was a few edits and a few comments to come up with my list.

 

Forgot.

I detest Cosmos (headache even)
Love Gin/tonic/lime

Tom

 

Whoa, GDS8M, that is REALLY freaky! (Flipping into "fabulous" mode, hands and all.)

Eve Arden was the principal in "Grease". And yes, I do know who Cartman is. Good God, we need to have a beer/cocktail some time. Damn you, EC code of conduct!

 

hmmm, so if I put something on my wall that said "I get some 'me' time Friday! I'm going to ____ at ___ o'clock" and you happened to see it and we were able to pick each other out somehow... that wouldn't fly by the moderators would it? :eusa_naug :bang:



hmmm, looks like PM is ok though. I was confusing PM with chat room.

 

God...

Eve Arden "Our Miss Brooks" - radio show. She played a long suffering teacher.

Why do I know that!!!!!

The show was off radio before I was born!!!

Tom

 

I loved Eve Arden and Kay Ballard in The Mother In Laws. [YOUTUBE]<iframe width='400' height='300' src='http://www.videodetective.com/embed/video/?publishedid=642101&options=false&autostart=false&playlist=none&width=400&height=300' frameborder='0' scrolling='no'></iframe>[/YOUTUBE]

 

That's why we love you Skiff:eusa_danc

Here goes:

Shockers -
Boxers - knit ones don't count
I've a very trimed beard with a fairly military crew cut
I like sailing
Dress: old school preppy
I'm stocky
I like Ella, jazz, country, folk, The Stones, The Who
I'm an avid baseball and hockey fan, played rugby in college and still prefer
it to football
I do like small dogs - terriers -all guts and glory, and big horses
I party with a group of guys (straight) whose motto is "Acknowledge Your
Dickness"
Scotch, gin, beer vs. cocktails, wine, fruity drinks (unless you're in the tropics)
I own a set of kilts (if you think it's a skirt it's because you're wearing knickers
underneath, which make you the sissy)
I'm a practicing Christian of the Episcopal stripe
Movies like Chinatown, Indiana Jones, the 1st 3 Star Wars, Is Paris Burning
World War Z, The Thin Man




Obvious -
I really, really like musical theatre
My favorite color is pink (see old school preppie)
I do wear glasses and have maybe six differeny pairs
Love to cook and decorate
My wife came to our marriage with a better set of tools than me, but I
had more sets of silver
I enjoy dancing
I like to sing (1st Tenor)
Champagne is the wine exception
I know the difference between Hermes and Prada
I have 2 degrees in English Literature
I'm an active member of the local art museum
I cry at the movies especially chick flicks (Steel Magnolias, Terms of
Endearment, The Joy luck Club)
I love Bette Midler, OMFG

 

My straight traits:

I am married
I ride my road bike fast and further than I drive my car
I play racquetball with 20 year olds and regularly kick their butts
I hate musicals
I have more guns than shoes
I take the garbage cans out
I live at the gym when not riding my bike
Jockey briefs, the kind you reluctantly buy at Wal-Mart, not designer underwear
I fart in elevators and ask "Who did that"?
Old Spice, not Yves St Laurent
When I buy Levis, I find the right size, then buy all they have in stock, so I won't have to shop again for years
I think of yappy fuzzy little dogs as kickballs
I have a stack of car, motorcycle, and biking magazines in the bathroom, by the toilet

My gay traits:

When I see a hot girl, I look at her boyfriend's hairy legs
I remember more old movies than Robert Osborne
"It's Raining Men" is on the CD that stays in the car stereo
I like rainbows, rainbow flags, and rainbow T-shirts, and the old Apple logo
Mac Pro Retina, iPad, Mac Air, Apple TV (need I say more?)
Wearing spandex bike shorts doesn't embarrass me
I voted for Obama even though I live in a Red state
I feed the damn cat that does nothing but won't die
"I kissed a boy and I liked it" feels like I song I could have wrote
If I had a classic car, it would be a '59 Cadillac Eldorado convertible, pink, with white top, like Jayne Mansfield used to drive
I stare at washboard abs, not "full figure girls"
I do the dishes
Bette Midler, "There is no substitute" (!)

 

This is fun!

SHOCKERS:
Watched the SuperBowl and enjoyed it.
Don't like Judy or Barbara.
Hate to do dishes or clean my home.
I Take the garbage out.
I dress mostly in cords and tee shirts.
I think of small happy dogs as barely a good brunch. (I know, wwww!)
Little to no vanity. I embraced my thinning hair, just go for a #2 blade every month.
I really like action movies, thriller, and mysteries.
Same birthday as Richard Gere, same face as Bruce Willis (Sad, huh?)
White briefs (Hanes, from WalMart)
Talk to straight guys like I know what they're saying.

OBVIOUS:
Am about to make "Brave" my new theme song.
Have no idea how to even change fluids in my car.
Know even less about sports.
My closest friends are women.
Love Bette Midler.
Listen to Rufus Wainwright all the time.
Love to cook.
I say "wwww."
iMac, iPad, iPod.
Real sensitive.
Cried at the end of The Color Purple, Philadelphia, Big, and especially The Natural.
My favorite Yong Adult novels are The Geography Club and The Fault in Our Stars.
Took a 13-year-old to see Percy Jackson and spent the entire movie looking at Logan Lerman.
Have no idea what straight guys are talking about.

This could go on and on...

 

One of my sisters once told me that she wanted a real gay brother. I can't dance, dread shopping, and I don't share her gourmet tastes in food. She got mad when I couldn't identify a Dolce and Gabbana handbag. I still can't. "You're no good at being gay," she said.

My grandfather in France was baffled that I can't sing. He wasn't disappointed; just sort of confused.

The guy who cuts my hair (who is straight) was baffled as well. "You're not good at fitting stereotypes," he said. He's used to gay hairdressers, and had never befriended a gay guy who didn't "fit the mold."

A neighbor once figured it out. She said, "People don't think you're gay. They just think you're Jewish." It's like a trick: I'm actually BOTH!

I can say that I gave up pretending to care about sports other than skiing. Sometime around age 35-36, I finally just said "I'm never going to care about this." I tried for more than a third of my life, and it was nice to finally say, "no thanks." One of my coworkers told me that her (straight) husband feels the same way. It was interesting to hear of a straight guy with zero interest in playing or watching most sports.

 

Straight Traits:
-Handy around the house...electrical, plumbing, love fixing stuff
-Hate shopping, especially for clothes. Exceptions are hardware and electronics stores
-Into computers and tech
-Switched from Mac to Windows (didn't know that gave me straight points until reading this thread)
-Like camping, hiking, roughing it in the outdoors

Gay Traits
-Zero interest in watching sports unless my kids are playing
-Love musicals... Hairspray is a favorite
-Closest friends since childhood are female
-Kind of a neat freak... Not that there's anything wrong with that (10 points if you can name that reference)

 

Shockers
I am a guy shopper; in and out in 5 minutes.
I follow sports, great the Seahawks win the superbowl.
No interest in musicals.
Enjoy sailing as a sport.

OBVIOUS:
I am into flying and aviation, I had 2 people ask if I was gay because of my aviation knowledge.
The only people I have thought about having interest in is guys, I have never had a crush on a female.
Love chick flicks.
I try and dress well.

 

Shockers

I have more hand tools than most straight men
I'll walk out the front door wearing plaid shorts and a camo shirt and not care
I do most of my own car/house repairs
I have a very dangerous occupation that is virtually all male
Little dogs annoy me
Hate most musicals
Like cheap beer and guzzle expensive scotch
My hair is always kept very short
Love shooting guns and have a decent yet modest collection


Obvious

I don't date women, or have kids
I own more kitchen appliances and doodads than any man I have known
My chicken boning knife cost more than my tv
I have so many shoes, I can empathise with Imelda Marcos
I've also been told I get catty on occasion
The only sport I care about is golf, and only if I'm playing

 

Straight Traits:
-Currently married, with wife, teen age kids and the proverbial white picket fence
-Handy around the house...electrical, plumbing, love fixing stuff
-Hate shopping, especially for clothes. Exceptions are hardware and electronics stores
-Into computers and technology
-Have Windows--used to have Mac, but for corporate connectedness went to the dark side--easier to go with the flow--wait, I did that with my life too!
-Like camping, hiking, roughing it in the outdoors

Gay Traits
-Zero interest in watching sports. Cannot have an intelligent conversation with any sports stats geek
-Closest friends since childhood are female
-Straight guy friends always seem to be able to open up to me about things they usually only tell women--the few that know I am gay, now seem to "get it" but they were puzzled before I cam out to them.
-Oh, yeah! I almost forgot. I LIKE MEN!

 

Straight traits:

I'm a father of three
Clean-cut regular dresser
Well-groomed
I've built furniture and a garden shed from scratch
Like to cook
Play guitar
Sing in a choir
Love sailing
Love poetry
Fascinated by anything that flies
Not interested in watching sports
Prefer cycling and cross-country skiing

Gay traits:

I date guys.


Looking around, it seems to me that most if not all "straight" traits co-mingle with "gay" traits in our culture, especially these days; what with the relatively (but already passé) advent of metrosexuals.

The only thing I am absolutely sure that is gay about me is that I engage in intimate sexual and emotional relationships with guys...