Do you ever get mistaken for being gay? (dating, sociopath, girlfriend)
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I'm pretty much 95% straight, I think, and I don't think I give off a 'gay' vibe. One time, however, my friend said that his brother thought I was gay when he first met me. He didn't explain why, just said that I seemed a little gay. I don't dress up much, don't have a 'gay accent', although I do like musicals and culture, lol...That friend is/was bi-curious himself and I would say he gave off a slightly gay vibe. Maybe the fact we met on a dating site - strictly as friends (yes, you can use dating sites for that) - might have added to that perception. Actually when we first met he sent me a text saying 'you're sexy' which confused me, I asked him about it and he just said he was joking. I still wonder about that.
Anyway, since then he says his man-loving days are 'over.' Now he dates a string of Japanese women (he has a Japanese fetish but his white) and constantly talks about the details of his sex life. I think he's that's pretty much what's on his mind a lot of the time.
Have you ever been mistaken/thought of as being gay before?
Yes, I have been asked if I'm a lesbian on several occasions. I'm 6'1, have tattoos and work as a mechanic. I don't wear 'male' clothes and I don't think I act very manly, but apparently the physical stuff is just enough to put me into the androgynous zone with many people.
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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Originally Posted by JetJockey
Yes, I have been asked if I'm a lesbian on several occasions. I'm 6'1, have tattoos and work as a mechanic. I don't wear 'male' clothes and I don't think I act very manly, but apparently the physical stuff is just enough to put me into the androgynous zone with many people.
On an Australian soap opera there was a storyline about a woman who was a mechanic - who had a daughter - who had a lesbian relationship/comes to terms with the fact she is now a lesbian. I think it kind of adds to the stereotypes.
I've been asked because I chose to not bother dating for over a decade. People never saw me with a woman on my arm so some of them started asking me if I were gay or making jokes about me being so.
I never really cared though. :P I just laughed about it.
I did laugh when you said 95% straight, Trimac, lol. I guess that meant they were 5% correct?
On an Australian soap opera there was a storyline about a woman who was a mechanic - who had a daughter - who had a lesbian relationship/comes to terms with the fact she is now a lesbian. I think it kind of adds to the stereotypes.
Oh, absolutely. It's always the 'gruff' mechanic woman that ends up being a lesbian, which is funny because most of the lesbians I know are EXTREMELY girlie/feminine and wouldn't touch an engine with a 10 foot pole. One of my closest friends is a lesbian and she has fake boobs, spends a big portion of her paycheck on clothes/getting her hair and nails done etc. and has to be one of the girliest women I've ever met
I am 1,000% straight. Strictly dickly! (I'm a woman, if you can't tell
People think I'm a lesbian all the time. I have to convince them I'm not and it's REALLY getting old. I have a female roommate (seperate rooms, absolutely no attraction whatsoever!) who I hang out with a lot, and for some reason people always think she's my partner. I hate it!
However, my guy friends make "gay" jokes all of the time when referring to me and citing "gay" things about me - and it gets really annoying after awhile.
For example:
I go tanning. Usually medium pressure but occasionally Mystic Spray
I drive a Jeep
I have nipple piercings
My preferred cologne is Chrome by Azzaro (I'm still not sure why that is considered "gay")
I have a purebred Maltese dog (He roxx, and has the heart and courage of a lion - I don't care if it makes me seem "gay")
I drink Chambord Kamikazes (I'm still like, WTF. . . how is that "gay")
I paint my girlfriend's toenails, (Lancombe Passion Pink) although I still don't think that is "gay".
When they go through the CD collection at my house, they think it's "gay" that I have albums from Poison, Cinderella and White Lion.
I don't use toilet paper, but leave some available at my house for guests. I keep a supply of Huggie's Baby Wipes for that process everytime and they are in the bathroom at my house. I'm still confused about why my buddies giggle and laugh about that - like seriously, is a guy "gay" for wanting to stay extra clean around that part. I just don't get it.
And I guess I didn't help the situation, when on my last skydiving road trip to a drop zone in California, I stopped overnight in a town called Redding and the closest bar to the motel was called "Monroe's" and I went in to have a few beers and rock some karaoke, and wow - it turned out to be a gay bar. I didn't realize it until I went to use the restroom and looked at two doors. One of them said "Ladies" and the other one said "Queens".
I still haven't lived that one down yet.
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