vacation sightings (again, and mostly positive)

[smileyeagle1021]

so, last week I went to Reno with my boyfriend (sweetest guy ever), and oddly enough, despite this trip being a little bit longer, there was less sightings than when I went to San Fran. Alas, there were still sightings, and I shall share them for you're amusement.

seriously, take a picture, it will last longer
this is actually a repeated story across all of rural Nevada (and a very few number of times in Reno). Every time we'd stop for gas or to get something to eat and we'd be, for lack of better terms, couple-y, people would stop and stare... seriously, I know rural Nevada is only slightly less isolated than rural Utah, but we surely can't be the first gay couple you've seen... move along... and if we truly are that much of an oddity, please, take a picture, frame it, put it over your mantle for all I care, just please stop staring.

something conspicuously lacking
Something to note... while in Reno, not a single service person, be it waiter/waitress, host/hostess, bartender, or cashier gave a second thought to the fact that they were serving a gay couple, they just did their job to the best of their ability (well, to the most part... there are some I will post about, but that had nothing to do with the point here)... I think that the hotel clerk in Martinez could learn something from these people.

friend sighting
OK, this guy is a dear friend, but seriously, I was ready to smack him.
First off, when we dropped him off at his apartment he asked "hey, do you guys mind giving me some quick advice on interior decorating"... which to be honest, kinda irritated me, because when I was in the closet he never asked me for help with design, but now that he knows that I'm gay, I obviously can do decorating
Now though, enters the real problem... I have learned that this guy doesn't need decorating help... he just needs help.
shall I list the problems
1. he was putting away dirty knives
2. he did not know that you need to sharpen knives much less how to sharpen them
3. he has no nonslip in his shower
4. he has a BROKEN lava lamp that he refuses to throw away because "it's artistic".
5. he keeps a broken printer as a footrest
6. you have to climb over other furniture to get into his living room.
7. he is using a pillow case as a wall decoration
8. he leaves burnt out lightbulbs in the sockets... to save electricity.
9. he keeps furniture in his bedroom closet because he can't decide what to keep and what to give away
10. not decorating related, but seriously dude, when you have a 24 inch waste you should wear clothing that size, not large enough to fit a chub like me (40inch waste)... you look like you are wearing hand-me-downs and you are 23 years old.
that is the short list... needless to say, this quick decorating advice turned into a two part episode of queer eye for the straight guy.

yup, there's always at least the one
Don't think that I didn't get away scott free without any homophobe sightings... oh no.... this country is nowhere near that level of enlightenment.
While we were walking along the riverwalk in downtown (holding hands) a couple (man and woman) were walking the opposite direction. He was staring at us the whole time and as soon as he got past us turned around and yelled "just die fucking cock suckers".
Of course our response was "just a little bit jealous that we do it better than your girlfriend are you" (I'd like to point out, this is a heavily patrolled area by the police, there was a cop car less than half a block away, I knew this guy wasn't going to try anything).
His girlfriend at least had the decency to look like she was embarrassed to be seen with him, and gave him a look that looked like it was saying "see if I give you any tonight, asshole".

lolwut
While I was there I got sick (something that actually I am very grateful for... me getting sick and K taking care of me was a very effective way of winning favor for him with my family... anyway), I went into Walgreens and got Sucretes, allergy medicine, sudephed, and tylenol...
The cashier's comment... "oh, is someone sick"
nope, I enjoy paying way too much for cold medicine for the hell of it... here's your sign.

I'm sure I have more, but work calls, I may ETA later with more as I remember them/I have the time to post them

[Misanthropical]

I don't get why people get their panties in a wad about gay people holding hands or being seen together. I have seen it in my very conservative town and no one gave the guys a second look.

Well, my children did stare (they didn't say anything), but only because they had never seen gay people holding hands before and I did remind them that staring is wrong and would they like it if people stared at me and their father for holding hands in public.

I don't get people who get all offended by gay people. I know I didn't wake up one day and say I want to be straight, so why do people think gays just woke up one day saying "HEY! I THINK I WILL BE GAY TODAY!" "YIPPEE*

[ralerin]

I don't get people who get all offended by gay people. I know I didn't wake up one day and say I want to be straight, so why do people think gays just woke up one day saying "HEY! I THINK I WILL BE GAY TODAY!" "YIPPEE*

Because of religious, personal ethical/moral or political beliefs. =/ My own dad is in deep, heavy denial about my brother despite nearly all evidence to the contrary (dear old dad's the type not to believe it until he sees it, well, wtf is he waiting for, a giant, neon flashing sign to appear over my brother's head?)...but that is a different story, for another time and possibly even another forum. On the flipside, I've been called a lesbian for such minor offenses as not having shaved my legs for a couple days and wearing a skirt that showed that, hanging out with "notoriously" gay people in high school and hanging out too much with best friend who hung out with said people. I'm straight as a rolling pin, too. So, in the end, people can be idiots, doesn't matter if you're gay or straight. =/

To smiley: to your comeback about the idiots who screamed about the sucking!

[Nohbody]

I know I didn't wake up one day and say I want to be straight, so why do people think gays just woke up one day saying "HEY! I THINK I WILL BE GAY TODAY!" "YIPPEE*

With your postcount, I'm pretty sure you're not a newbie here, so you should know the answer to this already. People are stupid.

(Or, as Agent Kay put it, in his cynical realist way, "dumb, panicky, irrational animals".)

[HorrorFrogPrincess]

Huh, anyone who so much as blinks probably doesn't work with the public/hasn't for long. So the lack of reaction in Reno doesn't surprise me.

Though I do still have a "moment" when I notice someone is no longer the gender they were born with. Then I kick myself in the head (metaphorically) and get over it.

large enough to fit a chub like me (40inch waste)...

Useless without pics!

[Misanthropical]

With your postcount, I'm pretty sure you're not a newbie here, so you should know the answer to this already. People are stupid.

(Or, as Agent Kay put it, in his cynical realist way, "dumb, panicky, irrational animals".)

No, I'm not a newbie and haven't been for years. I know people are stupid, believe me I know.

[LillFilly]

I am sorry people have that reaction towards you as a couple. Nothing wrong with wanting to be with who you want to be with in the way you want to be with them. Gets me really steamed-up; I'm in a rather conservative place now having come from a very liberal place. Don't worry about their opinions or criticisms.

Geeze, I have to stop reading this kind of thing after I've had a drink; makes me all weepy that sort of treatment!

[sms001]

Congrats on the new bf smiley! I hope some of our fellow CSers look back on your last year of posts and realize that things aren't always as bleak as they seem.

I've gone on a tirade about the whole "Look! Gay!" thing before, so I'll skip that here.

I do have a WTF, however:

8. he leaves burnt out lightbulbs in the sockets... to save electricity.

Wait. What? Because he doesn't have the willpower to NOT turn on a light, or because if he removes the dead one and doesn't replace it electricity will leak out of the open socket?

PLEASE say the first one. Please please please!

[Merriweather]

I don't get people who get all offended by gay people. I know I didn't wake up one day and say I want to be straight, so why do people think gays just woke up one day saying "HEY! I THINK I WILL BE GAY TODAY!" "YIPPEE*

Yep, and then there's the other question - how on earth can anyone possibly believe that what anyone else does (or who they do it with) in the privacy of their own home is any of their business anyway ???

[Nyx]

Of course our response was "just a little bit jealous that we do it better than your girlfriend are you"

lmao pwnd

I don't get why people get their panties in a wad about gay people holding hands or being seen together. I have seen it in my very conservative town and no one gave the guys a second look.

The only "problem" I have with it is that I feel uncomfortable around a couple being intimate (regardless of the orientation), it feels like I'm intruding on a personal moment. But if it weren't just me and them and there was a room full of people then it wouldn't make me feel awkward.

Useless without pics!

LMFAO hmmmm *mind in gutter*

[MelodiousBubbles]

I don't get why people get their panties in a wad about gay people holding hands or being seen together. I have seen it in my very conservative town and no one gave the guys a second look.

Well, my children did stare (they didn't say anything), but only because they had never seen gay people holding hands before and I did remind them that staring is wrong and would they like it if people stared at me and their father for holding hands in public.

I don't get people who get all offended by gay people. I know I didn't wake up one day and say I want to be straight, so why do people think gays just woke up one day saying "HEY! I THINK I WILL BE GAY TODAY!" "YIPPEE*

It honestly depends on your upbringing and when you were born. The older generations have a more difficult time accepting it because it has always been unacceptable, up until recently that is, in their lifetime.

And for that reason, my sister and I aren't planning on telling our grandparents about her girlfriend. At least not my father's parents. Mostly because my grandfather's on his last legs in life and the last thing we want is to dump that on them, cause a big to-do, and end up having the last thing we know of him being something nasty.


But back to the OP. Despite stupid friend and the homophobe, I hope you had a good vacation with your boyfriend.

[Primer]

On the flipside, I've been called a lesbian for such minor offenses as not having shaved my legs for a couple days and wearing a skirt that showed that, hanging out with "notoriously" gay people in high school and hanging out too much with best friend who hung out with said people. I'm straight as a rolling pin, too. So, in the end, people can be idiots, doesn't matter if you're gay or straight. =/

To smiley: to your comeback about the idiots who screamed about the sucking!

I must be Queen (King?) Lesbian, then! I've not shaved my legs in about 25-30 years! I don't wear make-up, and I prefer wearing men's clothes as they fit better, are cheaper, and last longer than women's. Once, one of my bi friends told me, "Primer, you just exude testosterone!"

Hubby is happy with me just the way I am!

[BookstoreEscapee]

Wait. What? Because he doesn't have the willpower to NOT turn on a light, or because if he removes the dead one and doesn't replace it electricity will leak out of the open socket?

PLEASE say the first one. Please please please!

He'd save more electricity if he unplugged the lamps altogether. Anything plugged into a socket is still drawing electricity, whether it's turned on or not.

[smileyeagle1021]

Wait. What? Because he doesn't have the willpower to NOT turn on a light, or because if he removes the dead one and doesn't replace it electricity will leak out of the open socket?

PLEASE say the first one. Please please please!

I honestly don't know, but I hope it's the first one too...

[sms001]

Anything plugged into a socket is still drawing electricity, whether it's turned on or not.

Good one! I'm really scared there are people out there who believe this kind of thing though - so my "electricity will leak out" comment above was only half tongue-in-cheek.