tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14801850.post113036170687728844..comments2023-10-11T08:01:51.636-05:00Comments on PIPEDREAMS: One more cup of coffee for the road, one more cup of coffee 'fore I goMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974435902564570126noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14801850.post-1130459371429219322005-10-27T19:29:00.000-05:002005-10-27T19:29:00.000-05:00Those verifications ARE getting trickier! I went ...Those verifications ARE getting trickier! I went back and threw my 2 bits in about Madge.....and that sculpted God on Earth.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05974435902564570126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14801850.post-1130411544060506942005-10-27T06:12:00.000-05:002005-10-27T06:12:00.000-05:00Mike, I didn't get any comments from you over the ...Mike, I didn't get any comments from you over the madonna post. Perhaps you typed in the wrong word verification?<BR/><BR/>Please post again!! You know I'd never delete a word if it's from ya!Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156768698345660311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14801850.post-1130407996039821022005-10-27T05:13:00.000-05:002005-10-27T05:13:00.000-05:00P.S. Will, if you saw my gay muscles you might in...P.S. Will, if you saw my gay muscles you might indeed shiver, but I doubt it'd be with delight. I'm a work in progress.<BR/><BR/>Also, did my Madonna comment over at Confetti In The Wind get deleted for content?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05974435902564570126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14801850.post-1130405106957391252005-10-27T04:25:00.000-05:002005-10-27T04:25:00.000-05:00That's exactly how I felt. What is appropriate? I...That's exactly how I felt. What is appropriate? I just wanted to save him (young me?) a lot of time and heartache. <BR/>There is a line I like, and I can't remember who said it. "My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it."<BR/>I could be setting a better example, sans the outright lies and all the rest of the coy.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05974435902564570126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14801850.post-1130383628189630712005-10-26T22:27:00.000-05:002005-10-26T22:27:00.000-05:00Oh Oh I get a little shiver when I hear you descri...Oh Oh I get a little shiver when I hear you describe your gay muscles. Remember to eat lots of protein!<BR/><BR/>And <I>yes</I> it's plenty weird that that 10 year old kid would suddenly cling to you just like that? Would he know you're gay? Or did he maybe have a crush on you even at that age.<BR/><BR/>Maybe you should have given him your number? Y'know, "If you need someone to talk to". Or would that have been too weird?Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156768698345660311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14801850.post-1130370345376789042005-10-26T18:45:00.000-05:002005-10-26T18:45:00.000-05:00I think most of us can 'pass' if we put our minds ...I think most of us can 'pass' if we put our minds to it. I'm no huge flamer, but I don't go to great lengths to hide it either. I've been able to be out pretty much everywhere I have worked in the past 15 years or so. So I have been fortunate. Only encountered covert homophobia once. (Asshole)<BR/><BR/>I know what you mean about this kid. I would have liked to have had someone older tell me it'll all be alright, but I was so desperate to get laid at 14 & 15 that I probably would have gotten myself (and them) into all sorts of strife.<BR/><BR/>I got involved with a youth group for gay teens when I was about 17 (and then later helped run the group), so having gay peers was great. When I was 18 I started doing telephone counselling, and all the other guys at the counselling service were much older, so it was nice to make friendships with older gay 'mentors' too. I was pretty fortunate.The Other Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12492925896131382172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14801850.post-1130368621766503972005-10-26T18:17:00.000-05:002005-10-26T18:17:00.000-05:00Even now, to be completely honest. People at work...Even now, to be completely honest. People at work think I'm straight and I don't do anything to make them think otherwise. I have moms and grandmas and aunties and friends trying to fix me up with women ALL the time. Cute girls. Smart girls. So if I'd just fess up, maybe they'd have cute, smart guys for me, huh?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05974435902564570126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14801850.post-1130368538324398052005-10-26T18:15:00.000-05:002005-10-26T18:15:00.000-05:00I went SO LONG feeling bad and pretending. I don'...I went SO LONG feeling bad and pretending. I don't want that for anyone else. I wanted to hug him, or maybe me from then.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05974435902564570126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14801850.post-1130367928857971752005-10-26T18:05:00.000-05:002005-10-26T18:05:00.000-05:00Gah, I was that quiet, polite child at that age. ...Gah, I was that quiet, polite child at that age. Always described by friends' parents as 'nice', 'mature' and 'level headed'.<BR/><BR/>I'm still polite, except when the smartass rears its crowd pleaser head. I soon discovered I had a second gear, Court Jester. If you're the Shortest Gay In The Village it helps to make 'em laugh.<BR/><BR/>Then of course I got to 14 and discovered boys and became a horny teenager. The rest is history.The Other Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12492925896131382172noreply@blogger.com