So apparently my aunt thinks I'm gay.

[ghostsofgiants]

And my uber-religious grandmother lambasted her for even suggesting it.

Hilarious on a few levels, but also quite confusing. She's seen me maybe twice in the past five years. Weird.

[Midlodemocrat]

1. It's your taste in music.

:hide:

[BlooInBloo]

3. Likes Coldplay? lol!

[MrCoffee]

8. hey, it could have been the macramed jean shorts.

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Actually it was probably the rainbow bumper sticker on my car that says...

"I love it when balls are in my face."

[MrCoffee]

11. that's gay???

[xmas74]

17. I thought it was because you liked Coldplay

or maybe because you liked the movie Maid in Manhattan.

Or it was because you once made spinach dip in a loaf of sourdough bread.

[no name no slogan]

26. You know how I knew you were gay?

Because you have sex. WITH OTHER MEN.

(BTW, I know you're a woman-- that's just my favorite line from the film.)

[xmas74]

34. That's one of my favorite lines too.

And yes, I've quoted it at other women before-even though we were all hetero.

Can't help it. That is a hilarious movie.

[TommyO]

31. OMG, I've made spinach dip in a loaf of sourdough bread

It was damned tasty!

[xmas74]

35. Why do you think that I, as a hetero woman,

tend to hang out with gay men? It's because they all seem to share the same fantastic "spinach dip in a loaf of sourdough bread" recipe!

[LeftyMom]

36. OMG that's my Mom's favorite. Is she gay too?

I'm cool, but I think my stepdad would be kinda upset.

[KurtNYC]

24. doesn't everyone?

:shrug:

[xmas74]

16. or was it the framed poster of Asia? nt

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. well dont get me wrong, but you are slightly different looking from most people

and often different=gay

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Haha, that's true, I guess.

[texanwitch]

5. My family has been under the impression that I am gay.

I am not but I think it is funny.

Now I have two cousins who are gay but are not out.

Both have been married and have children.

[Omphaloskepsis]

6. I told my dads side of my family that I was gay.

They are really hardcore church going republicans. They freaked out. I'm not gay but it was fun to fuck with them.

I just wish that I would have picked a better time than my sisters wedding to make the announcement. The wedding video needed heavy editing.

[ghostsofgiants]

7. You are a fucking evil genius.

[Fire Walk With Me]

13. That's definitely the solution.

Send your aunt a fancy wedding invitation for your marriage to Harold "Rocky" Beckenstein. Make sure that the card has doily around the edges.

[Call Me Wesley]

9. I suppose you didn't present a girlfriend to her?

Funny, since I was once called 'strange.' Not being much mainstream might be confusing to some. Heck, there should be a warning for that! ;)

[ghostsofgiants]

12. I wasn't even there.

My cousin sent me a message on MSN to tell me about it.

[Call Me Wesley]

15. You weren't there???!!!111??!!!

Satan!

[Akoto]

14. My mom asked me a couple of weeks ago if I'm gay.

I was a little dumbfounded, myself. I didn't quite know what to say. :) Apparently, my dad's worried about it because I'm not dating at 22.

[Omphaloskepsis]

18. My sister and mom think that I'm gay because I never bring girlfriends around..

I want to tell them the truth..

The truth is that my mom is crazy, and my sister will become best friends with them. My sister is best friends with my girlfriend from high school, a girl I never want to see again. It is best to keep these two things separate. If I ever get married they can meet at the wedding. Until then they can question my sexuality.

[KurtNYC]

28. interesting

reminds me of the story of a friend whose mother was always trying to set him up with girls. He told her was gay -- partly because he was but mainly to stop her pressure (he was thinking it would put an end to her unwanted match making) -- but she took about 4 weeks to process that information and then she was okay with it and promptly started trying to set him up with guys.

[ghostsofgiants]

32. That has bad sitcom written all over it, haha.

[jmm]

37. My brother and I are in agreement that if

either of us told our mom we were gay her first reaction would be, "So when are you going to adopt me some grandbabies? Gays and lesbians can get married now so you have no excuse for not settling down and starting a family."

[Oeditpus Rex]

23. That kind of reminds me of a cartoon in Playboy years ago

Kid's in his high school counselor's office and the counselor says, "You've never had VD? What's the matter, Lester? Aren't you popular?"

[idgiehkt]

19. well, you could go all Paris Hilton and release a sex tape

:rofl:

I don't know if they'd be happier that way or not though.

[ghostsofgiants]

20. Hahaha, a friend of mine suggested the same thing.

[xchrom]

21. it's your Divine Miss M collection and those gucci heels

you walk around in -- sometimes.

btw -- would you please send back my guccis soon?

you never got the hang of walking in them.

[Ava]

22. consider it a compliment - they must think you are fabulous

:hide:

[mainegreen]

25. Does she think your dreads are braids perhaps?

[ghostsofgiants]

27. I dunno, she's seen them up close enough to see that they're not braids.

A friend of mine suggested it might be because I'm a snappy dresser though, haha.

[fudge stripe cookays]

29. It's all that track lighting at your place.

:P

[TK421]

30. I've never heard it said, but I have a strong suspicion that my mother's

side of the family thinks I am ( since it is quite unnatural for any one of us to stay single and not have children ). I can feel the eyes at every family get-together.


Fuck these people ( no offense intended towards your aunt, I don't know her ) but the only time I see my mother's side of the family is at weddings and funerals....doesn't count for shit, does it?

[RetroLounge]

33. Dude. It's the Streisand DVD collection and the leather Cap.

:shrug:

You're surprised?

RL

p.s. I have the same bumper sticker...

[Jack_Dawson]

38. Are you?

Well, it is a rainblow avatar. I'm not myself, but always say the more gays, the better. Either way, props to your Aunt's Gaydar. Or overactive gaydar.

[ghostsofgiants]

39. Haha, no, I'm not.

I can't even figure out exactly what her reasoning might be. Definitely an overactive gaydar, haha.

[Omphaloskepsis]

41. This might be it..

[ghostsofgiants]

42. If anything that should make her think I'm a 14 yearr-old girl.

[MountainLaurel]

40. My MOM thought I was gay

I really didn't date in high school or college, and just before I graduated she made a comment that made me realize she (and probably the rest of my family) thought I was a lesbian. It made me wonder how long she'd thought that and why she'd never spoken to me about it.