aTmAg said:

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aggiehawg said:

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Whirligigs said:

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aggiehawg said:

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Jeebus! I was at A&M from 1976-1979 graduated early. Had a ton of gay friends, male and female .For the females upon first meeting them the question, "Straight or gay?" Reply, "straight," was met with, "Okay, want to get a coffee?"

We never had a problem with gay students back then. Few even cared.

And gays never cared when we said we were straight. They appreciated the info and took it in stride and could still be friends.

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You just made that up.

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Unless you were at A&M in the late 70s, You cannot say that. Because I was there.

Had two roommates in 1979. Two of us had birthdays close together. So we decided to throw a keg party in January for both of our birthdays. Between the three of us there were rednecks. gays, druggies, blacks, interracial couples.

Guess what? No one GAS. Party on.

You are the ones with the problem, not me.

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So wait.. you are saying that the in the 70s at A&M, when one first met a female, the first question exchanged was always "straight or gay?"

And we are supposed to believe this?

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Well, when I was having coffee in the MSC at a table with gay guys and a gay woman would join us she'd ask, if not me directly one of the other people at the table. I hung out with Darrell on campus a lot since we had some classes together. And through him met many others. Even inadvertently outed one of my friends from HS at a bar one night when I saw one of Darrel's friends, Buzz, at a table and went over to say, "Hi." The other guy at the table was Mark, who had dated my female roommate the year before. I actually didn't think much about it but Mark was upset and asked me not to tell anybody from our old HS group that I had seen him with Buzz. Then I snapped to the fact they were on a date.

Another time there was this gorgeous guy in my Econ class. A few weeks after the semester had started, my great-grandmother died and I went to the funeral. He was there as she was also his great-grandmother. I was joking with him about how I wanted to go out with him but since we were related, couldn't. He responded, "Even if we weren't related wouldn't matter as I'm gay."

It wasn't some big secret. Some gays were more obvious than others but it was not a big deal among my friends.

FrioAg 00 said:

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And again, the sexuality isn't even the problem.

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I agree with this in general, but it would be bad enough to be assigned to room with a militant white liberal. However, a militant gay white liberal might be convinced that you hate them just because they are gay and want to see them round up and put in camps or asylums, based on the crazy sh** they hear in their wacked out liberal bubbles.

if I am going to be paired with a gay dude, they better be conservative and preferably not flamboyant.

That's a great story and all, but you said this:

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For the females upon first meeting them the question, "Straight or gay?" Reply, "straight," was met with, "Okay, want to get a coffee?"

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On what normal planet would that ever be the first question somebody would ask in normal interactions?

aTmAg said:

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Great story and all, but you said this:

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For the females upon first meeting them the question, "Straight or gay?" Reply, "straight," was met with, "Okay, want to get a coffee?"

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On what normal planet would that ever be the first question somebody would ask in normal interactions?

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Sorry I was not more articulate about the circumstances. But when Darrell and I would be walking on campus we would scope out good looking guys together. I would motion towards a guy and ask, "My team or yours?"

Again, it was just not the huge issue back then. Don't understand why people can't believe that. I had a ton of male and female friends, some happened to be Black, some happened to gay. So what? If they were interesting and fun to party with, who cares? And when I lived in Austin, I knew and was friends with many more.

I suspect this worked out best for both guys. Nobody wants to live with someone that they can't just be themselves around - whether that is conservative, liberal, or everything in between. That is just stressful.

CinchAG97 said:

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... but our job as parents is to use discernment to help our kid navigate this world and avoid potentially disastrous situations.


This right here...If you don't agree with this, you are too ******* stupid to have kids.

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