Straight Eye For The Straight Guy

[lacrosseboy]

So I'm standing in line in our cafeteria this afternoon, waiting my turn to order up some food. Standing two people in front of me in line is one of my buddies. In the next line over is a lady I played softball with on our company team a couple of weeks ago. The three of us are joking around and she says to Jason (my buddy), "So did you tell him

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[frownyface]

I think you should take all of this as a compliment. The girl was probably asking about your 'position' because she thinks you're hot but unnattainable...and the guys are just jealous because it's a known fact that women love homersexuals.

[lacrosseboy]

The guys are just bustin' my balls. They don't seriously think I'm gay, but they try to get me all riled up making comments about my clothes, hair and sexuality. You know how us guys get down.

Yeah, I'll go with your supposition about why she asked. I like that. You're probably right, anyways, since most stunningly handsome men are gay these days. :)

[andreamarie]

I think that it's refreshing to see a guy who cares about how he dresses and whatnot... it's sort of rare, actually. So, maybe the only guys this girl has seen who look nice were gay, so she automatically made that assumption based solely on your appearance... since she doesn't know you. So, by her thinking that you were gay, she was actually paying you a compliment... saying that you are hot. Or, maybe she's weird, and that was her way of finding out if you have a girlfriend... you know, if you had a girlfriend, and she asks if you're gay, the other lady would have said Oh no, not Aaron... he has a really cute girlfriend. Does this make sense to you

[lacrosseboy]

Yeah, maybe so. :/ I'll go with your explanation, rather than the alternative -- that she really did just think I was gay.

Thing is, I have gotten that before. In college, some girl axed my next-door neighbor if I was. WTF?

No, I did not know that JT touched Carmen's ass. Thank you for sharing. I'm glad we had this talk. ;)

[andreamarie]

Yeah, just go with my explanation.

And I'm glad that you're glad that we had this little talk. :)

[lacrosseboy]

I'm pretty sure that I know it was one of two people, but I'm curious to know who it is that asked. If it really is one of the girls that I think it is, and she's interested, I'd like to know so I could go after that!

Can I tell Sarah that I'm really JT and touch her ass? :D

[halieknife]

I agree with Andrea. She's probably interested but just wants to make sure you're not too good to be true before she makes an ass of herself by asking you for a drink. A lot of times a guy that is a snazzy dresser, is well spoken and intelligent and doesn't stare at your boobs with his mouth agape is just a nice boy. Then again, sometimes he's gay. If your gaydar is less than steller it can be a tricky thing to surmise.

In my own experience, I've found the "Is he gay?" question to be a necessary one. I've been known to waste my flirt a time or two on a boy who was batting for the other team. Luckily its never been a super embarrassing situation but one still feels a bit silly when it happens.

[lacrosseboy]

Oh, don't get me wrong... I stare at boobs with my mouth agape just as well as the next guy! ;)

Well, I'm going to try to find out who it was, so that I can determine how to proceed from here. I'm pretty damn sure it's one of two girls, though.

[halieknife]

Yeah, but I'll bet you don't do it at work...or do you?!

Good luck with your fact finding mission! I hope both girls are ha-cha-cha-hot.

[lacrosseboy]

No, I observe the females -- all five of them :( -- more discreetly at work. I usually don't gawk, anyways. Don't get me wrong -- I most certainly do look... I can't help myself. The female figure is just amazing to look at. But I do tend to me a little more covert in my operations. :)

Ehhh... one is pretty good and the other is alright, but neither are what I'd call ha-cha-cha-hot. That's OK, though.

[thedeepgreensea]

Don't listen to the other commenters...they will build up your confidence and cause you to get into a deflating situation.

I would say that yes, someone who doesn't know you might assume you are gay. This is partly because you say stuff like "I'm going to pout." But it's mostly cause you dress fancy and you're a neat-freak. It's the stereotype--like the Seinfeld where they think Jerry is gay. Plus, you're in the deep south and ignorant redneck girls will look at a guy who's 27 and single and think "what's wrong?" Actually, that's a lie--that's just what we think when we see old, hot girls that are single.

So I'm going with clothes, and maybe they way you talk with your "aw shucks" mannerisms. Perhaps you should show them all Angry Aaron and bitch about some stuff...they love assholes. I wouldn't say being cocky would be smart, though--then you'd just come off like Jack on "Will and Grace". Also, if you've ever admitted to watching "will and grace" or listening to Allison Krause, this isn't helping things.

[lacrosseboy]

Ehhh... deflating or not, I much prefer the hot theory to the "he's actually gay" one.

Well, whatever. I suppose people are going to think what they're going to think and there's little I can do about it, short of wearing baggy jeans and a t-shirt with some sort of slogan on it to work... which I cannot and will not do.

[thedeepgreensea]

Just act more macho and scratch your crotch some. Also, avoid ribbed shirts at all cost.

[lacrosseboy]

It's funny you said that about the crotch, because I was thinking that exact thing yesterday after she told me. Heh.

There's nothing wrong with ribbed shirts. Jeez.