My way of life...

[throw4lifeder]

The following has been floating around in some other people's journals. So I apologize for stealing this, but it really hits home.
Read this if you really want to know what's it like being gay in America.

***What people don’t seem to understand about being gay is that you not only have to come out to everyone else but you have to come out to

Comments

hey

[rainbowskyy]

i think that should be posted for EVERYONE to read, especially for str8's , i think that everyone that reads this should post it in their journals for others to read too...eh., maybe thats my opinion...hmmm...

Re: hey

[throw4lifeder]

That's why I posted it publicly as opposed to 'Friends Only'. :-)

Re: hey

[rainbowskyy]

:) i fowarded that to quite a few people last night. hopefully they will foward it too

[dishes622]

Amen to all of that!

[throw4lifeder]

:-))

[thegirlriot]

ehhhh, sorry, forgot one key part that's just as depressing as the rest. it's so hard, in that 5% of the population, to find anyone who has the same idea of "forever". i can't count how many homos i know that have LTRs that end after 4-6 years. not to mention all the ones that never get that far. i know more single gay older folk than happy, matched ones. and let's not forget that as far as people -- though it sucks, it's the truth -- the gay pop is generally more fucked in the head. so trying to find a SANE [enough] person in that 5% who ALSO wants to share forever in a HEALTHY relationship...

...are we just doomed? sometimes i just get so depressed in my head thinking about it. and my school does a fashion show every year... that marriage thing really hits home for me. i was thinking i might model a bridal gown, just because i know it will be my sole definite chance at ever wearing one.

[throw4lifeder]

You are right. On all counts.

And that last tidbit, is so incredibly intense, that the only words that came out of my mouth after reading all that was: Wow.
Quite literally, I have never been more upset over not wearing a gown in my life, even though it's not in my closet full of clothes. (No pun intended.) My clothes and I are both out of the closet. ;-)

Coming from your Straight sister

[superlovelyme]

No offense to you, or any gay people reading this comment, but get the fuck over it.
You chose to be that way, now deal with it, I chose to be me and sure I regret some things, but I'm happy and I don't complain about my lifestyle. I mean somedays do I want to dress up like a man and walk around grabbing my 'penis'.. sure hells yea, but it's not that big of deal.
You'll find someone who loves you, and when that happens I'll be there, but seriously suck it up.

I don't give a fuck.

[throw4lifeder]

Shut your mouth. Never have I ever been so appalled as am I right now. I CHOSE to be the way I am? HELL NO. I chose nothing. I am who I am and I have been my whole life. The only thing I chose to do was if and when I would come out to my family. My friends all knew and they didn't give a fuck

Re: I don't give a fuck.

[superlovelyme]

this had nothing about you being gay.. this meant for you to stop ur fucking bitching idc if ur gay and i never fucking disowned u I WAS HURT BECAUSE I HAD TO FUCKING FIND OUT U WERE GAY FROM SOMEONE ELSE

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[throw4lifeder]

Stop my bitching? Excuse me? Never have I ever bitched about being gay or my poor sorry ass life. I have been depressed, yes. That's a given. Seriously, how dare you...
And, you knew all those years, so I don't know why you needed reassurance. Sorry. :-/

[chrissy13]

That was so amazing.. mind if I put it up in my journal too? I too think everyone needds to get a chance to read that.. that was awesome. I'm sorry that your sister feels that way :/. Anywho.. rock on! :D

[throw4lifeder]

Go right ahead. I am not sure who it all started with, as you could see from the first line. But I found it and I was like, "Whoa... That's so true." So, no problems here. :-)