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( The Eternal Struggle )
As if that weren't enough a guy approached me at the subway and said "I think I know you!" with this dopey star-struck look on his face. At first I thought "is this the guy from the convenience store?" but then I realized in horror that I went on a pity date with him two years ago and he got way too attached and clingy to the point where I had to SPAM him.
So I pretended to be French and scuttled off the platform. I don't think he was fooled. I never want to date again.
Also, Rob's nephew Myles has confided in me that he's in love with his best friend (also a boy) and he's determined to tell him. I was very pleased and honored that he felt comfortable telling me he's bi (especially when he hasn't told his parents or his friends). But I'm also a bit scared for him. It's such a fragile age and he lives in a crappy small town where those who are at all different are not exactly embraced. I don't want to find out he's been beaten up or that his father (who came off as being homophobic more than once in my memory) has kicked him out.
Sheesh, I remember his dad shooting his mouth off years ago about the gay community and how perverted and deluded they are and thinking "it would be freaking hillarious if Myles turned out to be gay."
I want to be there for the kid no matter what, and here I am struggling with no sign of it ever ending. I dont feel like I'm grown up enough to be able to tell him anything useful. I'd be tempted to check into the old funny farm if there wasn't a freaking waiting list.
As if that weren't enough a guy approached me at the subway and said "I think I know you!" with this dopey star-struck look on his face. At first I thought "is this the guy from the convenience store?" but then I realized in horror that I went on a pity date with him two years ago and he got way too attached and clingy to the point where I had to SPAM him.
So I pretended to be French and scuttled off the platform. I don't think he was fooled. I never want to date again.
Also, Rob's nephew Myles has confided in me that he's in love with his best friend (also a boy) and he's determined to tell him. I was very pleased and honored that he felt comfortable telling me he's bi (especially when he hasn't told his parents or his friends). But I'm also a bit scared for him. It's such a fragile age and he lives in a crappy small town where those who are at all different are not exactly embraced. I don't want to find out he's been beaten up or that his father (who came off as being homophobic more than once in my memory) has kicked him out.
Sheesh, I remember his dad shooting his mouth off years ago about the gay community and how perverted and deluded they are and thinking "it would be freaking hillarious if Myles turned out to be gay."
I want to be there for the kid no matter what, and here I am struggling with no sign of it ever ending. I dont feel like I'm grown up enough to be able to tell him anything useful. I'd be tempted to check into the old funny farm if there wasn't a freaking waiting list.
