Thursday, February 17, 2005

Is He a Team Player?

Have you ever gotten to know someone, and because of their mannerisms your gaydar convinces you that they're playing for the other team, only to later find out they're engaged or shagging someone else's wife?
1.) "Rob" was a former co-worker who was the kindest, sweetest, most fashionable guy. Sirens going off? He turned up engaged a few months after I thought I knew him.
2.) A former "delivery person" was way into his daughter's dance performances, even dressed in drag for the big winter recital. He must have thought the two of us were 'buddies' because he shared details about his trysts, including a weekend roundevous in S.F. with his high school sweetheart.
3.) Mr. "WardFor" the biology teacher who was constantly harassed by students that thought he was queer. Truth be told, he was a husband and father, just a regular family man.
Are our sensors on overload, or is it getting harder to tell?

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