I was discussing with a woman at work another college who we suspected to be gay. Both of us agreed if he was to come out, we would fully support him as it’s not an issue to either of us. I joked I know, it’s even cool to be gay these days” So far so good, two open minded people having a conversation.
THEN, she comes out with “what I don’t get is men who dress up as women and wear lipstick etc. Why would a guy want to do that?” what’s wrong with that I say?. “its just weird and I don’t know how I’d react if my son turned up home in a dress.” I asked what if he came over and said he was gay?, “it wouldn’t bother me, if that was his choice I’d still love him just the same and have no issue with it”
So I’m standing in a middle of a busy, yet quit office, (trying not to get nervous or fidget) I can’t just blurt out reasons for cd’ing without completely outing myself to my work. Instead the conversation ended as we had to get back to work.
It left me thinking, does she know about me? I underdress every day, I’m sure she seen my thong a few years back when bending over and on one occasion she gave me a lipsalv which was slightly pink and glossy. I told her I liked it, made my lips soft again but because it was coloured pink I could only wear it in the house. Now this lady adores me (I’m the same age as her sons so I’m not sure in what way, but we have DVD nights at her house, go to the cinema a lot and are quite close in general. So I doubt she would try to offend me.
So do I get her on her own and educate her (tell her its quite common, doesn’t mean you’re gay, just a bit of fun etc) or just let her comments pass? Or do you think she brought this up for another reason. Maybe a GG would understand any underlying logic behind this??
Sorry for rambling but since Friday I’ve wanted to post this for suggestions and thoughts.