Comments on: Friday Afternoon Outing

By: andrew

andrew — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 00:29:10 +0000

That is a beautiful story. It’s true and real and heartfelt. I really enjoyed it.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:28:04 +0000

Tony,
Was again you show what a wonderful person you are. Now don’t go and get a big head (I mean ego). I’m sure you’re a great friend, sometimes I wish you were a Michigan redneck.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:41:48 +0000

You’re a good man, Tony. Nicely handled.

By: René

René — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:51:05 +0000

It’s a story like this that shows how big you really are. From Amsterdam, with love.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:43:00 +0000

I wouldn’t think of it as “stealing his thunder”. As a matter of fact, it might have been comforting for him to know, emphatically, that there was someone else “like him” out there.
(Especially considering you’re not what I would call a typical gay male. You’re masculine and manly without being overtly so, and you would be hard to identify by most straight people.)
When I first came out all I knew about being gay was what I saw on TV and movies and “Everthing You Always Wanted To Know About Sex” which had the “facts” about gays totally wrong.
I was a confused queer kid for a little while!

Anyway, kudos to you for lending your ear and being compassionate.
I KNEW you were a great guy. This story just underscores it.

By: TonkaManOR

TonkaManOR — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:51:13 +0000

Dude, you are too sweet. It is good that you will be there for him.

By: seymour

seymour — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:38:24 +0000

You seriously dont think that Travis already knows you’re “a gay”? How long you going to make him wait thinking he’s the only a gay in the viillage? Perhaps let him read your blog! It must be a pain being so handsome, Thanks for a good read.

By: John

John — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:35:30 +0000

I don’t think anyone here is suprised at how well you handled this. But I still have to say how impressed I am. Integrity and compassion show through regardless of whether you call yourself a gay redneck or a refined urban homo.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:10:44 +0000

Wow that was really great of you to be there for him and for him to select you. He could just tell that you where a nice guy and that he could trust you.

By: Spankey

Spankey — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 13:21:46 +0000

I’ve had that same sort of thing happen to me… it’s kinda freaky isn’t it? I never came out to my confessor though… just didn’t have the balls at the time. It’s hard being a redneck and ‘a gay’… it’s just two things that don’t seem to go together… like a fine wine and french fries.

‘Travis’ might act kinda freaky around you now (voice of experience here). I hope he doesn’t… but he might. He took a huge chance telling you and he might be having second thoughts about it. Just watch how you react to him at work and try to make sure you don’t go overboard or ignore him too much. It’s one of those ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ situations…

Good luck Tony…