nopinkforme Wrote:
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> My wife tried to get me to buy a very pink and
> sissy shirt the other day, saying that it is OK
> today for men to wear pink. She ran off the track
> suddenly with that idea, as where I come from, it
> is not OK, and no one can change my mind. I am 67
> years old, and I cannot accept the things that are
> trying to be forced on me. I know that a shirt is
> a small thing, but I told her it is the principle
> of whole gay thing that makes me want to puke, at
> the very least. Sorry if you don't like that, but
> too bad. I did try on panties once, but that was
> under the influence.


My girlfriend's brother is gay and is married to a really nice guy. I enjoy the company of both of them.

Several of my coworkers are gay. In 2002, I traveled to San Francisco from the East to ride an excursion with ex-SP 2472. One of those coworkers were in San Francisco that same weekend. He invited me to join him and his companion in a gay bar in the City. I accepted the invitation. Not really my kind of place, but I enjoyed helping him celebrate his birthday.

In the same way that one person's preference to fly to Florida for a vacation does not diminish my enjoyment of riding trains in Colorado for my vacation, gays and gay culture take nothing away from me.