tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191814566134809079.post3751164212072885396..comments2023-05-21T03:53:49.288-05:00Comments on Icarus Always: The Heterosexual Privelege Check Listdaemonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153553633523797522noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191814566134809079.post-58942157678709366742012-03-01T19:37:27.899-06:002012-03-01T19:37:27.899-06:0043) You don't have to go to your class reunion...43) You don't have to go to your class reunion only to discover everyone thought you were dead. Your father apparently said you were after he found out you had a long-term loving monogamous same-gender partner.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13107629629649695722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191814566134809079.post-53805051066309315352011-06-23T17:07:56.125-05:002011-06-23T17:07:56.125-05:00Er 41 and 42 are William's, but they are right...Er 41 and 42 are William's, but they are right on. I'm sure there are more that can be added to that list. I am a retired homosexual guy and being forced to live a lie growing up was what I hated the worst (we were called 'Queers' back then, and the terms 'gay' and 'closet' were not in use). So I was somewhat envious of the above list, but as the years went by I was not so envious. The beautiful slim girls my heterosexual friends got married to were 300lbs a few kids and years later. I think they were bored to death being tied down to a family and mortgage, and envied the freedom us closet single guys had. Most were lucky to get laid once a month after being married 5yrs. And 'hell hath no fury' as a woman in divorce court; one guy on my crew said all he had left after 20yrs of work (with good wages) and two divorces was a used car and a guitar in the trunk. Another guy was left with $400 a month to live on after he paid child support and alimony. The superintendent of the plant was paying half of his substantial pay every month in alimony. Another guy on my crew had his wife take off with a guy to the USA where both worked as nurses for big bucks, and he still had to send child support payments to them. Another guy's ex-wife was shacked up with a rich lawyer and he still had to pay alimony cos they weren't married. These are true stories from my years at work, so don't think the grass is always greener on the other side. Over 50% of common law and married couples eventually split up, but it is the man who is taken to the cleaners. <br />-Being gay has it's perks; I am suspicious that a lot of the slander directed at homosexuals by straight people is because they are envious of the relative freedom we have, and hate it when others are having fun and they are not. So when you hear derogatory comments just give them a smug smile; I'm sure when they see gay guys having hot sex on the Internet sites that they must think maybe they are missing out on something; maybe this is the reason for the growing 'bisexual' population? In many ways my sexuality has given me an experience of life that I would never trade for being straight. I have always loved being homosexual and have never wished otherwise in spite of having to co-exist in straight society. Don't be too quick to envy straight people cos they have their share of bullcrap to put up with that we don't. Make the best of this life and play your cards right. - Wayne :)Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09168507568375689021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191814566134809079.post-31989534281257944002011-06-23T12:56:13.024-05:002011-06-23T12:56:13.024-05:0041. I never had to hear my parents cry and say the...41. I never had to hear my parents cry and say they failed when raising me because I turned out heterosexual.<br /><br />42. I am never accused of my friendships with other members of my gender being based strictly on my sexual orientation.William Lenznoreply@blogger.com