A very close, platonic friendship I had with another male recently became a long-distance one. We discussed sexual orientation issues openly but did not reveal our own orientations to one another. Both of us are middle-aged and never married. He kept sending me articles and such about finding a female for marriage. Finally, I had had enough and came out to him. This did not bother him one iota and we continued to communicate as usual, but he continued to send these articles. Finally, I wrote him a letter and confronted him on his own sexuality. He never contacted me again. While in our realtime friendship, the man was perhaps the least homophobic fellow I ever met. Yet at the same time, his behavior towards other males and thought patterns were obviously not straight. It was his incessant need to hide his orientation from me that irked me to know end. I am a private man and respect the privacy of others. However, this fellow really upset me. And we had been close friends.
2006-08-13
23:12:48
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