Tom Daley: Actually I Am Gay

[pat grimshaw]

…my orientation seems to shift with the seasons.

Oh yes, when the moon is in the seventh hour and Jupiter aligns with Mars—

we'll see you on the hunt for GALS at the old Teahouse

 

[gsdx]

Oh yes, when the moon is in the seventh hour and Jupiter aligns with Mars—[/IMG]

That's 'house', not 'hour'.

 

[J. Smithson 02]

On the premier episode of season 4 of The Game Of Thrones, they introduced a bisexual male character. I am not warming to the character at this juncture, but I appreciate the show having gay and bisexual characters. I don't know whether he is a top, bottom or versatile. I usually really like Tyrion Lanister but did he have to show up just when the guys were starting to get undressed? I think the Prince's hairdo makes him look like Moe Howard from The Three Stooges. Unless he is hung like a bull and has a great butt, I can't imagine getting a fantasy conjured up with that guy as the star, that could make me crank one out. Sorry for stealing the topic away, but bisexuality was touched on in GOT last night.

 

[eastofeden]

I am grinning after reading this thread because it reminds me of my evolution to slutdom.

Things were VERY DIFFERENT in the 70s and early 80s and it was the norm for a lot of gay men to fuck a different guy every day if they were available and since I worked in a gay nightclub LOTS of men were available. Most of my co-workers in the club were total sluts and I never saw myself that way...not at all...and I definitely had around 750 different guys under my belt. I kinda felt a little bit "pure" in comparison because I only had maybe one or two new guys a week (and I fucked most of the guys repeatedly so that didn't count...I figured if I fucked the same guy more than once it wasn't slutty )

I didn't realize I was a slut until maybe 10 years ago when my now best friend (who is a straight guy) and a bunch of other straight guys I hang around had a good month long "conversation" with me (they were laughing at me at my expense) to inform me that I was a nasty slut. Most of them are sluts (with women) and it took them razzing me and showing me who I was to finally get it.

I was embarrassed because the image I had of myself before that was quite different than the one I have now.

But...yeah...I was always a slut. I just didn't figure it out 'til maybe 10 years ago...well after my slut days had passed.

 

[Lord Booticus]

Unless you knew Tom Daley personally, any claim you have to "knowing" what he "really" is or was is just bullshit crystal-ball gazing.

I met him at my old local Chinese Takeaway actually! I say met, his brother knew me and shouted my name, so Tom Daley has totally heard my name and that totally counts as knowing him!

Were you his neighbor? or on the same diving team?

He actually grew up about 10 minutes walk away from my house, the street up from where my Nan used to live so I was totally, nearly, his neighbour! Also he went to the same secondary school as me! Not at the same time, but still counts! That means I can talk about him in which ever manner I like!

Man, woman? Who cares. If he ain't fuckin' me what do I care?

 

[gsdx]

I met him at my old local Chinese Takeaway actually! I say met, his brother knew me and shouted my name, so Tom Daley has totally heard my name and that totally counts as knowing him!

He actually grew up about 10 minutes walk away from my house, the street up from where my Nan used to live so I was totally, nearly, his neighbour! Also he went to the same secondary school as me! Not at the same time, but still counts! That means I can talk about him in which ever manner I like!

Man, woman? Who cares. If he ain't fuckin' me what do I care?

Justin Bieber was born in Canada. So was I. We're practically brothers.

I can drop names, too.

 

[pat grimshaw]

….Though my doc told me the research he was working on suggests that with people like me it has more to do with light levels than actual season.

….So you can differentiate between a male and female when it's not so dark?

 

[rareboy]

That's 'house', not 'hour'.

Thank you for that. I couldn't be bothered.

 

[gsdx]

Thank you for that. I couldn't be bothered.

I just thought it might be a Brain Frat. I get them ounce in a while.

wink wink

 

[Sausy]

The steps we are taking now here may still be slow for some but Tom may have been conflicted, not the easiest thing even today to say "I'm gay" from the outset. In public, for millions to know. He's not a bad young man, I'd think that the time to judge his seriousness is in time. At least he lives in a time and place in the world he can start to come out and be himself.

 

[pat grimshaw]

Actually that correlates with my seasonal pattern: I find more guys attractive and fewer gals in the winter.

Though my doc told me the research he was working on suggests that with people like me it has more to do with light levels than actual season.

So I guess that means we're getting into Gal Hunting Season now. There's more to light to differentiate one from the other now.

 

[G-Lexington]

Lex

 

[Kulindahr]

So I guess that means we're getting into Gal Hunting Season now. There's more to light to differentiate one from the other now.

You can guess all you want, but since you aren't ever interested in truth, it just leaves you the same rude boor you were before.

In all honesty, Pat, from your posting history, I have no more reason to take you seriously than I do a drunk who just threw up on my shoes and passed out in the gutter.

 

[G-Lexington]

You can guess all you want, but since you aren't ever interested in truth, it just leaves you the same rude boor you were before.

In all honesty, Pat, from your posting history, I have no more reason to take you seriously than I do a drunk who just threw up on my shoes and passed out in the gutter.

In vino veritas.

Lex

 

[borg69unimatrix]

You can guess all you want, but since you aren't ever interested in truth, it just leaves you the same rude boor you were before.

In all honesty, Pat, from your posting history, I have no more reason to take you seriously than I do a drunk who just threw up on my shoes and passed out in the gutter.

Given the choice between the two, I'll take the drunk.

 

[dereperez]

I'm a sort not as rare as I once believed: my orientation seems to shift with the seasons.

I believe it.

Actually that correlates with my seasonal pattern: I find more guys attractive and fewer gals in the winter.

Though my doc told me the research he was working on suggests that with people like me it has more to do with light levels than actual season.

What about spring and fall? Is it a gradual shift from being interested in guys to gals and vice-versa?

 

[MakeDigitalLove]

Given the choice between the two, I'll take the drunk.

I think most rational people would.

 

[pat grimshaw]

You can guess all you want, but since you aren't ever interested in truth, it just leaves you the same rude boor you were before….

Before


Do you mean before the change of season? The change from Guy Hunting season to Gal Hunting Season?

 

[Kulindahr]

I believe it.



What about spring and fall? Is it a gradual shift from being interested in guys to gals and vice-versa?

As far as I've been able to tell, my doc was right ad it depends a lot on light levels. If the amount of sunlight increases sharply, i.e. if the weather goes along dray and then suddenly it's sunshine all the time, it's a noticeable enough change to be disconcerting, because all of a sudden gals who were just part of the scenery are grabbing my attention.

But it's never an either-or, it's just a shift in the balance. I used to track it by going to the same mall and just wandering for a day, counting up the guys and gals I saw who my initial reaction rated as attractive enough to be willing to take them skinny-dipping. The highest number I can recall for gals was 7% of those I observed, and the highest for guys was 10%, and those were at opposite times of the year; the lowest for gals was under 1% and the lowest for guys about 3%.

Another measure I came across was porn, which isn't that solid a guide because I can't stand 99% of the porn out there anyway. But in the "dark side" of the year, merely the sight of a vagina was revolting, while in the "bright side" what mattered was the body to which it was attached.

My doc was working with some colleagues to set up a study on this, but now that he had to retire for personal reasons I don't know if anything will come of it.

 

[Kulindahr]

Given the choice between the two, I'll take the drunk.

I think most rational people would.

I'm inclined to agree.