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The Problem With Acceptance

By The Daily Dish
Jun 17 2007, 7:06 AM ET

A gay man grapples with the post-"Will and Grace" world:

Last Monday night, a woman at a bar came up to me and asked me if I was single. Not to disparage her, but let's just say I was happy to shut her down right away with an abrupt "I'm gay." And you know what? THAT DID NOT DETER HER.

She LIT up and said, "We can go shopping together and you can watch me play with myself with my Rabbit."

Ugggggghhhh ... Do you ever not even know where to begin?

I wanted to say, "Yes, please, I am in the habit of befriending bar skanks in the first ten seconds of talking to them. And despite my lack of sexual attraction to women, I would simply LOVE to watch you get yourself off. JACKPOT!"

As far as the shopping thing goes: I love saying "I'm not really into shopping" and I just stand back and wait for their heads to explode. Their precious "Will and Grace" never prepared them for that possibility!

I hate shopping too.



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