Sam,
Just wanted to thank you again for your advice and I definitely recognized your humor as such. It is painfully obvious that someone is working through some major violation issues and you were apparently the "target du jour". And bravo for your graceful response.
Rob
well robby, this was your original post in this matter:
"My girlfriend would really get off seeing me kiss another straight guy but I just don't know if I can do it. I love to do whatever I can to get her going but...
What's it like? Will I be grossed out? What if I like it? Anyone else ever been in this situation? Got any advice? "
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since you have no experience whatsoever in this matter, don't tell anyone about their "violation issues"...your flippant reaction to an experience by someone else, that happens to many straight men (and women) at the behest of someone who thinks it is okay to do so is PRECISELY, why you should be with an experienced gay or bi-male, if you do this, and why you, of all people, who are so nervous yet excited about the prospect should take very seriously into consideration what you in fact COULD do to someone else emotionally and yourself as well.
The violation i spoke of happens every day to people, and is a regular occurrence, and i assure you, is not something to be taken lightly (though apparently, it is just grist for the mill for you to make a joke about"major issues" at my expense...)all the more reason why you should find a gay or bi-male, if you choose to try this, since you seem to care so little for the well-being of another straight person on the topic.
By your posting here and asking for advice and your clear nervousness and clearly stated aversion to possibly doing this , you are already having major issues with even the topic of going about it consensually on your part.
maybe you would do well to transfer your nervousness and apprehension and think about someone else for a change and if you feel this way about the prospect yourself, imagine how a man who is NOT curious like you are may feel, if violated.
You are so nervous you need to come here for advice, so imagine someone who does not want to do it and has no interest, suddenly being dropped into the situation, by you or someone else. I assure you it feels much different.
Sam was hardly the "target du jour", I have never contested this person except in this thread on very specific topics, and he knows it. I do not need to "target" people, and apparently, having had an experience, that YOU did not have, somehow you are more qualified to tell Sam he has been "targeted" in some absurd cyber thread then i am qualified to tell you and he what it feels like to in fact REALLY be targeted and in real life, not in some silly message board conversation.
I would say you are the one with major issues in your life and relationship. You are 43 years old, are at least bi-curious if you are considering this, have never had the courage to try and do something it seems you may want to do, but are very nervous to try.
You sound very much like my father, who has lived virtually his whole life in the closet, miserable because he was afraid of finding out who he really was, and even now at age 66 has never freed himself and as such lives in his own prison of nervousness and self-doubt, never attempting things that might bring him some peace and happiness, for HIMSELF, and not someone else's desire...
Which is ironic, because of your confusion over not wanting to admit that this is something that you may want to do to be happy as opposed to something to satsify your girlfriend's desires which are not as important as your own in terms of your wellbeing.
Seems like you are the one with the issues to be dealt with, and the sooner you do, the happier you will be.
Sounds like you have someone in your life who is pressuring you to do something you are not comfortable doing at all...
"My girlfriend would really get off seeing me kiss another straight guy but I just don't know if I can do it."
even more alarming, she wants you to do it to ANOTHER straight guy. So how exactly does that work? You seem curious, but very nervous about it...so imagine someone who is NOT even the least little bit curious...imagine what you would do to him?
That is something to be considered before you make snickering jokes about someone's "major violation issues"
I assure you, if you take Sam's advice, and attempt this with just some other straight friend who fits his absurd guidelines, not only will you possibly traumatize yourself (since you are already extremely nervous about this based on your stipulation) by doing something you are not ready for, but you may in fact spoil a friendship, ruin it irretrievably, and what's worse, you may in fact cause as you say "major violation issue" to some friend you really cared dearly about...enough to be a trusted friend, who has now caused him incredible pain and confusion, not to mention betrayal.
Before you act so flippant about others' "major violation issues" (my experience was in 1990) you might do best to think about what it is you may in fact do to someone.
seems to me, your girlfriend not only wants you to do her bidding, but she does not in fact want to see two straight kissing/making out...because in fact, straight guys do not do that...she wants to see you involved in a gay or bi sexual situation, under the guise of you both being "straight"...and that simply is not a fact...straight guys do not make out with each other in front of their girlfriends.
If this is something you wish to do, then i wish you all the best with it, and if you get over your clear apprehension of this situation, and do it, then i hope it works out for you, and if your path is being truly bi or gay, then i wish you nothing but happiness and safety and joy in your road of life... however, what if this works out well for you...But not your friend? I assure you, you will not feel good about that...
which is why, if this is something you wish to do, do it for yourself, and not some girlfriend, and if you do it for yourself, for the right reasons, do it with someone who clearly is okay and experienced with it, i.e. a bi or gay male.
You do not have the right to potentially do damage to someone else...least of all, someone who may be a valued friend...and my issue with Sam, your guru on this topic, is he does not care about your friends and how they may feel...wheras I have been in the position of one of your friends possibly being in this situation, and i am telling you, this is NOT what you do to someone you care about as your friend...
this experience is your path to walk...that does not make it fair for you to make it theirs.
Sam can afford to be "graceful"...he has nothing to lose in this situation...wheras you do...i.e. your own feelings about yourself, your feelings about your GF, her feelings about you, and worst of all, you could lose a friend, and even worse, hurt them very badly.
think about that before you laud Sam and belittle me.