dongalong said:
Do your straight friends get embarrased if you "camp it up" during an inappropriate situation and do you find that too amusing to hold back?:greddy2:
(forgive me if that is a silly question, my only reference is British TV!)
If the your question is directed to me here's my response.
If I do 'camp it up' (do you mean act overtly gay?) it would never be inappropriate because I pretty much size up the venue. I have cousins in Newport with whom I'd never discuss anything but things like the Preservation Society and The Harvard Glee Club and the misdeeds of George Dubya. Whereas when I'm in café society with my real friends (plus once in a while a family member) I simply say what's on my mind and if that includes saying "Fuck but I'd like to pull off his pants" over supper then so be it.
No one seems offended because they'd say something similar if the situation warranted it. I have really wonderful friends.
I don't like (forgive queenie stereotype) "dishy queens" so I don't know that experience except from early days bar-hopping to get laid. I quickly found those fellows superflous and untrustworthy often. There's a batch of my "kind" that seem largely without real substance and appear to lack real direction I'm sad to admit.
Aside:
I was on the beach yesterday with my female best friend. It's fairly remote ususally but about a half an hour into our stay along came two women, a man, and two toddlers. The fellow was beyond handsome and appeared not to be with either of the women. They plunked their blanket down at a fine viewing distance from us. It was one of those rare situations where I was entirely unable to maintain my cool and finally my beach companion said "Earth to [insert my real name here]!!"
I had unconciously tuned her out because I was so mersmerized by his attractiveness.
One of two things was going on since he was looking back:
1) He was equally interested (probably not)
2) He saw me for the indicreet homosexual male I am and was lapping up the narcissitic attention I was affording him (probably so)
Either way... what a lovely day at the beach. Ah me....:redface: