I guess the word "most" has got people up in arms.
How about if I amended the statement to say:
"The typical "straight" reason to be in a relationship is so that people don't (won't) think you're "gay". Hate me for saying it, but that is the reason for a lot of "straight" relationships nowadays."
Is it so outlandish now?
Sorry, I didn't read your subsequent posts, so I didn't see how you explained it better. Anyways, I would still disagree, but that's fine. I just believe that the vast majority of my straight friends that are in relationships or married are in them because they are lonely...I know that is why I have been in them in the past. I don't want people to think that I am gay, strictly because I am not gay, not because of any other reason. That being said, it isn't something that preoccupies me, or directs my behaviors (especially in regards to major life decisions, i.e. relationships). If I were to guess something about a lot of gay men, it is that they have had to deal internally with the issue of being gay (how they are perceived, etc.) FAR more than straight guys do, obviously. To me, that sounds like a projection (this, of course, may not be the case, just my two cents).