Vulnerably Scared
Last night my co-worker, in his drunken state, called me around 1:30ish AM and begged me if I could go out to DC. I insisted that it was already too late and that it would take me an hour to get there. I suggested that it would be best to go out another time.
Just a couple minutes ago he called to ask about the conversation we had last night. I thought he was just merely calling to apologize for what he had said in his drunken state. After I spilled out the details, he said that he and his bf were mugged! I was a little shocked by the news - I thought he was joking. I didn't appear to be understanding at first and didn't give him the benefit of the doubt - so I proceeded to ask him a second time to clarify the events that happened. All he remembered was that they were walking out of a straight bar and then two guys out of nowhere beat them up, called them faggots and took their cash. Now they are all bruised up and have black eyes. My co-worker feels embarressed to go to work tomorrow and parade around with his unfortunate gift. It was a good thing that they didn't bring any credit cards with them - otherwise the perpetrators would have probably taken them as well. I guess they should be fortunate because the matters could have been worse - they could have been shot to death. I thought this kind of shit only happens in the Midwest and the South.
The thing that bothers me the most is these guys don't act like fairy queens. In fact had they not shared their homosexuality with me upon my first encounter with them, I would probably have never guessed they were gay and I think my gaydar is pretty well refined. Plus, they despise going to gay bars due to the extremely forward atmosphere and prefer going to straight bars - perhaps that was the mistake. I'm more of a fairy queen (yes I finally admitted it) than these guys. My co-worker said that it's not like they were even holding hands - perhaps they were standing a little close to each other. I'm more scrawnier and probably 4 out of 5 people would label me gay more than my co-worker and his bf. Had it been me, I think I would have been dead.
Of course ignorant people would say that it was their choice to be gay. They asked for it and deserved to be mugged...
Just a couple minutes ago he called to ask about the conversation we had last night. I thought he was just merely calling to apologize for what he had said in his drunken state. After I spilled out the details, he said that he and his bf were mugged! I was a little shocked by the news - I thought he was joking. I didn't appear to be understanding at first and didn't give him the benefit of the doubt - so I proceeded to ask him a second time to clarify the events that happened. All he remembered was that they were walking out of a straight bar and then two guys out of nowhere beat them up, called them faggots and took their cash. Now they are all bruised up and have black eyes. My co-worker feels embarressed to go to work tomorrow and parade around with his unfortunate gift. It was a good thing that they didn't bring any credit cards with them - otherwise the perpetrators would have probably taken them as well. I guess they should be fortunate because the matters could have been worse - they could have been shot to death. I thought this kind of shit only happens in the Midwest and the South.
The thing that bothers me the most is these guys don't act like fairy queens. In fact had they not shared their homosexuality with me upon my first encounter with them, I would probably have never guessed they were gay and I think my gaydar is pretty well refined. Plus, they despise going to gay bars due to the extremely forward atmosphere and prefer going to straight bars - perhaps that was the mistake. I'm more of a fairy queen (yes I finally admitted it) than these guys. My co-worker said that it's not like they were even holding hands - perhaps they were standing a little close to each other. I'm more scrawnier and probably 4 out of 5 people would label me gay more than my co-worker and his bf. Had it been me, I think I would have been dead.
Of course ignorant people would say that it was their choice to be gay. They asked for it and deserved to be mugged...