Pride

[nanerean]

Well I certainly wasn't expecting this. Pride was this last weekend, and it was the third I attended. I was hit on pretty consistently throughout the entire festival, and had a variety of offers for things slightly less than ladylike. My ass has never been grabbed quite so many times before. I've been called adorable, cute, hot, sexy, etc. It's

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[kameil]

When I had long hair I would get hit on from time to time... and it sucked because most of the people hitting on me didn't realize I am a gigantic nerdasaurus rex. It made for a few awkward dates with one boy. I am not saying I have a solution per se since I chopped off my hair and wear a ring on my left hand (yay ^^) these days, but if anyone ever wants to get mad at you for being upset about being pretty just know I know exactly how you feel. *hugs* If that makes any sense... I just woke up and I need coffee. ;)

Also when can we hang out I have a present for you! :D

[pizzuti]

I'm not sure if the disparity between how you get hit on during Pride and how you get hit on over the rest of the calendar is reducible to people finding you "too weird." Could it be that there were far more people out there at Pride so better chances of coming across someone who is in to you?

If you have better luck in Denver than you do in Boulder, it's probably because the Boulder boys all want you to be muscular, "athletic," and make sure your Connexion profile says something about loving to hike and camp (even if you don't really hike and camp). The biggest gay hangout/hookup place in Boulder is the 24 Hour Fitness across from Safeway on 28th. It's just a different, narrower culture here.

[pinksweater]

I don't know that this is really any different than a situation like singles dating groups or something. I rarely ever got hit on, but in situations where people go to places hoping to "hook up," they're probably going to throw out feelers to people they may or may not of in normal instances (like the guy that grabbed by butt the first time I went to a club - he would have never looked at me in the grocery store). I would think that people who go to singles night and stuff like that are more likely to hit on or be hit on as well.

Which is, yes, disturbing. For people who do not go to these things in order to "hook up," I would not imagine that they should go hoping to find their life mates - those are probably going to happen in a much different setting, when things are a lot less sexually charged.