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From: gordon@genrad.UUCP (Gordon Partridge)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Meeting MOTSS
Message-ID: <3505@genrad.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 25-Aug-83 17:17:04 EDT
Article-I.D.: genrad.3505
Posted: Thu Aug 25 17:17:04 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 26-Aug-83 09:43:57 EDT
Organization: GenRad, Bolton, Mass.
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I have only been approached by a homosexual once.  I was sitting at a bar in
New York, a place near Lincoln Center patronized by the after-theatre crowd,
mostly married couples or young men and women on dates.  A man came behind
me and put his arm around me.  My feelings were about 60% apprehension and
40% disgust.  Resisting the impulse to throw my drink in his face, I told
him, "Sir, I'd sooner not have your arm encircling my body."  He then put
his other arm around me.  The bartender came out from behind the bar,
grabbed the man by his pants and collar, and threw him onto the sidewalk.  I
was very grateful the incident ended without violence.

I can't speak for all straight men, but my own feeling is one of loathing at
the possibility of being approached by a homosexual.

Regarding having dinner with another man: picture me in a hotel bar during
happy hour, and a conversation develops with another man.  After a couple
drinks, it's time to eat.  If he said, "Why don't we have dinner together?"
I'd probably say, "Sure, I'd enjoy the company."  If he approached me in a
manner suggesting we have a date, I'd get the hell out of there.

I was in a theatre lobby in Copenhagen several years ago.  A man had a
button on his lapel with the word GAY on it.  He was surrounded by several
other men, and they were having animated conversation.  If a homosexual
wishes to advertise, and others wish to respond to the advertisement, that's
their business.  I don't want them to try to make it my business.

Gordon R. Partridge, GenRad, Inc., Mail Stop 98, Route 117, Bolton, MA 01740