The boiler repair man

I don't know for sure about lawnmowers. It's not anything I've heard before today, but that doesn't mean anything.

A fast Google search does bring up at least one gay lawnmower reference.

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I also have various regrets about past "maybes." But there are two realities that keep hitting me:

1. I'd have been too scared to take advantage in the past. Example: one guy I knew in high school was almost certainly gay (I learned later), and if circumstances had been different we might have become friends. That might have lead to a sleepover, and who knows what sort of kinky fun that might have resulted in? Except...I was so deathly scared of AIDS back then that I'd have been scared stiff of us even masturbating in the same room. Unless the room was the size of a football field, and we were on opposite sides.

2. Stating the obvious: the past has passed. It's done with. All I can do is learn from it, and move on.

Although, alas, that move on is more easily said than done sometimes. Particularly for me in this situation. On some levels, I feel like the past chances at having a sexual relationship with a guy--such as they were--may well be the last chances I get.

 

It's so easy to obsess about the past, I try to catch myself when I do it and remember that it just does not exist anymore.

The future is bright, it is NOT too late, and I, that is me myself and I, will be a good catch!

 

Will be a good catch or ARE a good catch?

 

It's true, I'm taking my masters and I love the younger guys I can see. But I am not comfortable on crushing or fantasizing on men younger than me, so tough luck.

I had a fantasy on this dude when he started working at our garden when my mom hired him for landscaping. He looks gorgeous and on the shy yet brooding type and we became close friends. It was a routine that he'll take a bath in our house and have snacks with me, or hang out in my room to play video games or listen to me when I play the piano. One time he fell asleep shirtless, and has a nice bulge. I did not do anything though.

 

WHat you wrote struck me. A lot ofgay guys try to have a relationship with me, though I have not confirmed I am certain I am gay. And most of the time it is because I'm scared, about a lot ofthings. Maybe I should take the chance, while I am still young.

 

I'm going to agree that it was probably coincidence, but it did remind me of a joke (one that might not be in the best taste but also might be particularly ironic for you and I, SGG):

Two Newfoundland fishermen, Robert and Peter, are sitting at their favorite bar, drinking beer. Robert turns to Peter and says,”You know, I’m tired of going through life without an education.Tomorrow I think I’ll go the community college, and sign up for some classes.” Peter agrees that it’s a good idea, and the two leave.

The next day, Robert goes down to the college and meets the Dean of Admissions, who signs him up for the four basic classes:Math, English, history, and Logic.

“Logic?” Robert says. “What’s that?The dean says, “I’ll show you. Do you own a lawn mower?” “Yeah.” “Then logically speaking, because you own a lawn mower, I think that you would have a yard.” “That’s true, I do have a yard.” “I’m not done,” the dean says. “Because you have a yard, I think logically that you would have a house.” “Yes, I do have a house” “And because you have a house, I think that you might logically have a family.” “I have a family.” “I’m not done yet. Because you have a family, then logically you must have a wife.” “Yes, I do have a wife.” “And because you have a wife, then logic tells me you must be a heterosexual.”

“I am a heterosexual. That’s amazing, you were able to find out all of that because I have a lawn mower.”

Excited to take the class now, Robert shakes the Dean’s hand and leaves to go meet Peter at the bar.He tells Peter about his classes, how he is signed up for Math, English History, and Logic. “Logic?” Peter says, “What’s that?”

Robert says, “I’ll show you. Do you have a lawn mower?”

“No.”

“Then you’re gay.”

 

The cable guy...

The sad thing is, even in some strange alternate universe where he would be gay too, he is probably 10 years younger than me which means I would look like the creepy old guy.

 

I had to laugh at this thread, a previous work colleague had commented to me 10 years ago that a customer I saw last week was gay but he was married and I thought nope, then last year he broke up with his wife so when he was in the shop the word lawnmower popped into my head, I couldn't think of a way to add it to the conversation. :lol:

I have a backyard and a lawnmower, so that theory doesn't ring true, I am planning to move in the next month or so I might find a place that doesn't require a lawnmower.

Also what you remember kind of sticks in your brain, its almost like the brain is saying I store that for later use, other times we just need the right triggers to bring memories back to the surface.

 

I sure have been tempted by a good few

 

Offer to give him English lessons!

All of you guys thinking about the "what if's".... what if you just took a "baby step" as the next step to test their reactions?