elisi: Edwin and Charles (Janto kiss by thefannishwaldo)
elisi ([personal profile] elisi) wrote2011-10-29 11:12 am

Hello 51st Century, I see you're drawing nearer!

I believe this is relevant to our interests:

IAmA guy whose bromance has turned into a gay relationship, yet neither of us admit it.

Goodness knows if it's real or made up, but it's rather fabulous either way, and the comments are GOLD. Both the silly ones, and those that are more reflective. (Not to mention the ones which are True Story Slash Fics... *raises eyebrow* Either way, they're entertaining). Plus the commenters seem to be pretty evenly men and women (most of them straight(-ish)), which is even better.

(Anonymous) 2011-10-29 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
*nods* It's lovely as a story, but if it's true, it's... problematic, quite simply because they aren't honest.

Yep. But I don't really blame them. Not to get all Serious Business on what is a lovely little thread, but it's really sad that our society is such that someone can seriously think that continuing to be with their same-sex lover while ostensibly being in a relationship with a woman ISN'T cheating. (To be fair, if I was the woman in this situation, I think I'd be MORE forgiving than if he was doing the same thing with another woman, for this reason. I'd still dump him, but I'd like to think I'd get that the issue is as much about his own struggle to embrace his identity/that relationship as it is about me).

The 51st century can't get here fast enough!