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    Bad, Cute, and Fucking: wittyusernamed
 My buddy read an article about octopus
 intelligence. It was feeding time, and the
 handler dumped some shrimp into an
 octopus' tank. Then he went into another
 room and sat at his desk.
 A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto
 his desk
 The octopus, upon finding one bad
 shrimp in the lot, had grabbed it,
 escaped its tank, crossed the hall, and
 threw the expired shrimp at its caretaker.
 Not only does this showcase their
 problem-solving capabilities, but also
 that it could have escaped at any time. It
 just broke out this time to chuck an off
 shrimp in indignation at its handler.
 That's not just intelligence, that's a
 human-like reaction. Kinda make you
 wonder exactly how smart these guys
 can be..
 queensjenn
 OH MY GOD
 roseweasley7
 I went to the aquarium once and we had
 a tour and we walked past the octopus
 tank and it was duct taped shut so l
 asked why and the guy was like. "Well,
 we had a problem before because these
 fish were disappearing randomly at night
 and we had no idea why. Turns out the
 octopus had memorised the night guards
 rounds and would creep out of its tank,
 crawl across the floor to the fish tank,
 have a little snack and be back in its own
 tank with the lid shut before the guard
 came back." they are super smart
 dominawritesthings
 I love octopuses so, so much.
 cassandrashipsit
 I am both delighted and FUCKING
 TERRIFIED.
 ze-witch-arteest
 Once I went to the aquarium where they
 had a baby pacific red octopus in a tank.
 I had gone there to work on a few real life
 sketches, obviously I wanted to do one of
 an octopus. So I kinda just kneeled in
 front of the tank, and started sketching
 The octopus didn't mind, he sat happily.
 Then, 5 minutes later, he started moving
 to the front of the tank, where I was. This
 tiny octopus faces me directly and starts
 posing. I don't know how other to explain
 it but he started curlung his tentacles in
 this really graceful way then wouldn't
 move for a few minutes. Then again, a
 new pose. That tiny cute motherfucker
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                Bad, Cute, and Fucking: wittyusernamed
 My buddy read an article about octopus
 intelligence. It was feeding time, and the
 handler dumped some shrimp into an
 octopus' tank. Then he went into another
 room and sat at his desk.
 A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto
 his desk
 The octopus, upon finding one bad
 shrimp in the lot, had grabbed it,
 escaped its tank, crossed the hall, and
 threw the expired shrimp at its caretaker.
 Not only does this showcase their
 problem-solving capabilities, but also
 that it could have escaped at any time. It
 just broke out this time to chuck an off
 shrimp in indignation at its handler.
 That's not just intelligence, that's a
 human-like reaction. Kinda make you
 wonder exactly how smart these guys
 can be..
 queensjenn
 OH MY GOD
 roseweasley7
 I went to the aquarium once and we had
 a tour and we walked past the octopus
 tank and it was duct taped shut so l
 asked why and the guy was like. "Well,
 we had a problem before because these
 fish were disappearing randomly at night
 and we had no idea why. Turns out the
 octopus had memorised the night guards
 rounds and would creep out of its tank,
 crawl across the floor to the fish tank,
 have a little snack and be back in its own
 tank with the lid shut before the guard
 came back." they are super smart
 dominawritesthings
 I love octopuses so, so much.
 cassandrashipsit
 I am both delighted and FUCKING
 TERRIFIED.
 ze-witch-arteest
 Once I went to the aquarium where they
 had a baby pacific red octopus in a tank.
 I had gone there to work on a few real life
 sketches, obviously I wanted to do one of
 an octopus. So I kinda just kneeled in
 front of the tank, and started sketching
 The octopus didn't mind, he sat happily.
 Then, 5 minutes later, he started moving
 to the front of the tank, where I was. This
 tiny octopus faces me directly and starts
 posing. I don't know how other to explain
 it but he started curlung his tentacles in
 this really graceful way then wouldn't
 move for a few minutes. Then again, a
 new pose. That tiny cute motherfucker
 More laughs at FUNsubstance.com
Prankster Gangster
                
            

            
            
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    Bad, Cute, and Fucking: wittyusernamed
 y buddy read an article about octopu:s
 intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler
 dumped some shrimp into an octopus' tank.
 Then he went into another room and sat at his
 desk.
 A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.
 he octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the
 t, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the
 hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its
 caretaker. Not only does this showcase thei
 problem-solving capabilities, but also that it
 could have escaped at any time. It just broke out
 this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at
 its handler. That's not just intelligence, that's a
 human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder
 exactly how smart these guys can be
 queensjenn
 OH MY GOD
 roseweasley7
 I went to the aquarium once and we had a tour
 and we walked past the octopus tank and it was
 duct taped shut so I asked why and the guy was
 like. "Well, we had a problem before because
 these fish were disappearing randomly at night
 and we had no idea why. Turns out the octopus
 had memorised the night guards rounds and
 would creep out of its tank, crawl across the
 floor to the fish tank, have a little snack and be
 back in its own tank with the lid shut before the
 guard came back." they are super smart
 dominawritesthings
 love octopuses so, so much
 ē«­cassandrashipsit
 I am both delighted and FUCKING TERRIFIED.
 ze-witch-arteest
 ce I went to the aquarium where they had a
 baby pacific red octopus in a tank. I had gone
 there to work on a few real life sketches
 obviously I wanted to do one of an octopus. So l
 kinda just kneeled in front of the tank, and
 started sketching. The octopus didn't mind, he
 sat happily. Then, 5 minutes later, he started
 moving to the front of the tank, where I was. This
 tiny octopus faces me directly and starts posing
 I don't know how other to explain it but he
 started curlung his tentacles in this really
 graceful way then wouldn't move for a few
 minutes. Then again, a new pose. That tiny cute
 motherfucker knew I was drawing him.
The more the days go by the closer they get to overthrowing us
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Bad, Cute, and Fucking: wittyusernamed
 y buddy read an article about octopu:s
 intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler
 dumped some shrimp into an octopus' tank.
 Then he went into another room and sat at his
 desk.
 A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.
 he octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the
 t, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the
 hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its
 caretaker. Not only does this showcase thei
 problem-solving capabilities, but also that it
 could have escaped at any time. It just broke out
 this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at
 its handler. That's not just intelligence, that's a
 human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder
 exactly how smart these guys can be
 queensjenn
 OH MY GOD
 roseweasley7
 I went to the aquarium once and we had a tour
 and we walked past the octopus tank and it was
 duct taped shut so I asked why and the guy was
 like. "Well, we had a problem before because
 these fish were disappearing randomly at night
 and we had no idea why. Turns out the octopus
 had memorised the night guards rounds and
 would creep out of its tank, crawl across the
 floor to the fish tank, have a little snack and be
 back in its own tank with the lid shut before the
 guard came back." they are super smart
 dominawritesthings
 love octopuses so, so much
 ē«­cassandrashipsit
 I am both delighted and FUCKING TERRIFIED.
 ze-witch-arteest
 ce I went to the aquarium where they had a
 baby pacific red octopus in a tank. I had gone
 there to work on a few real life sketches
 obviously I wanted to do one of an octopus. So l
 kinda just kneeled in front of the tank, and
 started sketching. The octopus didn't mind, he
 sat happily. Then, 5 minutes later, he started
 moving to the front of the tank, where I was. This
 tiny octopus faces me directly and starts posing
 I don't know how other to explain it but he
 started curlung his tentacles in this really
 graceful way then wouldn't move for a few
 minutes. Then again, a new pose. That tiny cute
 motherfucker knew I was drawing him.
The more the days go by the closer they get to overthrowing us
                
            

            
            
The more the days go by the closer they get to overthrowing us

            
            
        

    



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            




    Bad, Cute, and Fucking: wittyusernamed
 y buddy read an article about octopu:s
 intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler
 dumped some shrimp into an octopus' tank.
 Then he went into another room and sat at his
 desk.
 A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.
 he octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the
 lot, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the
 hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its
 caretaker. Not only does this showcase thei
 problem-solving capabilities, but also that it
 could have escaped at any time. It just broke out
 this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at
 its handler. That's not just intelligence, that's a
 human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder
 exactly how smart these guys can be
 ...
 queensjenn
 OH MY GOD
 roseweasley7
 I went to the aquarium once and we had a tour
 and we walked past the octopus tank and it was
 duct taped shut so I asked why and the guy was
 like. "Well, we had a problem before because
 these fish were disappearing randomly at night
 and we had no idea why. Turns out the octopus
 had memorised the night guards rounds and
 would creep out of its tank, crawl across the
 floor to the fish tank, have a little snack and be
 back in its own tank with the lid shut before the
 guard came back." they are super smart
 dominawritesthings
 love octopuses so, so much
 cassandrashipsit
 I am both delighted and FUCKING TERRIFIED
 ze-witch-arteest
 ce l went to the aquarium where they had a
 baby pacific red octopus in a tank. I had gone
 there to work on a few real life sketches
 obviously I wanted to do one of an octopus. So l
 kinda just kneeled in front of the tank, and
 started sketching. The octopus didn't mind, he
 sat happily. Then, 5 minutes later, he started
 moving to the front of the tank, where I was. This
 tiny octopus faces me directly and starts posing
 I don't know how other to explain it but he
 started curlung his tentacles in this really
 graceful way then wouldn't move for a few
 minutes. Then again, a new pose. That tiny cute
 motherfucker knew I was drawing him.
Very intelligent. They only stay in their tanks because they like it there.
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Bad, Cute, and Fucking: wittyusernamed
 y buddy read an article about octopu:s
 intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler
 dumped some shrimp into an octopus' tank.
 Then he went into another room and sat at his
 desk.
 A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.
 he octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the
 lot, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the
 hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its
 caretaker. Not only does this showcase thei
 problem-solving capabilities, but also that it
 could have escaped at any time. It just broke out
 this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at
 its handler. That's not just intelligence, that's a
 human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder
 exactly how smart these guys can be
 ...
 queensjenn
 OH MY GOD
 roseweasley7
 I went to the aquarium once and we had a tour
 and we walked past the octopus tank and it was
 duct taped shut so I asked why and the guy was
 like. "Well, we had a problem before because
 these fish were disappearing randomly at night
 and we had no idea why. Turns out the octopus
 had memorised the night guards rounds and
 would creep out of its tank, crawl across the
 floor to the fish tank, have a little snack and be
 back in its own tank with the lid shut before the
 guard came back." they are super smart
 dominawritesthings
 love octopuses so, so much
 cassandrashipsit
 I am both delighted and FUCKING TERRIFIED
 ze-witch-arteest
 ce l went to the aquarium where they had a
 baby pacific red octopus in a tank. I had gone
 there to work on a few real life sketches
 obviously I wanted to do one of an octopus. So l
 kinda just kneeled in front of the tank, and
 started sketching. The octopus didn't mind, he
 sat happily. Then, 5 minutes later, he started
 moving to the front of the tank, where I was. This
 tiny octopus faces me directly and starts posing
 I don't know how other to explain it but he
 started curlung his tentacles in this really
 graceful way then wouldn't move for a few
 minutes. Then again, a new pose. That tiny cute
 motherfucker knew I was drawing him.
Very intelligent. They only stay in their tanks because they like it there.
                
            

            
            
Very intelligent. They only stay in their tanks because they like it there.

            
            
        

    



        

            
        
        

            




    Bad, Cute, and Fucking: wittyusernamed
 y buddy read an article about octopu:s
 intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler
 dumped some shrimp into an octopus' tank.
 Then he went into another room and sat at his
 desk.
 A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.
 he octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the
 t, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the
 hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its
 caretaker. Not only does this showcase thei
 problem-solving capabilities, but also that it
 could have escaped at any time. It just broke out
 this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at
 its handler. That's not just intelligence, that's a
 human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder
 exactly how smart these guys can be
 queensjenn
 OH MY GOD
 roseweasley7
 I went to the aquarium once and we had a tour
 and we walked past the octopus tank and it was
 duct taped shut so I asked why and the guy was
 like. "Well, we had a problem before because
 these fish were disappearing randomly at night
 and we had no idea why. Turns out the octopus
 had memorised the night guards rounds and
 would creep out of its tank, crawl across the
 floor to the fish tank, have a little snack and be
 back in its own tank with the lid shut before the
 guard came back." they are super smart
 dominawritesthings
 love octopuses so, so much
 ē«­cassandrashipsit
 I am both delighted and FUCKING TERRIFIED.
 ze-witch-arteest
 ce I went to the aquarium where they had a
 baby pacific red octopus in a tank. I had gone
 there to work on a few real life sketches
 obviously I wanted to do one of an octopus. So l
 kinda just kneeled in front of the tank, and
 started sketching. The octopus didn't mind, he
 sat happily. Then, 5 minutes later, he started
 moving to the front of the tank, where I was. This
 tiny octopus faces me directly and starts posing
 I don't know how other to explain it but he
 started curlung his tentacles in this really
 graceful way then wouldn't move for a few
 minutes. Then again, a new pose. That tiny cute
 motherfucker knew I was drawing him.
The more the days go by the closer they get to overthrowing us
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Bad, Cute, and Fucking: wittyusernamed
 y buddy read an article about octopu:s
 intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler
 dumped some shrimp into an octopus' tank.
 Then he went into another room and sat at his
 desk.
 A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.
 he octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the
 t, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the
 hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its
 caretaker. Not only does this showcase thei
 problem-solving capabilities, but also that it
 could have escaped at any time. It just broke out
 this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at
 its handler. That's not just intelligence, that's a
 human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder
 exactly how smart these guys can be
 queensjenn
 OH MY GOD
 roseweasley7
 I went to the aquarium once and we had a tour
 and we walked past the octopus tank and it was
 duct taped shut so I asked why and the guy was
 like. "Well, we had a problem before because
 these fish were disappearing randomly at night
 and we had no idea why. Turns out the octopus
 had memorised the night guards rounds and
 would creep out of its tank, crawl across the
 floor to the fish tank, have a little snack and be
 back in its own tank with the lid shut before the
 guard came back." they are super smart
 dominawritesthings
 love octopuses so, so much
 ē«­cassandrashipsit
 I am both delighted and FUCKING TERRIFIED.
 ze-witch-arteest
 ce I went to the aquarium where they had a
 baby pacific red octopus in a tank. I had gone
 there to work on a few real life sketches
 obviously I wanted to do one of an octopus. So l
 kinda just kneeled in front of the tank, and
 started sketching. The octopus didn't mind, he
 sat happily. Then, 5 minutes later, he started
 moving to the front of the tank, where I was. This
 tiny octopus faces me directly and starts posing
 I don't know how other to explain it but he
 started curlung his tentacles in this really
 graceful way then wouldn't move for a few
 minutes. Then again, a new pose. That tiny cute
 motherfucker knew I was drawing him.
The more the days go by the closer they get to overthrowing us
                
            

            
            
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    Ass, Bad, and Bad Day: Straight guy worries
 he's being
 homophobic to gay
 roommate, realizes
 he's fallen in love
 with him
 Plot twist: it turns out I don't
 have any problem with Alex
 kissing guys if it's me he's
 kissing.
hutchj:
artemuscain-gamingandbs:

mamatronchatoro:


puppygays:
oh god, they were roommates

This straight guy, who weā€™ll call Mike, has been roommates with Alex for a year. When Alex told Mike he was gay, he was absolutely fine with it. But then when Alex started to bring guys homeā€¦he started getting annoyed, resentful, disgusted.

Posting on Reddit, he said: ā€˜First things first, let me say that Iā€™ve never thought of myself as being discriminatory before. I had a gay friend in high school and we made it through some tough times together, I never felt weird about him dating a guy. So all of this is coming out of nowhere.

ā€˜ā€Alexā€ has been my roommate for one year, and I pretty much knew upfront about him being gay. At some point we became friendly enough with each other that we could even joke about it, as in, sometimes heā€™ll pretend to flirt with me and Iā€™ll pretend to flirt back. Iā€™m straight and he knows that, but I donā€™t feel threatened by him flirting with me and he says most straight guys do.

ā€˜The problems started because of this: Alex brings guys home sometimes. At the start I thought I was okay with it, since itā€™s really not my business who he sleeps with. Heā€™s usually discreet enough about it that I donā€™t see/hear anything I wouldnā€™t want to see/hear from anyone else, but for some reason Iā€™ve started feeling weird if I even see him with other guys.

ā€˜I donā€™t know when it started but one time that really sticks out to me is when I came home and saw him and some guy making out on the couch. I donā€™t know how to describe what it was like to see that, except that for a moment I felt so bad I thought I was going to throw up. Alex was embarrassed (he didnā€™t think Iā€™d be back for a while), but I told him it was okay since I was embarrassed too.

ā€˜I felt bad for being as disgusted as I was, since thereā€™s NO good reason for me to have a reaction like that. I thought maybe they just caught me by surprise and thatā€™s why I reacted so strongly, but it turned out it wasnā€™t a one-time thing. After that, every time he has a guy over (not that often, but every once in a while) I just start feeling like shit and wishing that guy would leave, and I canā€™t stop thinking about what these guys might have done to him even though I donā€™t want to imagine that. It makes me really uncomfortable and grossed out. And these are just guys he fools around with, I donā€™t know what Iā€™d do if he ends up getting an actual boyfriend.

ā€˜Alex has started to notice and itā€™s affecting our friendship. The other day I came home right when some guy was about to leave, and the guy tried to be polite to me but I ended up being rude to him (donā€™t remember what I said, but it was really obvious I was pissed). When the guy left, Alex asked me why I was being an asshole. I didnā€™t know what to say, but then he asked if I had a problem with him sleeping with other guys. I said no. For some reason that pissed him off more and he said I canā€™t complain since I used to bring my fuckbuddy over and he was forced to see me being affectionate with her sometimes. (I was in an FWB situation with a girl in the early days of me and Alex living together, but I broke it off after a few months and I havenā€™t done anything with anyone since.) I agreed with him and told him I was just having a bad day and I donā€™t care who he sleeps with, but he looked more upset and told me heā€™s going to a friendā€™s place to cool off. I said okay. When he was leaving for some reason he casually said, ā€œand youā€™ll be okay if I sleep with him as long as I do at his place and not ours, right?ā€ Or something like that. I told him itā€™s none of my business what he does at someone elseā€™s place, but when he said that I felt sick to my stomach and couldnā€™t stop thinking about it.

ā€˜He didnā€™t show up later that night even though he was supposed to hang out with me and my sister. Heā€™s never blown me off before and it made me feel like shit, but part of it was my fault since I made him feel like I was judging him for sleeping with guys. Now heā€™s acting like nothing happened but Iā€™m worried I might mess things up if it happens again. I want to keep him as a friend, but heā€™d be hurt if he knew that whenever I think about him with other guys it disgusts me.

ā€˜How do I deal with this? Iā€™ve never been homophobic but Iā€™ve suddenly developed some kind of homophobia where just the idea of my roommateā€™s sex life makes me uncomfortable. And I donā€™t react like this to other gay people either, itā€™s just Alex. I donā€™t know if this means Iā€™m only okay with gay people as long as Iā€™m not living with them or what. Does anyone else have experience with this? I want to get over myself and stop whatever this is, but if I canā€™t Iā€™m going to have to leave since the last thing I want to do is hurt Alex, and if I stay here and keep automatically judging him for his lifestyle thatā€™s whatā€™s going to happen.

ā€˜tl;dr: Roommate is gay, I am not but I thought I was okay with him being gay until I realised I feel crappy when I see him with other guys and itā€™s started to affect our friendship. How to deal with this/stop being such a dick?ā€™

One Redditor asked: ā€˜Are you sure that weird feeling isnā€™t jealousyā€¦? i mean, this only seems to revolve around Alex specifically.ā€™

And Mike responded: ā€˜I thought about that, but I donā€™t know what Iā€™m meant to be jealous of. He definitely has a more active sex life than I do, but reacting like this to something like that seems really strange and irrational.ā€™

The Redditor responded: ā€˜Yeah i thought maybe you donā€™t like seeing Alex with other people because you want his attention to yourself?ā€™

ā€˜The day I made the post, I met up with my sister Laura [24F] and I showed her the post. She read the whole thing and called me an oblivious walnut and said it sounds like I have a crush on Alex. The same conclusion some of you came to in the original post.

ā€˜Anyway, she talked me through it and we confirmed Iā€™m not as straight as I thought I was. She also pointed out something in my original post, where I said the more I tried to reassure him I didnā€™t mind who he slept with, the more he got upset. Also: how he brought my old FWB situation into it. I just thought he was understandably mad with me for being an asshole, but Laura thought it sounded like maybe Alex wanted me to be jealous? We moved on from that topic pretty quickly, though, since I couldnā€™t really handle the implications of that when Iā€™d JUST started to understand that I like this guy.

ā€˜The next few days were mostly me sitting on my ass trying to wrap my head around everything. I was scared of messing up our friendship and losing him, but I was even more scared that I might just let this pass without saying anything and then he gets a boyfriend and I have to see him with another guyā€¦etc. Because if that happened I would probably have to end it anyway, since as weā€™ve established, Iā€™m not great at dealing with him being with other guys.

ā€˜Probably could have planned it better, but I told him. Right after a Tarantino marathon, if anyoneā€™s interested, since nothing says romance like graphic violence. I told him Iā€™ve been such a dick because I was jealous. I donā€™t think he got what I was getting at because he just laughed a little and said I didnā€™t have to be jealous since it wasnā€™t like Iā€™d have any trouble finding people to sleep with me. No clue how I explained, itā€™s a blur. Luckily he saw how nervous I was so he knew I was serious.

ā€˜We talked. Long story short: all that flirting was real, but Alex didnā€™t have any hope of it going further because of me being an oblivious ā€œstraightā€ guy. So heā€™s been trying to get over me. He laughed really hard when I told him about how I mistook my jealousy for homophobia, and he teased me by saying heā€™d never expected me to be the jealous type. Then again, we both ended up laughing a lot of out of nervousness and awkwardness. Iā€™ve never seen him like that before since heā€™s usually pretty confident. In the end we agreed to maybe try something out, and we kissed. Never kissed anyone with a beard before, soā€¦interesting experience, but also really good. (Plot twist: it turns out I donā€™t have any problem with Alex kissing guys if itā€™s me heā€™s kissing.)

ā€˜Since then weā€™ve kind of been easing into the whole dating thing, I guess? I know this place is wary about roommate relationships and I get why, but itā€™s been great so far. We had our first proper date last weekend and it was incredible, though a bit weird since weā€™ve done that a thousand times already and this time there was a new context. At home we still do our normal thing, but sometimes we get distracted. Last night I almost burned dinner because I had to kiss him and we got kind of carried away, haha. Weā€™re taking the whole sex thing slow though since Iā€™ve never done anything with another guy before.

ā€˜Iā€™m a little worried about coming out to my family and my other friends, especially since this is almost as new for me as it would be for them. My parents are very openminded and my mom especially loves Alex. But I have some more conservative family members on my dadā€™s side, and I can already imagine them blaming Alex for turning me gay. They can also be pretty racist (Lauraā€™s boyfriend is Latino so she knows all about that) and Alex is mixed. Itā€™s something to think about in the longterm, I guess. Alex has said he doesnā€™t expect me to jump out of the closet right away, but if we end up calling ourselves a couple then Iā€™m not going to keep him a secret or anything.

ā€˜Soā€¦weā€™re trying. And I am not a homophobe, and nobody needed therapy. Honestly, I canā€™t remember the last time I was this happy, and I never would have expected this when I made that first post. Itā€™s a good thing some of you picked up on the actual problem and tried to get it through to me despite me being an oblivious walnut, soā€¦thanks, guys.ā€™

Funniest self-realization in the world? ā€˜Plot twist: it turns out I donā€™t have any problem with Alex kissing guys if itā€™s me heā€™s kissing.ā€™


This wasā€¦. cute???

Someone make a movie out of this b/c this was an emotional roller coaster.Ā 

    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Ass, Bad, and Bad Day: Straight guy worries
 he's being
 homophobic to gay
 roommate, realizes
 he's fallen in love
 with him
 Plot twist: it turns out I don't
 have any problem with Alex
 kissing guys if it's me he's
 kissing.
hutchj:
artemuscain-gamingandbs:

mamatronchatoro:


puppygays:
oh god, they were roommates

This straight guy, who weā€™ll call Mike, has been roommates with Alex for a year. When Alex told Mike he was gay, he was absolutely fine with it. But then when Alex started to bring guys homeā€¦he started getting annoyed, resentful, disgusted.

Posting on Reddit, he said: ā€˜First things first, let me say that Iā€™ve never thought of myself as being discriminatory before. I had a gay friend in high school and we made it through some tough times together, I never felt weird about him dating a guy. So all of this is coming out of nowhere.

ā€˜ā€Alexā€ has been my roommate for one year, and I pretty much knew upfront about him being gay. At some point we became friendly enough with each other that we could even joke about it, as in, sometimes heā€™ll pretend to flirt with me and Iā€™ll pretend to flirt back. Iā€™m straight and he knows that, but I donā€™t feel threatened by him flirting with me and he says most straight guys do.

ā€˜The problems started because of this: Alex brings guys home sometimes. At the start I thought I was okay with it, since itā€™s really not my business who he sleeps with. Heā€™s usually discreet enough about it that I donā€™t see/hear anything I wouldnā€™t want to see/hear from anyone else, but for some reason Iā€™ve started feeling weird if I even see him with other guys.

ā€˜I donā€™t know when it started but one time that really sticks out to me is when I came home and saw him and some guy making out on the couch. I donā€™t know how to describe what it was like to see that, except that for a moment I felt so bad I thought I was going to throw up. Alex was embarrassed (he didnā€™t think Iā€™d be back for a while), but I told him it was okay since I was embarrassed too.

ā€˜I felt bad for being as disgusted as I was, since thereā€™s NO good reason for me to have a reaction like that. I thought maybe they just caught me by surprise and thatā€™s why I reacted so strongly, but it turned out it wasnā€™t a one-time thing. After that, every time he has a guy over (not that often, but every once in a while) I just start feeling like shit and wishing that guy would leave, and I canā€™t stop thinking about what these guys might have done to him even though I donā€™t want to imagine that. It makes me really uncomfortable and grossed out. And these are just guys he fools around with, I donā€™t know what Iā€™d do if he ends up getting an actual boyfriend.

ā€˜Alex has started to notice and itā€™s affecting our friendship. The other day I came home right when some guy was about to leave, and the guy tried to be polite to me but I ended up being rude to him (donā€™t remember what I said, but it was really obvious I was pissed). When the guy left, Alex asked me why I was being an asshole. I didnā€™t know what to say, but then he asked if I had a problem with him sleeping with other guys. I said no. For some reason that pissed him off more and he said I canā€™t complain since I used to bring my fuckbuddy over and he was forced to see me being affectionate with her sometimes. (I was in an FWB situation with a girl in the early days of me and Alex living together, but I broke it off after a few months and I havenā€™t done anything with anyone since.) I agreed with him and told him I was just having a bad day and I donā€™t care who he sleeps with, but he looked more upset and told me heā€™s going to a friendā€™s place to cool off. I said okay. When he was leaving for some reason he casually said, ā€œand youā€™ll be okay if I sleep with him as long as I do at his place and not ours, right?ā€ Or something like that. I told him itā€™s none of my business what he does at someone elseā€™s place, but when he said that I felt sick to my stomach and couldnā€™t stop thinking about it.

ā€˜He didnā€™t show up later that night even though he was supposed to hang out with me and my sister. Heā€™s never blown me off before and it made me feel like shit, but part of it was my fault since I made him feel like I was judging him for sleeping with guys. Now heā€™s acting like nothing happened but Iā€™m worried I might mess things up if it happens again. I want to keep him as a friend, but heā€™d be hurt if he knew that whenever I think about him with other guys it disgusts me.

ā€˜How do I deal with this? Iā€™ve never been homophobic but Iā€™ve suddenly developed some kind of homophobia where just the idea of my roommateā€™s sex life makes me uncomfortable. And I donā€™t react like this to other gay people either, itā€™s just Alex. I donā€™t know if this means Iā€™m only okay with gay people as long as Iā€™m not living with them or what. Does anyone else have experience with this? I want to get over myself and stop whatever this is, but if I canā€™t Iā€™m going to have to leave since the last thing I want to do is hurt Alex, and if I stay here and keep automatically judging him for his lifestyle thatā€™s whatā€™s going to happen.

ā€˜tl;dr: Roommate is gay, I am not but I thought I was okay with him being gay until I realised I feel crappy when I see him with other guys and itā€™s started to affect our friendship. How to deal with this/stop being such a dick?ā€™

One Redditor asked: ā€˜Are you sure that weird feeling isnā€™t jealousyā€¦? i mean, this only seems to revolve around Alex specifically.ā€™

And Mike responded: ā€˜I thought about that, but I donā€™t know what Iā€™m meant to be jealous of. He definitely has a more active sex life than I do, but reacting like this to something like that seems really strange and irrational.ā€™

The Redditor responded: ā€˜Yeah i thought maybe you donā€™t like seeing Alex with other people because you want his attention to yourself?ā€™

ā€˜The day I made the post, I met up with my sister Laura [24F] and I showed her the post. She read the whole thing and called me an oblivious walnut and said it sounds like I have a crush on Alex. The same conclusion some of you came to in the original post.

ā€˜Anyway, she talked me through it and we confirmed Iā€™m not as straight as I thought I was. She also pointed out something in my original post, where I said the more I tried to reassure him I didnā€™t mind who he slept with, the more he got upset. Also: how he brought my old FWB situation into it. I just thought he was understandably mad with me for being an asshole, but Laura thought it sounded like maybe Alex wanted me to be jealous? We moved on from that topic pretty quickly, though, since I couldnā€™t really handle the implications of that when Iā€™d JUST started to understand that I like this guy.

ā€˜The next few days were mostly me sitting on my ass trying to wrap my head around everything. I was scared of messing up our friendship and losing him, but I was even more scared that I might just let this pass without saying anything and then he gets a boyfriend and I have to see him with another guyā€¦etc. Because if that happened I would probably have to end it anyway, since as weā€™ve established, Iā€™m not great at dealing with him being with other guys.

ā€˜Probably could have planned it better, but I told him. Right after a Tarantino marathon, if anyoneā€™s interested, since nothing says romance like graphic violence. I told him Iā€™ve been such a dick because I was jealous. I donā€™t think he got what I was getting at because he just laughed a little and said I didnā€™t have to be jealous since it wasnā€™t like Iā€™d have any trouble finding people to sleep with me. No clue how I explained, itā€™s a blur. Luckily he saw how nervous I was so he knew I was serious.

ā€˜We talked. Long story short: all that flirting was real, but Alex didnā€™t have any hope of it going further because of me being an oblivious ā€œstraightā€ guy. So heā€™s been trying to get over me. He laughed really hard when I told him about how I mistook my jealousy for homophobia, and he teased me by saying heā€™d never expected me to be the jealous type. Then again, we both ended up laughing a lot of out of nervousness and awkwardness. Iā€™ve never seen him like that before since heā€™s usually pretty confident. In the end we agreed to maybe try something out, and we kissed. Never kissed anyone with a beard before, soā€¦interesting experience, but also really good. (Plot twist: it turns out I donā€™t have any problem with Alex kissing guys if itā€™s me heā€™s kissing.)

ā€˜Since then weā€™ve kind of been easing into the whole dating thing, I guess? I know this place is wary about roommate relationships and I get why, but itā€™s been great so far. We had our first proper date last weekend and it was incredible, though a bit weird since weā€™ve done that a thousand times already and this time there was a new context. At home we still do our normal thing, but sometimes we get distracted. Last night I almost burned dinner because I had to kiss him and we got kind of carried away, haha. Weā€™re taking the whole sex thing slow though since Iā€™ve never done anything with another guy before.

ā€˜Iā€™m a little worried about coming out to my family and my other friends, especially since this is almost as new for me as it would be for them. My parents are very openminded and my mom especially loves Alex. But I have some more conservative family members on my dadā€™s side, and I can already imagine them blaming Alex for turning me gay. They can also be pretty racist (Lauraā€™s boyfriend is Latino so she knows all about that) and Alex is mixed. Itā€™s something to think about in the longterm, I guess. Alex has said he doesnā€™t expect me to jump out of the closet right away, but if we end up calling ourselves a couple then Iā€™m not going to keep him a secret or anything.

ā€˜Soā€¦weā€™re trying. And I am not a homophobe, and nobody needed therapy. Honestly, I canā€™t remember the last time I was this happy, and I never would have expected this when I made that first post. Itā€™s a good thing some of you picked up on the actual problem and tried to get it through to me despite me being an oblivious walnut, soā€¦thanks, guys.ā€™

Funniest self-realization in the world? ā€˜Plot twist: it turns out I donā€™t have any problem with Alex kissing guys if itā€™s me heā€™s kissing.ā€™


This wasā€¦. cute???

Someone make a movie out of this b/c this was an emotional roller coaster.Ā 

                
            

            
            
hutchj:
artemuscain-gamingandbs:

mamatronchatoro:


puppygays:
oh god, they were roommates

This straight guy, who weā€™ll call Mike, has bee...

            
            
        

    



        

            
        
        

            



        

            
        
        

            




    Gif, Head, and Life: 4GIFS.com
methargicism:

crackledragon:
burkean-conservative:

othertonguesotherflesh:

burkean-conservative:

othertonguesotherflesh:

burkean-conservative:

othertonguesotherflesh:

heavens-smile:

this is probably the only sex gif i will ever reblog, because for some reason i feel like itā€™s more than just sex. i donā€™t know if itā€™s how theyā€™re actually looking at one another or the way they canā€™t get close enough. heā€™s actually looking at her like a person and not just a sex object.
but then again, it could be all in my head. i mean, this is how i would want it to be. but thatā€™s just me.

so uhhh
was he supposed to do a jump there
or is this likeā€¦ what they planned from the begining

Good question.

unfollow me

Uh, why?

i despise you and your political philosophy and also your blog is terrible?
like i only occasionally blog about politics, but i do very much believe capitalism must be destroyed and global international communism must be established, so likeā€¦. why is it confusing that i donā€™t want you following my blog.

You may ā€œbelieveā€ that capitalism should be destroyed, but that doesnā€™t mean it isnā€™t the most successful economic model in human history, and has to led to the most successful civil societies in history. You may ā€œbelieveā€ that international communism is ā€œnecessaryā€, but that such a system canā€™t compete with capitalism is historically evident, that it doesnā€™t work is well established, and that any citizen with even a half way decent life would reject any proposed decline in their standard of living, through violence, is obvious. I wonā€™t fault you for holding these misguided beliefs as much as you fault me for my correct ones.

What the fuck is going on in this post


Shhh, I wanna learn more about this capitalism discourse
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Gif, Head, and Life: 4GIFS.com
methargicism:

crackledragon:
burkean-conservative:

othertonguesotherflesh:

burkean-conservative:

othertonguesotherflesh:

burkean-conservative:

othertonguesotherflesh:

heavens-smile:

this is probably the only sex gif i will ever reblog, because for some reason i feel like itā€™s more than just sex. i donā€™t know if itā€™s how theyā€™re actually looking at one another or the way they canā€™t get close enough. heā€™s actually looking at her like a person and not just a sex object.
but then again, it could be all in my head. i mean, this is how i would want it to be. but thatā€™s just me.

so uhhh
was he supposed to do a jump there
or is this likeā€¦ what they planned from the begining

Good question.

unfollow me

Uh, why?

i despise you and your political philosophy and also your blog is terrible?
like i only occasionally blog about politics, but i do very much believe capitalism must be destroyed and global international communism must be established, so likeā€¦. why is it confusing that i donā€™t want you following my blog.

You may ā€œbelieveā€ that capitalism should be destroyed, but that doesnā€™t mean it isnā€™t the most successful economic model in human history, and has to led to the most successful civil societies in history. You may ā€œbelieveā€ that international communism is ā€œnecessaryā€, but that such a system canā€™t compete with capitalism is historically evident, that it doesnā€™t work is well established, and that any citizen with even a half way decent life would reject any proposed decline in their standard of living, through violence, is obvious. I wonā€™t fault you for holding these misguided beliefs as much as you fault me for my correct ones.

What the fuck is going on in this post


Shhh, I wanna learn more about this capitalism discourse
                
                

                
            

            
            
methargicism:

crackledragon:
burkean-conservative:

othertonguesotherflesh:

burkean-conservative:

othertonguesotherflesh:

burkean-conser...