4/29/08

Giving Up Makes Her Gay


I have a friend that is careening at light speed toward 40. Unlike her peers (and her jeers at men who break down at 40), she claims to enjoy it, saying that she doesn't have to try so hard anymore... "Not in a flannel-shirt-wearing-suddenly-a-dyke kind of way," though.

So, giving up makes women gay, huh? I guess I can see that: comfortable shoes, a sensible/easy maintenance haircut, abandonment of makeup and perhaps some shaving... maybe add a few pounds... you know, grab some cookie dough and just go butch.

I think it's the opposite with men. If we wanna be gay -- really, truly successfully gay -- first we have to get in shape. And not just a couple pushups and situps... like, stellar, toned, magazine cover airbrushed shape. And that means CARDIO out the yang. But it doesn't stop there. Next, we have to accept fashion into our lives. Not just learning to dress better, but knowing what's in style, what's out, what works, what doesn't, and I think there's a prerequisite for learning women's fashion too. At least the shoes. And speaking of shoes, I'm pretty sure part of the minimum standards for going gay requires knowing how to dance.

I'm way too lazy to ever be gay.