19 Funny But Also Infuriating Stories Of Straight People Forgetting That Gay Couples Exist
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"At a wedding reasonable, pre-marriage, holding hands and generally being cute AF. It's worth mentioning that my wife and I are the most stereotypical looking soft femme/hard butch pairing imaginable.
Wedding Vendor: 'Hiiii ~ladies~! Who's the blessed bride?'
Me [slightly awkward]: 'Well, actually we both are.'
WV: 'Oh, how cute is that? Shopping together! When are the big days?'
Me: '30th of June.'
WV: [to my soon-to-be wife] 'And for you?'
Wife [visibly amused]: '...Also 30th of June.'
[Long, long pause.]
WV: 'Oh my god, a double wedding, that's the cutest thing I've ever heard of! You got the similar venue, too? Adorable! Top friends of the year or what?'
Wife: 'Well, we like to think so.'
Needless to say, we didn't buy whatever she was selling, but we did laugh about it for the next solid week."
—u/IrrepressibleScamp
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When I woke up that Saturday morning, little did I know that something I was hiding from view from others was about to have the key put in the ignition and set me off on a journey that was to get the life I was born with.
It was a Saturday morning like any other Saturday morning. I always got up first because I’m an initial bird.
After breakfast, I’d rest down and watch Multi-Coloured Swap Shop – a children’s TV show on Saturday morning.
The proof that I was 17 years old didn’t lay me off from watching it. I loved watching it. It got my weekend off to a perfect start.
Just after midday, I always went into town to buy an array of snacks for myself for the evening. I still preferred to spend Saturday evenings indoors watching television like I did on Saturday mornings.
My parents thought it rare for a boy my age to want to stay in on a Saturday evening. At the time, I thought they knew nothing about why I did not hope for to go out. Years later, I discovered my mother had already suspected I was gay.
Whereas boys my age were going out to drink alcohol and date girls, my Saturday evening treat was the snacks (including a small trifle
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