May 14th, 2008
As I pull into the back parking lot of Spot 79 on Southeast Foster Road...13 comments
May 7th, 2008
I’ve had this stooped old alcoholic once before.6 comments
April 30th, 2008
When I call out to the Emanuel E.R.’s waiting room for my fare...13 comments
April 23rd, 2008
“No, really, I believe you,” I tell the old man.17 comments
April 16th, 2008
“Vote Ron Paul? Who’s that, Sean Paul’s cousin?”15 comments
April 9th, 2008
The young woman leans forward...7 comments
April 2nd, 2008
I ask the two guys if there's going to be a problem with the payment... | [CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK] 20 comments
March 26th, 2008
For the first time ever, I flip the panic switch. 11 comments
March 19th, 2008
It’s raining so hard the water kicked up by my tires makes a slapping sound...5 comments
March 12th, 2008
I pick up the two teenagers in inner Southeast12 comments
[February 27th, 2008]
“Can I ask you for some advice on a personal issue?”
“Sure man, go ahead.” My questioner seems like a nice enough guy, and he’s tipped well in the past.
“Here’s the thing,” he says. “You know I’m gay, right? Everyone does.”
“Yeah, you were just saying that.”
“Well…recently I’ve been doing some, like, some thinking and wondering…”
“Uh-huh?”
“Well,” his voice drops to a whisper, “I think I might be interested in women.”
I bust up laughing.
“It’s not funny!,” he responds.
“Man, for so many years people had to carry the stress of being closeted, and here you are embarrassed to admit that you might dig chicks. Shit, must be a sign of progress when someone’s afraid they might not be totally gay.”
“I guess so, but still, everyone thinks of me as gay, and I’m not sure I really am.”
I settle down long enough to give him a brief and likely inaccurate account of what I remember about Freud’s take on sexuality, which in my telling basically boils down to “it’s normal to be curious.” It seems like the right thing to say, and tacking a famous name on there makes it sound better. “What it boils down to,” I tell him, “is that your real friends are always going to be your friends, and fuck what anyone else thinks.”
“So it’s OK that I’m interested in pussy?”
“I hope so, because I sure am. Really, it’s fine.”
“Thanks.” He tips me 40 bucks for the short trip.
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Neck Ed was watching the flick - What Women Want - Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt starring.
He had to ask himself - should I be enjoying this?
Thanks. I remember when I first realized the same thing. Difference being I'm female. I am thankful that you were the person he talked to. Thankful also that the people I knew didn't make me feel bad about my new feelins. Including my husband.