| | You Must Remember This
Occasionally, on Thursday nights, I act as a gigolo for women of a certain age. What!?! you say? But Sunshineboy, that is morally and ethically wrong, and besides which , you’re as gay as a three penny opera.
First of all, what could be morally and ethically wrong about making some lonely women in their twilight years extremely happy? Thrilled even. Second of all, don’t get your panties in a bunch, I’m just talking about dancing, the vertical kind. I ballroom dance with them.
It’s actually quite sweet. Two of the women are in their early 90s. And a few of them are quite good (at dancing). The funny part for me, is that, to them, male dancers aren’t necessarily friends of Liza with a Z. In fact, not all male dancers are light in the loafers, but for my generation, it was generally assumed.
So, tonight, while dancing with one of the ladies, I was singing the words to the whatever song we were dancing to. It was some classic 1950s ballad, and I was crooning away while we Fox Trotted around. She remarked “Isn’t it funny that you know all of the words to these old songs.”
It brought me back to another “Isn’t it funny” comment. When I was 20 years old, my eldest sister married. I helped her find her dress and picked a hairstyle for her. Yes I know, I’m just one tired cliché after another. I was speaking to my grandmother about the dress. I explained that it was a low-cut sheath dress, ivory satin with three rows of pearl beading around the décolletage. To which my grandmother responded: “Isn’t it funny, Sunshineboy, you know an awful lot about dresses. More than most men, I mean.”
Not that I’m here trying to perpetuate any stereotypes. My wonderful, and very gay boyfriend, R, doesn’t know the words to showtunes, doesn’t like old movies, and doesn’t know an awful lot about women’s clothing. However, you’d think that people would pick up on it faster. If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, it’s probably a homosexual. I’m tired of having to explain it all the time.  |
