| Immersiveunreality said: Question: Did you ever feel akward or unsure what to do around a gay person and if so, how did you learn from it or deal with that situation?(while growing up) |
When I was in elementary school, I used to often chase other girls who I thought had pretty hair around the playground trying to touch it. They seemed to uniformly hate this and steered clear of me. On the first day of 7th grade (which is the first day of middle school in my area) though, a girl sat next to me and asked if I wanted to touch her hair. Was that awkward for me? I was trembling! I had no idea how to respond, so I just went along with it, which fortunately led to more relaxed conversation. I happened to be reading an entry in The Nancy Drew Files at the time, which led her to reveal that she read Nancy Drew as well. I was even to soon discover that she had a computer, whereupon she invited me over and introduced me to Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego?. I hadn't known any other girls who liked playing video games when boys weren't around. Things proceeded from there. The discovery of shared interests was what made things more comfortable.
Our relationship lasted until the following June when her family moved away. It was never super formal since we were kinda young (our "dates" easily passed for normal youthful outings that flew under the radar), but we did get a little physical eventually. As I shared on another thread last year, she's actually the main reason why a rather obscure computer game called Chop Suey always ranks in near the top of my favorite games lists.
To answer your second question, I learned a little bit about how better to break the ice in conversations from the whole experience. Now if only I could find something in common with other human beings today...
Last edited by Jaicee - on 03 May 2020
