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• Monday, March 27, 2006 09:22 AM

  I'm utterly confused.

  So, the objective facts here is that a couple goes to a gay bar, the LW gets hit on and apparently enjoys it. The LW's wife is not amused. And the LW's wife's clothing and make-up choices come in where, here? I'm completely neglecting to see the connection and I agree that this seems to be a way for the LW to bring up something that he secretly doesn't like about his wife but is too cool and liberal to openly admit.

  My parents are both quite attractive (I, however did not inherit those genes),very young-looking for their agess, fit, intelligent, and very fashionable. My dad has been described by my friends as a metrosexual, but my mom as well is always extremely well put-together. My dad is a gay guy magnet. Animals, babies, and gay men; my dad has some sort of magnetism with all three. And it quite clearly has nothing to do with the way my mom dresses because she is impeccably turned out 100% of the time (again, a gene I didn't inherit--I think I probably more resemble the hippie college style the LW so obviously finds wanting). I think it probably has something to do with the way he dresses and also something to do with his confidence level and lack of homophobia.

  And even if, in some parallel universe, his wife's clothes actually do impact his being hit on at gay bars, since when is it okay to insist someone change their entire style just to prevent misunderstandings on the part of like 3% of the population?

  —dendrio Read dendrio's other letters
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