This is one question that still makes me wonder till this day: "When a gay guy kisses a woman, does he feel disgusted just like the way we heterosexuals feel when we kiss a member of the same sex?"
Out of the blue, I asked that question to Mark, a friend at the Deli.
"Hey that's a good question. Good question, dude. I'd probably ask my gay uncle"
"Yoh have a gay uncle?"
"Yep"
"Is he openly declaring gay or does he have a partner"
"He has a partner. Well, it was an embarrassment to the family at first, but we finally came to accept it", he shrugged nonchalantly while cleaning the chicken steamtable.
Whoa.
He continued, "But not all gay guys live with another guy though. Sometimes they get married with a woman too"
"Hey yeah, that happened a lot in Indonesia!"
"Really?"
"Yeah..you know, they want to appear normal in front of their society, hence marrying a woman.."
"Oh!"
"What?" I raised my eyebrows.
"Man, there was an assistant manager, he used to work here, and he's openly gay"
"So?"
"And he was married to his wife and had a 13-year old daughter!"
"Oh my God. Does his wife and daughter know about it?"
Then he cracked up.
"What?"
While suppresing his laugh, Mark explained, "There's a funny story behind it. His wife cheated on him soon after she found out that he was a gay...and do you know how he got back at his wife?"
"You mean how he paid back his wife for her cheating?"
"Uh-huh"
"Nah.. You tell me"
"You see, the other guy with whom she was having an affair...this assistant manager met that other guy and had sex with him"
The story was such of a freakish nature that my mouth gaped wide.
"You mean, his wife was married to him, a gay guy...and she was cheating with a gay guy too? Do you mean it for real?"
"Yep. I heard it from his own words, man.. Apparently.."
"His wife was a magnet for a gay guys", I concluded.
"Exactly"
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