I told my friend about my crush on Postman Pat and she suggested he was gay. AIBU or is she?

[Tben]

I confessed to a friend that I had a bit of a crush on Postman Pat. He’s not the most conventionally attractive man, but he has a calming way about him, and is clearly a capable problem solver and provider. He’ll also have a good public sector pension, and security is a big plus for me.

I mentioned this to a friend and she said I had “no chance”. She said Pat was a middle-aged single man with a cat, and I should “read between the lines”.

AIBU or is my friend just jealous?

😂I worked with someone whose first love was the blonde guy from Thunderbirds.

I think your all missing the biggest hunk of all - Bandit ( Blueys Dad)😄😄😄.

I was thinking this but then remembered I had a crush on Sebastian the Singing Aubergine in Mr Bloom's vegetable garden show.

So did I!

It was Master Mate, Tom the Cabin Boy, and Seaman Stains was an urban myth #Justice for Pugwash.
If you want to know about the Magic Roundabout, just ask Jasper Carrot☺️

I have very much enjoyed this thread 😂

Me two!!!

One of my friend’s dad used to sing his own version of the PP song, which he could never finish because he would collapse laughing.

Postman Pat
Postman Pat
Postman Pat ran over his cat

Blood and guts went flying
Postman Pat was crying
You've never seen a cat as flat as that!

Everybody knows
He wears his sister’s clothes

<end of rendition due to hysterical laughter>

So there you know, Postman Pat is also a cross dresser!

This reminds me that my childhood bff at the time made me feel like an absolute weirdo when I confessed my animated character crushes. It was embarrassing at the time and made me much more cautious about what I shared with friends, so even as an adult it's still nice to be reminded that I wasn't a freak and that there are others like me out there. 😅

I’ve got the original Postman Pat theme tune going around in my head now.

There was a less pleasant version of it going around when I was at school (54 now) and I can still remember it.

I thought that was Fireman Sam?

That’s the version of the song we did! 🤣

Isn’t Fireman Sam the one they were going to make gay? Have I imagined that?

My first boyfriend was Captain Scarlet

Phones from Stingray. Not Troy Tempest, who had far too good an opinion of himself imo.

And my Thunderbirds crush was Virgil.

and Seaman Staines

Yes I've always had a thing with men who have big noses, so YANBU. plus that gorgeous softie accent. You're going to have to fight me for him.

Master.Bates
Rodger the cabin boy.

My husband proudly tells anyone his first (and ongoing i think) crush was the Cadburys bunny (was it caramel? Miriam Margoles voiced her i think) make it make sense!

Roger the cabin boy in Pugwash

How did they get away with it.

Every boy in the 80's did cos she was the princess of power

Oh she was actually quite sexy. Have you seen it?

Hank the Ranger from Dungeons and Dragons was a dreamboat but I'm with the previous poster, Chilli from Bluey is a lucky woman/dog to have bagged Bandit. I bet he's a right good go-er in the bedroom department.

😮i did not know that. She was kinda sexy though, wasn't she 😂