Maybe it’s because I am in my mid fifties and don’t get out much so am not familiar with “yoof” these days but I recently met a friend’s daughter and son in law for the first time and it has left me pondering.
They have been together for a few years, have a child and want another.
He was a really friendly chap, very chatty and kind. I liked him very much.
I came away a bit unsettled though because I very much got the vibe of a gay man.
Talking to him was like gossiping with a girlfriend which is not something I have ever felt talking to a straight man.
Of course I appreciate that there are varying degrees of “blokeness” in fact both my ex husbands got on well with women (the last one rather TOO well!) and weren’t macho types and I have had several gay male friends over the years and I am aware that there isn’t a single identity or personality type but this young man’s demeanour, conversational style and content, even appearance screamed gay to me.
Not my business as not my family but I was left with a niggling worry that this will all go horribly wrong if this chap isn’t being honest with himself or my friend’s daughter.
Anyway, my question here is do lots of young men present like this now?