Today I read a tweet about gay men all loving Lego.
This is true. Gay men
DO all love Lego. Fact.
But it’s also inaccurate.
It’s not gay men that love Lego.
It’s just men. They love Lego.
And it’s not just Lego. Men love toys. Because men, if we’re honest, are generally
just little boys who got taller. And boys love their toys... So why, I hear you
ask, is there this gay perception pertaining to toys, games, gadgets and
geekery? The gays genuinely ARE all obsessed with Playstation, comics, Star
Trek, Dr Who, Lego, etc, etc, the list goes on.
Well, straight men are too. But straight men have to hide
their enthusiasm for toys, games, comics and science fiction to attract girls.
They have to hide it in the first instance, and then once settled comfortably
into relationships, they’re just not allowed the free run of filling their
homes up with Lego or geeky posters or Dr Who memorabilia. They’re not allowed to spend loads of time
shopping for comics, or playing x-box.
I spend all my disposable income on myself.
Don’t get me wrong -
straight guys with girlfriends still DO these things, but there often
appears to be a serious limit on it. They always complain how they never get to
play PS3 anymore, because of this and that.
Especially post-child.
But the gays? The gays get to continue to be little
children, buy themselves Lego, play computer games, watch Dr Who, watch Star
Wars for the 187th time, and spend all their disposable income on
gadgets. And when they get into relationships and get a place together? It doesn’t change. You’re allowed to continue
to be geeky, collect crap, watch crap, stay up drinking cocktails and playing Playstation
all night because you both like doing it. In fact, you can do it together...!
That’s kind of the best bit about being gay. You get to play
together and share boy things, and kind of... be yourself in a way that I often
feel straight guys have to subdue. Being straight means you have to pretend not
to like certain things, or to like them but leave them behind whilst you
pretend to be a grown up. That’s why I see dads walking around the Lego shop
with their children, with looks of wonder and longing on their faces. They have
to live a bit more vicariously than the gays do...
We’re all still 10 year old boys at heart – so treat
yourself. Go and get yourself some Lego...
Many boys like to lounge around in
pants, playing playstation all day.
pants, playing playstation all day.
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