Tuesday, April 23, 2013

4 comments:

Gary Kelly said...

Now why do you think one person might say to another, "I thought I was the only one!"

Is it a form of excessive self examination? Of being obsessed with one's self?

JustinO'Shea said...

Have you ever run into a peron who worried about his sexual orientation. . .and is relieved to meet another one his age. . . ?

Gary Kelly said...

Can't say I have, JustinO. I've always known I was different but, as a kid, never labeled it as a sexual thing. I was just different, period. So sexuality was never a separate issue.

Interestingly, I had a lot of gay friends and socialized with them regularly during my 20s, 30s and 40s. But I was different to them too. Hehe.

So, no... I don't remember ever having a discussion with a person who worried about his sexual orientation.

However, later in life during my 50s, I met a person I wrote the book about who had concerns. But even he refused to accept a label. I remember him saying about himself, "I'm probably the most normal person I know."

JustinO'Shea said...

hmmmmm. . . .