Don't worry, this is not going to be a second soap like the F-word. I just thought I should give an update, since I already posted about the issue last week.
My boss, some colleagues and I were having lunch during our break when one of the female coworkers was telling a story. She was talking about a barbeque she went to, together with her husband. At this event, there was a dog. For some reason, this dog enjoyed leg humping. Victim of choice: the husband of my female colleague. She was vividly telling about the dog, the movements, and critizing the owner of the dog (who was also the host of the party) for not learning the dog to stay of other people's legs.
The way she was not amused about the lack of proper dog training, so felt her husband about the dog that could not stop humping his right leg. Instead of addressing the dog training, he claimed that the dog was gay. "The dog is gay, the dog is gay" my colleague said, quoting her husband.
My boss, who was listening to the story, interrupted. In a funny and not neccesarily serious way he said: "Well, I'm gay, but I'm not going to hump your husband's leg, am I?" Everyone laughed. And, for a split second, everyone realised that this was the coming out of my boss towards me. They all looked at me, trying to interpret my reaction to this newly disclosed information (at least they thought it was news for me). For a moment I felt threatened. Maybe because they exptected that I would react in a weird way, thereby affirming my heterosexuality. Of course, I lack the latter. So I was afraid they would find out about me as well. But then, exactly two seconds later, I realised that it wouldn't matter if they knew. "Right, I'm out of the closet already".
My boss, some colleagues and I were having lunch during our break when one of the female coworkers was telling a story. She was talking about a barbeque she went to, together with her husband. At this event, there was a dog. For some reason, this dog enjoyed leg humping. Victim of choice: the husband of my female colleague. She was vividly telling about the dog, the movements, and critizing the owner of the dog (who was also the host of the party) for not learning the dog to stay of other people's legs.
The way she was not amused about the lack of proper dog training, so felt her husband about the dog that could not stop humping his right leg. Instead of addressing the dog training, he claimed that the dog was gay. "The dog is gay, the dog is gay" my colleague said, quoting her husband.
My boss, who was listening to the story, interrupted. In a funny and not neccesarily serious way he said: "Well, I'm gay, but I'm not going to hump your husband's leg, am I?" Everyone laughed. And, for a split second, everyone realised that this was the coming out of my boss towards me. They all looked at me, trying to interpret my reaction to this newly disclosed information (at least they thought it was news for me). For a moment I felt threatened. Maybe because they exptected that I would react in a weird way, thereby affirming my heterosexuality. Of course, I lack the latter. So I was afraid they would find out about me as well. But then, exactly two seconds later, I realised that it wouldn't matter if they knew. "Right, I'm out of the closet already".
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