Well, today I got information about my college dorm room and, in it, they tell you about who is your roommate. I also got an email from my roommate introducing himself. Apparently, he gave his Myspace page, and there, I noticed that he's gay. Not a problem really, I'm not homophobic. I don't really care about his sexual orientation, he's just a roommate. The application I filled for the roommate-matching service never asked about what orientation you are and what you would like about the roommate (if they did, would that be considered discrimination by the college?)

Anyway, the story unfolds here. I left my college email open on a minimized window on the bottem. When I left the room, my mother came in, with the usual intention of checking on real estate over the internet. She opened my email account and noticed emails I have received about roommate. Fueled with curiousity I'm guessing, she stumbled across his Myspace account. THere she noticed he was gay.

Unlike me, she is a homophobic. She strongly detests gay people of all forms, so it isn't surprising she is alarmed about this. She believes I might turn "gay" because of "gay influence" and I that should change rooms by calling the college at once. How do you explain that there is nothing really wrong with having a gay roommate to a person who was a homophobic all her life? My dad doesn't care though.

Damn, what should I do. If I demand a room change (if that's even possible on such grounds) wouldn't I come across as an a**hole? I have enough problems as is in the beginning of this year.

that's gay.

Tell her that her fears of gay people are fueled by completely irrational and childish beliefs and that she should grow up. Say it in a stern tone, talk her down and make her feel like she's a complete child.

Will it help? I don't know, but that's what I'd do to a homophobic idiot.

I would spam her e-mail account with pictures guys kissing.

You should tell her that you'll keep yourself straight by having sex with every single girl you meet.

I like this idea more.

yeah.

Say that you've all ready had relations with 1/6 of the gay/bi club on campus and planning on another 1/6 by the time midterms come about. I'm serious!

But in all honesty, it's really hard to reason with a person who is filled with hate.

Uh, slap her in the face and yell "I'm the boss here!"?

And picsplz






You should combine Emon's and Avenger's ideas into one masteridea and... well, yeah. :\

Well, she honestly worries that he might make advances on me in the night. I've been saying such ideas and beliefs are paranoid and delusional, but its like trying to break a brick with a pebble.

And JediGandalf, if this silly situation over room mates sparks disgust, claiming any relationships with the gay community would make things worse.

She believes that any straight man/woman would be upset about being paired with a gay/lesbian roommate. I guess majority of people here wouldn't mind?

Unless your mom is actually going to intervene couldn't you just sit through like ten more days of nagging?

...and what, you, a straight man, would sit there and take it, asleep? No, I'm pretty sure if someone shoved a dick up my ***, I would notice it, concious or not.

Mmm..possibly. I would think that if you said that, it would just show that you think what she says is absurd and won't take seriously and perhaps she'll just ignore this little fact. Or is she the stodgy type that will take great offense?

Exactly. If my roommate turned out to be a sex-craved a**hole, I would obviously do something about, him being straight or not.

You could use your dad as an example. He's straight, and he never touches your mom. Just because someone's attracted to that sex, doesn't mean they're going to have sex with anything of that sex...especially if you're ugly, Echoman, but convincing your mom of that would be much harder...

Tell your dad to talk some sense into her.

-Or just use Avenger's idea.

Tell her that gay people aren't particularly interested in "corrupting" or "converting" other people to homosexuality. We feel about straight guys the way straight guys feel about lesbians. They can be hot, but the chances of getting with them are low, and you can't just change someone's orientation by touching them during the night.

Also tell her that she's an intolerant, ignorant homophobe.

Hey Vin - I turned a lesbain with my awesome hotness!

Also, I wouldn't mind a gay roommate at all, I'd never really met anyone openly gay until university and the ones I did meet happened to be as nice (surprise surprise) as all my other friends. In fact one of the gay blokes I got know became one of my best mates and my whiskey buddy.

Tell her that overprotective and paranoid mothers drive men to homosexuality.

-It's not true, but it's a fun way to mess with women.

If you want to avoid the whole issue, just tell her you called the college and got your room changed. She's not going to know any different, right? Get a friend to email you for added authenticity and spice.

One by one.

Bend each finger into your palm. Your thumb over your fingers.

Bend your arm back, and let it fly forward to her face.



Your mother deserves to be punched. Hard. Will it knock any sens into her? Probably not. But she still deserves it.

E-mail your soon-to-be roommate to come over and meet with you, then your mother if he's not a complete idiot.

Also, many MySpace users only say they're homosexual because it sounds cool. Just a thought.

Yeah, there are such things as fad fags...

Lets face it, gay dudes always have the chickas swarming around them.

That is true

Too true, which reminds me, I really must go out drinking with one of my gay friends again, last time I had all the lesbions looking after me (they knew I wasn't comfortable been the only straight guy in a gay club)

I've seen gay guys bring some really hot ladies around.. that'd be a plus

Confront your mom and tell her that she is being homophobic. She is delusional.
Having had a gay roommate all last year, it was the far opposite of being influenced with homosexual advances. We barely talked because we simply didn't click as personalities. My experience might be more likely than some sort of sexual encounter (LOL it sounds so stupid). Regardless, he was still a nice, respectable, normal roommate who didn't invite trouble; I wouldn't have mind having him as a roommate again. He was worlds better of a person than tobacco smokers and WoW addicts (yes, there were a few of both varieties on my floor).

Your mom is wrong because of beliefs based on discrimination. There is no other way to see it.



You are a man of great wisdom in the art of argument

Get out now....





He has a MySpace for crying out loud!