• lobut@lemmy.ca
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        1 month ago

        I had an Indian friend growing up in the UK and I was like 5 years old. We would hold hands when talking. Then this older kid came by and said, “only gay people do that”.

        Then we never did it again. I spent years revisiting that thought. The first ten years or so wondered why I did something so “gay” and denying that I really intended to do it. The next few years when I thought about it, I’m like, I did it but it’s fine, who cares why.

        Wasn’t until I saw this video that it’s likely my Indian friend that did initiated it and there’s nothing objectively wrong with what happened. Damn. I’m like forty.