My neighbor just told me my 6 month old son is probably gay.

[ClassicDem]

As a parent I use music a lot to help my children relax, exercises and sleep. I have a two year old daughter and her favorite bands when she was a baby were Bob Marley and The Beatles, I would play Bob Marley in the morning and she would really get into it and at night I would play The Beatles and she would go right to sleep. Now that she is two she is more into pop but still listens to The Beatles at night.

Now my son is 6 months old and I had been trying drastically to find a band that he liked. Everything I tried produced the same results a fussy crying baby until I tried the Pet Shop Boys the kid loves it he can listen to it all day long and when it's time to go to bed he falls right asleep who would have thought anyone could sleep to New York City Boy.

Anyway I tell this to my neighbor and he just flat out tells me, "your son is gay." I was like wow, the Pet Shop Boys are gay??? I mean the song "The Night I Fell in Love" has a little bit of homosexual suggestion but gay?

Anyway just a funny story of my day.

[Straight Shooter]

1. Seems to me your neighbor's been just waiting for an excuse to insult you.

You need to ask him for a list of his record collection. Then you can throw a label on him, too.

edit: by "insult" I mean that's an insult in his mind, if you know what I mean.

[Mika]

2. How is that an insult?

Please explain.

[Straight Shooter]

7. See my edit.

It isn't an insult per se. It's an insult in the neighbor's mind, because of his motive and intention.

[Snotcicles]

62. Ask your neighbor do you

peel the banana completely before you eat it, or do you pull the peel down half way and take a bite?
No matter what his answer, tell him he better have a talk with a shrink because he has issues that need to come out.

[ClassicDem]

12. Sorry I should have added

my neighbor is Gay.

[Moochy]

15. Hahaha

Thats even funnier.

:) and not in a mean way.

[Jackpine Radical]

47. Check the length of your legs.

I bet one is longer than the other from being pulled.

[LisaL]

48. Then maybe he was just trying to pay you a complement.

[northzax]

56. he's just recruiting for the lifestyle...

gotta start prepping the parents early, you know.

[shadowknows69]

74. ask him if he likes elton john that's usually a good one

edit-moot posting sorry

[hyphenate]

3. I doubt if you could tell at that age

But I hope your neighbor was just having some fun with you. :)

[Democracy White]

4. When I was 6 or 8

I had to see a counselor for emotional problems.

The counselor, who was a great lady BTW, had talked to my mother. She posed this question: "What would you do if you found out your daughter was gay?" My mom replied that she would love me no matter what.

I still wonder to this day what I was doing that warranted that kind of thinking in my counselor.

Dee

[SoCalDem]

16. Probably getting mud on your frilly dresses

or wanting to climb a tree

[Democracy White]

23. I very rarely wore dresses

I always had my hair cut, even to this day I like it short. Oh sure I had it long for a while but I hated it. I am not the kind of person to doll myself up.


Oh and the tree thing is right, I loved climbing trees as a kid. I remember when I lived at these one apartments I climbed a tall evergreen all the way to the top and my mom had to coax me down. I wasn't afraid then. Now I am terrified of heights!!!

Dee

[FreedomAngel82]

39. That's a silly reason for someone to think

you're gay cause of how you dress. I remember when I was younger my cousin (she's a year younger then me)was VERY tomboyish. She even wore boy pants and hats and shirts etc and always wore her hair in a pony tail or her hat when she was a teenager (now she wears it down some too and it's pretty long). Now she's married to this guy and they share similiar interest's. She loves baseball and played and also does hunting now with him and has a hunting dog. :eyes: She isn't quite as tomboyish as she was but it's so silly to say someone who is tomboyish is gay. :eyes: There's also this woman at my church who is married to a guy and has a daughter (about four/five) and she has her hair really short and kinda spiked and she doesn't dress up either (she wears nice pants and things like that).

[Democracy White]

40. Well the thing is...

I am gay. I know I know, I haven't had sex yet and I am 25 but there is that inner thing, you know? I have always been attracted to females since my first pubertal urges. So it is confirmed, at least personally that I am gay.

Dee

[Orangepeel]

44. just out of curiosity, are you?

I'm just wondering if the counselor was right.

[Democracy White]

51. Yes she is

I have no desire for men whatsoever, although they pop in my fantasies every now and then, in RL I get disgusted at the sight of a man's yahoo. I don't hate men themselves, I just don't like the idea of having sex with one.

Dee

[cestpaspossible]

45. Maybe

the counselor didn't think that you were gay, but that you were having issues with whether or not you were loved unconditionally.

[Democracy White]

52. I really don't know

I am not sure if that was the case or not.

Dee

[BlueJazz]

5. Thank God you caught it in time! I suggest a massive diet of...

"Manly" country music with lots of cheating and violence and a Car chase (if possible).

[XemaSab]

64. Like the Dixie Chicks?

Specifically, that song where the two female friends kill an abusive husband and live happily ever after together?

[Ian David]

6. I wouldn't let your son near your neighbor

He knows too many ways to turn people gay.

Anyway, you can't turn anyone gay unless you leave a cardigan sweater and a fern under their bed when they're sleeping. (Alternatively, a pair of leather chaps and a James Dean poster can work, too).

[DemBones DemBones]

8. Whatever gets your infant through the night

is what I say! People make a lot of stoopid (meaning really stupid) comments about other peoples' kids. I have found, though, that you almost always get the last laugh, i.e., that your kid turns out more normal than the critic's kid.

[KarenS]

9. Your neighbor is an idiot. n/t

[LittleClarkie]

72. It was a joke-- her neighbor is gay

see above

[Carni]

81. Just to clarify..I didn't know the neighbor was gay until AFTER I posted

I assumed he was some Jerry Fartwell type beefing about the Pet Shop Boys being the devil's music, or whatever.

[democracyindanger]

10. Is this your family?

New dad thinks baby might be gay

[atommom]

36. That was my first thought too. Maybe your neighbor reads the Onion.

;)

[TeeYiYi]

68. OMG. That story's a trip. *lol* "He had a weak handshake" . . .

. . . at two months.:rofl:



That child is adorable. What a doll. Look at that smile!

"the toddler crawls across the living-room carpet of the family's suburban Scottsdale home, wiggling his hips from side to side.

"I don't think it's normal for a baby to move like that," said Oebrick, wincing as the infant paused and flapped an arm in the air.

*S_N_A_P*

TYY:rofl:

[spacelady]

11. How fey of your neighbor to say that! n/t

[jedr]

13. show tunes would be the key..also Judy Garland.......

sorry to stereo-type , just think that comment was a hoot, was it a joke?

[chalky]

42. I thought ABBA was the gateway band....

Although I was once told by a friend that if he'd had to endure listening to "Dancing Queen" one more time, he'd go straight.

[shadowknows69]

75. ABBA never turned anyone gay

but they did have a bad habit of making white men think they could disco dance.

[Carni]

82. No, but I bet they drove a few to hang themselves

Sorry, I rank Abba right up there with the Captain and Tenille and The Carpenters (nails on a chalk board and all of that...lol)

[expatriate]

80. Oh my God! Does this mean

that my pug is GAY?



No wonder he's always so interested in other boy dogs' tallywhackers!

[Moochy]

14. My Cat likes Erasure ...

Pet Shop Boys? I'm pretty sure that just makes him an new wave baby.

Now if he liked Erasure...

I saw a bit of the Erasure concert on Direct TV last night, and um.. they are campy as all hell, and done up with lots of makeup. :* Think cirque de soleil meets karaoke but kick up the gay a few notches.

Nice of your neighbor to provide his quick and dirty sexuality litmus test though. :)

[ClassicDem]

18. I don't know after my neighbor told me

that the Pet Shop Boys were gay club music I went back and listened to all my albums and I think he may be right and thats probably why they are one of my favorite bands.

I went to a gay club one time with some of my friends who are girls and I was like damn this club plays the best damn music, why don't all clubs play this kind of stuff.

[LuCifer]

22. Dang it ya stole my line!

Oh christ, how could I have forgot JUDY GARLAND! Oh yeah, and let's just throw in the sound track of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW just to be on the safe side!

Lu Cifer, part of the vast liberal conspiracy to make everyone in the world gay! SARSASM OFF!

[atommom]

38. Well, gay music is often the best music, just like

gay art and gay clothing. So I'd say the little guy just has good taste. It's too early to say, but he might just be a metrosexual. ;)

[LuCifer]

41. Heh

Well, that makes xmas and bday presents all the easer! "Aw man! Body scrub again!"

Lu

[GiovanniC]

17. I Doubt a 6-Month Old Is ANY Kind of "-sexual"

Heterosexual, homosexual, transsexual, bisexual, or otherwise.

He's six months old. Hopefully he's NON-sexual.

[LuCifer]

19. Well then!

I guess since QUEEN is on of my favorite bands, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!

HELLO FRISCO!

Dang, lemme just order the entire catalogues of FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD, EURASURE, LIZA MINELLI, THE SURPREME and aw hell let's throw in some DEPECHE MODE to top it off! Jesus CHRIST!

Lu Cifer, SARCASM OFF!

[alcibiades_mystery]

20. Pet Shop Boys is way gay music, for sure

whether your son is gay is another question altogether.

[livinginphotographs]

21. I love the Pet Shop Boys.

And I'm straight. So there's still hope. :P

But for the record, while the actual members of PSB are not gay, they have a HUGE gay following.

[LuCifer]

43. ARE YOU SERIOUS!

They ARE NOT gay!? Did I read that right?! Wow! Holy crap dude, they sure had me fooled!!!!!!!!!! Oh nevermind, I forgot, they're just BRITISH! SARCASM OFF!

Lu Cifer, but MICHAEL BOLTON IS! Ok, fine, just his sorry "music"! Dangit, I thought I turned the sarcam off!
PS PLEASE I beg of you, DON'T let y'all's kids listen to Michael Bolton! THAT IS CHILD ABUSE!!!!!!!!!

[yardwork]

57. Um, the Pet Shop Boys are gay. At least Neil Tennant is gay.

[livinginphotographs]

73. Link, please?

Just kidding. I don't really remember where I heard they weren't, so I could definitely be wrong.

[mr blur]

79. Actually, they are..

open about it, happy with it and very popular with people of whatever sexual orientation.

[alcibiades_mystery]

24. She filled my head with the awful noise

Of her disappointment
And the Pet Shop Boys
She turned out to be, another kind of Judy

- Billy Bragg

[bigwillq]

25. Your neighbor is nuts.

This story is cracking me up!:rofl:

[stpalm]

26. Here is a relevant article. Hilarious!

SCOTTSDALE, AZ—Citing "something vaguely effeminate" about his eight-month-old son Michael, first-time father Joe Oebrick, 32, reported Tuesday that he suspects the infant may be a homosexual.

"I love my son," Oebrick said. "But, you understand, I'm worried, too."

Among the many "small signs" that suggest that his son may be gay, Oebrick cited a home video in which the toddler crawls across the living-room carpet of the family's suburban Scottsdale home, wiggling his hips from side to side.

"I don't think it's normal for a baby to move like that," said Oebrick, wincing as the infant paused and flapped an arm in the air. "Don't you think that's a little strange?"

(snip)

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4126&n=3&id=4243

[all.of.me]

50. that's his diaper wiggling! not his ass!!

:rofl: great story! geez, that kid is going to have a rough time with a prejudiced, ignorant father like that!

[karlrschneider]

27. Your neighbor has some REALLY powerful gaydar!

just kidding...but this seems so bizarre to me. I'm no child psychologist, but I can't believe music of whatever genre has any significant effect on toddlers. Except possibly to enhance their own natural sense of melody and rhythm. Oh, those are gay things, right?
HAHAHAHA

Just do whatever you're doing and ignore your idiot neighbor. ;-)

edit: sorry I didn't read all the replies (I'm notorious for doing that!) :D

Didn't find out your neighbor is gay until I went thru more posts.
So, it's something that might be expected. Either way, don't worry about it.

[liberalitch]

28. Whatever,..... later you can joke with your son's girlfriend...

or boyfriend about him goin' off to dance-mix sandman land....

[pstans]

29. Try some Jack Johnson

Great melodies, would put any baby to sleep.

Plus he has written some anti-war songs.

Great musician all around.

[Cocoa]

30. your neighbor seems to know a lot about the Pet Shop Boys...

he must be gay.

[ClassicDem]

32. He is.

I should have put it in the original post.

[BiggJawn]

55. Ohhhhhhhh! THAT'S different!

I guess....:shrug:

Don't worry about it. I listen to ABBA, club, dance, and trance muzik, and *I* still like girls!

[LuCifer]

33. BWAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOOD POINT!

For the stupid neighbor, I say if you got any extra coin, order THE SLEAZEST sex toys you can find (LARGE butt plugs, dildos, nipple clamps, etc! http://www.adameve.com is GREAT for stuff like that!) and have them mailed to this clown! Be sure to be around when he gets his early xmas present and opens them! Make sure to pay for it with a MONEY ORDER so it can't be tracked back to you! I've done this to jackoffs around here with W sticks and sorry CRAP like that on their cars! It's funny to hear them bitching about "well I didn't order this fagit crap!" AND THEN THEY DON'T KNOW WHO THE HELL SEND THEM THE SHIT!

Lu

[liberalitch]

31. My beau the commie likes howard jones.... what does that mean?

I like howard jones too, and new order and culture club and simply red and the cure.... let's not forget SUZIE

[getmeouttahere]

34. My ex-girlfriend's little guy, who is 3, almost 4 yrs old....

would watch the entirety of "Mary Poppins" completely transfixed. He's the coolest, most adorable little dude, you can tell he's sensitive but also very much a little boy. But I guarantee you she wouldn't care if he were gay. It's not it would be a choice.

[thinkingwoman]

35. ROFL

A "friend" told me my son was gay when he was only 4 years old.

He's 14 now. Is he gay? I have no idea. But if he is, he knows he'll be accepted by us. We lead by example in that regard, with how we treat numerous friends and family members who are not heterosexual.

It never ceases to amaze me how arrogant and self-absorbed some people are. Or how many people think they have the right to proclaim such things about other people.

OH, funny coincidence: My son likes Pet Shop Boys too. Hmmmm.

[FreedomAngel82]

37. Oh yeah

Don't you know. Any guy who likes pop music is gay. :sarcasm: And for crying out loud he's six months old!!! :eyes: I'm guessing he likes the happy music and stuff that pop music mostly has.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

46. I'm an old granny and I have helped raise a few grandkids.

They sing, they dance, they fall down and cry. Sometimes little boys don't want to go on the Merry-Go-Round because it is "too skewwwy" and often you can't keep the girls from climbing trees because they have no fear what so ever. They all play with trucks and dolls and love to dance and sing without reservation. Eventually they find the toys and hobbies they prefer and nothing you do will make any difference. They are individuals and they will make their choices. And you will love them either way. And if you can't, then it will be your loss.

[ruggerson]

49. Flash a picture of Madonna over his crib

and see what the reaction is.

[Terran]

53. Your neighbor is being a silly queen.

He knows better, but it's a thing many gay men love to assert, even though they know it's not operatively true: the kid likes pink? Pet Shop Boys? Culture Club? dolls? Well then he MUST be gay! A lot of gay men want everyone in the entire world to be gay.

[spuddonna]

54. My brother got a little boy's purple t-shirt from a relative of ours...

The person said, "It still fits my son, but it's too 'girly'. Here, I thought your son would like it."

wtf? What is it with people who say stuff like this? My brother was like, I could care less if my son is gay, but what hurts is that this person who is supposed to be my family said something like this to TRY to hurt me. With relatives or neighbors like this, you don't need enemies! :(

[Ilsa]

58. My son like Three Little Maids From School from Gilbert and Sullivan's

The Mikado. It doesn't mean he's going to grow up and dress like Yum-Yum or be Gay.

[Toucano]

59. It's just the opposite.

The fact that the Pet Shop Boys puts him to sleep in a clear indication of his heterosexuality.

Now if stayed awake dancing to the Pet Shop Boys until 3 or 4 AM, it could be an indication of possible grandness! :)

[Kingshakabobo]

60. Does he wear a handle-bar mustache and a leather harness?

:P

[ArkDem]

61. Not that there's anything wrong with that...

[TrogL]

63. Try "YMCA", "it's raining men"

then you'll know for sure.

THen you can ask the neighbour why it's any of his fscking business.

[im10ashus]

65. LMAO!

Um, I have STRAIGHT friends who are BIGGER PSB fans than I. It's just in jest, I think. Even if the child is "gay" there's nothing to worry about. There are lots of well-adjusted homos out here in the world doing just fine. :-)

[XemaSab]

66. Now I know

that my mom's Rolling Stones records when I was growing up turned me straight. I had always wondered how such a thing came to pass...

"Under my thumb, the girl who once had me down, under my thumb the girl who once pushed me around!'

Good stuff...

[Puzzler]

67. Hey... I like the PSB...

... and I'm not gay!!!

Geez this stereotyping of some types of music is quite stupid. These are the facts:

1) The PSB have been producing, writing and performing pop, techno and house music for 20 years.

2) Among their large catalog of songs, only a handful could be considered directly gay-oriented.

3) They are gay... but only one, the singer Neil Tennant is officially "out".

4) They have never considered themselves a "gay act".


The bottom line is that there are many, many gay musicians and artists around... but the last time I checked, being gay does not make their music gay.


As for young kids liking the PSB. Yes... you'll probably find that many young kids are responding to the heavy techno beat and the bright synth sounds.


-P

[TeeYiYi]

69. Play Bronski Beat and Communards for him. . . .

. . . I've some old Sylvester you could try. See what happens when you play the soundtrack from Rocky Horror. :D

TYY

[Puzzler]

71. Hey maybe some Queen...

... Freddy Mercury was gay... oh hold on, that's straight music, because they played guitars ;)

-P

[Guaranteed]

85. Andrew Lloyd Webber.

I'll stamp that one with my 100% money-back guarantee.

Try Jesus Christ Superstar.

[tenshi816]

70. I hope your neighbour was joking, but if not

then your neighbour is a a fool (dontcha wish they came with warning labels sometimes?).

It is a funny story though.

You've made me nostalgic. The Pet Shop Boys are part of my mental soundtrack when I think of 1986, the first summer I lived in the UK. I was listening to "West End Girls" just a couple of days ago, and Neil Tennant's birthday was yesterday!

Edited to say that my "neighbour as fool" comment was because of the idea that anyone could possibly predict a 6-month old baby's future sexual preferences. Now that I've read further and discovered the neighbour is gay and was joking, I feel silly.

[Bouncy Ball]

76. Let's see. Your gay neighbor tells you

your six month old son is probably gay because you play the Pet Shop Boys for him.

What are we to glean from this?

[Carni]

77. Regarding the bambino: Try Seal (any of the three CD's)

My kid had colic and the only thing that would chill her out was *Seal* (or oddly enough Blind Melon/SOMEtimes)

Regarding your neighbor -- what an asshole!

[Deja Q]

78. 6 months plus how many years again, ZERO?! The neighbor's a nut...

Maybe in 16 years and 6 months your son might know. Or 19 years, 6 months. Or 8 years, 6 months. Or 24 years, 0 months. Who knows?

He's human.

Your neighbor isn't.

[Zorbuddha]

83. Well, one thing's for sure

he's already smarter than your neighbor.

[Guaranteed]

84. Hey, I like the Pet Shop Boys (some). I like Elton John, too.

And Queen. And Jesus Christ Superstar.

I don't THINK I'm gay. I think I just like early 80's modern rock and rock operas.

I like Tom Cruise, too. Not sure if I can come up with an excuse for that one, though.