Quote: Matter-eater Man said: The gay assisted living thing sounds good for those interested in it. One of my Great Aunts spent years in a regular one & really enjoyed it. I would imagine it could be very lonely being the only gay person in a community.
Trust me, ME - Man, it IS very lonely being the ONLY gay man in a community. That is where I am at now...living in an extremely red neck area of Philly....where kids regularly break branches off of trees, break gates on fences, and throw glass bottles in front of cars for the fun of it...they were smart ass with a few friends of mine who drive here to take me to movies, club meetings, and dinners.... and the adults are worse..I learned a LONG time ago that if you try to complain about their kids to them, they just threaten to beat you up because their kids are PERFECT fucking little angels...Ecccch.
I feel like an alien being who is stranded without a space cruiser in this backwards area...I NEVER hear any classical music coming from someone else's window in this area, no science channel shows or PBS shows, either.....just club music and really bad sitcoms....and the talk I overhear from the street below is only about getting drunk, getting high, kids screaming at other kids, and kids crying because another kid hit them.
I feel like Mon - El must have felt during his thousand year exhile into the Phantom Zone, awaiting a cure for his terminal lead poisoning.....with no one except criminals for company.
It gets on my gay nerves badly quite often...
Several years ago, I did meet another gay man who was only 3 blocks from me...he had a really bad attitude, though...and moved away sometime ago.
I sometimes wish there were gated gay communities, but I could never afford to reside in such a place...many cannot.
I am grateful for the few gay friends I have that I see from time to time, the gay club I am a member of, ( I am on the board in my club and work hard to keep socials running smoothly. ), and am hopeful I will someday find a great boyfriend. Life isn't so bad when there is someone who goes through it with you.
As for the aging part discussed earlier in this thread? I will be 50 in July 2007..so, I am getting there, LoL!! Though some days I feel my age, on other days, I feel like I am 20.
