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Saturday, February 2, 2013
A recent New York City survey that appeared in the September 19, 2006 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine found that nearly one in ten men say they're straight and have occasional sex with men. In addiction, 70 percent of these men are heterosexually married. In fact, 10 percent of all married men in this survey reported engaging in same-sex behavior during the previous year." Full story here!
SOURCE: www.straightguise.com
RELATED: Why Some Straight Men Are Romantically or Sexually Attracted to Other Men
58 comments:
Straight guys who have had, continue to have, or want to have sex with other guys. It's out there for sure. In fact, as some studies have reported, somewhere up to 46% of all guys have had sex to the point of orgasm with another guy at some point in their lives. And that's ALL guys, straight and gay alike.
So, if you look at it a different way, next time you and 9 of your friends get together, chances are 4 or 5 out of the 10 of you either have done it or will do it at some point in their lives. Maybe one of those 4 or 5 are you.
- October 22, 2011 at 7:50 PM
Sex is sex. Love is love. Sometimes they overlap, but not necessarily. I've had sex with straight men. They have families, love their wives, but sometimes the spouse doesn't give them all they want to experience. They found it better to have sex with a buddy and not another woman to avoid the possibility of romantic entanglement. They were not at all interested in a relationship, they just wanted to experiment. Who cares? Sex is fun. It's good. Enjoy it when you can, and don't judge others when they do. We as a 'community' are judged all the time. Shouldn't we, of all people, know better than to judge another person for who they have sex with?
And for the record, I identify myself as a man who happens to be gay, not a gay man. There's more to me then just one label and all those labels combined equal a unique individual, as with most people (although I have met some one-dimensional individuals in my life too). I don't see any reason to have to categorize anyone else. Live and let live. Fuck and let fuck.
- October 22, 2011 at 11:56 PM
If I were to have sex with a woman as a gay dude, no one would question my gayness. If a woman has sex with a woman, no one would question her straightness. If a straight man has sex with another man, he's automatically gay.
I'm sick of this cultures desire for black and white labeling. The world doesn't operate with such explicit polarization.
- October 24, 2011 at 12:28 PM
I love it when my straight neighbor shows up late and is really drunk, invites me over for a beer, then heads into the bathroom and takes a shower. I know it's ON.
I know lots of straight guys who kiss in bars, because it turns on girls who want to feel the power of initiating a 3-way where they're the center of attention.
Maybe their labels are kind of blurry, I love it.
- October 24, 2011 at 1:11 PM
Those straight bois do like to play. That's it, just play and afterward there doesn't have to be anything else said (until the next time). ;)
- October 24, 2011 at 6:14 PM
- G. Scott said...
In high school (9th grade)at Bathroom break, all of the boys in my class pissed first and then compared the size of their erected cocks with one another. When the bell rang, the little episode was over, and all returned to normal (http://amzn.com/1460948645)
- December 28, 2011 at 9:33 PM
Oh come on people! I've had a lot of random gay sex. Reckon around half of them are obviously straight men who want a jackoff blowjob or a fuck with another man. I've had plenty of sex with women in the past and no woman has ever come close to jacking or sucking me the way a man does. That's cos he knows what feels good.
I don't believe many if any of these men have sex with men cos they're gay, they do it to get what the little woman doesn't give, then go back to the wife and kids they love. Go to a paid entry gay bar at four or five in the afternoon and it will be full of men in suits with their cell turned off who've told the wife they're "at a meeting" and are getting their dick sucked.
Why is that a problem? As long as both or all parties enjoy themselves and use condoms for anal, where's the harm - indeed it might help the marriage as the man is fulfilled in all his sexual needs.
- January 16, 2012 at 5:51 AM
Im 49 and recently found a freind with benifits, we met at a gym. we are both married and in sexless marriages. We just wacked in the showers at the gym first ,moved on to wacking each other.Now we've become oral buddies. I can't see why alabel has to be put on this.
- January 29, 2012 at 6:57 PM
There's a lot of ignorance displayed here, primarily by gay men who don't even know about the origins and natural occurrence of their own sexuality.
It's remarkable that so many gay men dictate to others what THEY are or should be, hypocrites much?
For those here who are too ignorant and arrogant to educate themselves about their own sexuality, I'll help you out just a little...
Homosexuality is a Human invention. Heterosexuality is a Human invention. Bisexuality is - wait for it - a HUMAN INVENTION!
No other species on the planet segregates and categorises itself depending on whether they have sex with a male or female companion, and almost every species has been PROVEN to be bisexual, often changing between male and female partners to varying degrees throughout their lives.
Sexuality is a scale, but then if any of you had actually bothered to read something decent about your own sexual identity in the course of your limited lives, you'd know that already. Turn off the Kardashian's and grow a freakin brain.
Men can sleep with men or women and call themselves whatever they like, it is not your place to scream and shout about it, and especially when so many of you are so uneducated to begin with.
The arrogance of calling respected scientists and biologists idiots or liars because you can't remove your socially ingrained delusions about sexuality is truly astounding!
Yes, you who wouldn't know who Kinsey is if he blew you in an alley, you who doesn't know when the first definition of "homosexuality" was written, you who doesn't even remember the guys you jerked with as a teen who then got married and had kids... yes, you're more enlightened than these highly educated sexual researchers and biologists with decades of experience in the field and hundreds of scientific papers under their names.
- January 31, 2012 at 11:57 AM
Can I share a story with you in regard to something I experienced with a "straight guy"
A little over five years ago, I had a friend who was supposedly straight (His name is Brian). Although, I have had several straight friends who knew that I was a gay man, however, they had no problem with my sexual orientation and loved me for the individual that I am. I was very close with Brian's immediate family and at the time, only his sister knew that I was gay. Therefore, once the relationship between he and I became close, I decided to inform him of my sexual orientation. Not only did he accept and embraced me for telling him, he also began to hang around me all the time instead of his girlfriends and buddies.
In order to condense this story; let me get to the main parts of concern. What I found really surprising was that after spending just about every day around each other at my place, he started flirting and even getting naked around me. He told me several times that he was falling in love with me but he was scared of accepting the fact that he may be gay or bisexual and because of his ethnic background, his family would have nothing to do with him if this came out.
Because I am the type of person who does not force anyone on me, especially someone who is confused, the more I kept my distance, the more he tried to pursue me into having sex with him. One night, Brian got butt naked and started telling me how he wanted us to explore each other and see where it goes and that he would do whatever I wanted because the night was special. However, after touching and fondling each other's bodies, he started moaning and when I went to give him a blowjob, all of a sudden, I felt a fist whacked me across my jaw, and then he pushed me back and said "You fucking faggot!, I was just teasing you just to see how far you would go, I didn't want this to happen. I was in such a total shock from his physical attack that he went on to straddle me and preceded to beat me with his fists while I covered my face to avoid his punches.
I immediately knocked him off of me and told him to leave or I will call the police. He reluctantly left after I had to keep threatening him several times. All of a sudden, he began to freak out afterwards stating that I was trying to make him GAY. .I told him that I cannot make him GAY, and from him pursuing me in the manner that he did, let me know that I was not the first guy that he had encountered with his stupid game playing because I would see things within his mannerism after spending so much time around me.
He even confessed to me that he cannot be a gay man because if his family ever found out, they would totally disown him and he could not live without them. I got a call from Brian a couple of days later begging me could he please come by and talk and how sorry he was about what happened. I finally gave in and he came in the door crying hysterically while begging for my forgiveness, and yet, still confessing how much he loves me but he is so confused. I eventually accepted his apology and suggested that we should start fresh and work on building a friendship and nothing more. He reluctantly agreed. I have not heard from him in years.
- March 16, 2012 at 4:47 PM
I had a "Straight" Friend by the name of Maurice who I thought was straight, one day a guy came into a SOP ( sex on premises) place and sat next to me, it was dark and as we were watching the porn I reached over and felt him up. lol, it turns out it was him he had a baseball cap pulled down over his face so that was the reason I did not recognise him, he confronted me about it at his place a few days later saying I touched his D*** and he was angry and so on, well I after a few years of not talking about it let it go except that after he married he started playing a game when after I had been to his place for dinner he would wait until his wife had turned his back on him and was facing toward me and start fondling himself in front of me trying to show how much he had between his legs.... I confronted him at my place once when he came over for a visit as I was sick of it and he again acted like I was deluded, gladly he is no longer my friend, honestly I hope one day his wife does find out
- March 24, 2012 at 1:17 AM
There is a differences between two girls making out in front of a camera because their drunk and want to get on tv and get attention from men, and two men who have sex in private, so there is no point in comparing them. And also if two women were to have sex, there sexualities would definitely be question and if a self identifying gay man were to have sex with a women his gayness would also be questioned, there really isn't as much of a double standard as you seem to think. It's simply that at party's men are more likely to judge other men who make out with eachother for the attention of women, there's also a much stronger negative connotation between two men kissing than with two women. That and women ask men to kiss at parties less often than men ask women.
- April 19, 2012 at 7:01 AM
I was with a guy we had a few drinks and hen back to his hotel room had another drink and I could see he wanted me he was married .So I cuddled and sucked him off several times that night.It I never though I was gay or bi but something just came over me and I wanted it.
I got married later had good sex life than my wife started having sex with other guys I could taste the cum than she knew I knew and I enjoyed eating her out so she would have them do it outside the house come in so I could eat her out.After we split up I started seeing a couple of old guys just sucking them. Than I remarried but had an old guy I would visit I called him daddy he loved it had sex several time but most times I would drop in after work and suck him off.My wife loved having anal and than get her dildo and do me analy than I would cum in her and suck her clean.
I think if I didn't have that sexual relationship with men sex would be boring.as my wifeves loved me eating cum and it lead to kinky sex which I have with my boyfriend to so there is nothing wrong with it also a lot of male animals have sex with male animals and they enjoy it and no one thinks anything of it
- May 20, 2012 at 1:17 AM
I think two factors are manipulating these figures.
Firstly, gay men must be inflating the statistics in this 'research' to flatter themselves and satisfy their own fantasies of having sex with straight men.
Straight men are attracted to women, gay men are attracted to men, and bisexual men are attracted to both sexes. Simple.
This leads me to my next point.
I think there must be a lot of bisexual men who identify as straight, because a number of these men are having, and enjoy having, sex with other men. By definition this means they can't be straight, so in reality, it's just bisexual men having sex with other men. This is increasingly happening as more men are allowing themselves to become sexually liberal without suppressing their urges.
I think a small number of men are completely, 100 per cent straight, and a number fall somewhere else on the scale.
- August 12, 2012 at 6:18 AM
- John said...
Enough now of labeling!!!
- August 14, 2012 at 10:45 AM
I am a 55 year old man who had sex with my 27 year old male cousin. He is straight and I'm bisexual. I enjoyed very much and I'm sure he did too.
- August 14, 2012 at 2:35 PM
- WickedGayBlog.com said...
Apparently, a lot of people try gay sex, but only about half stick with it. By ages 18-19, 10 percent of men say they've performed fellatio. That number drops among men in their 20s and 30s. But among men in their 40s and 50s, 13 percent say they've done it, and 14 percent to 15 percent say they've received it from another man. Meanwhile, 11 percent of men aged 20-24 say they've received anal sex. For unknown reasons, that number declines in the next higher age bracket but then steadily rises in succeeding brackets, leveling off at 9 percent among men in their 40s and 50s.
Remember, these are "have you ever" questions. When men aged 20-59 are asked whether they've performed fellatio in the past year, the number is more like 6 percent. And only 4 percent say they've received anal sex in that time. But that's a big jump from 1992, when only 2 percent of men admitted to sex with a man in the preceding year.
- August 22, 2012 at 8:29 PM
I'm 44 years old, and have only had hetero sex since the age of 17. But for about 3 years (14-17) I had an ongoing sexual relationship with a male friend about my age. I was always the penetrator and he the penetratee. Although I did suck his cock a couple of times. I chalk it up to it being probably the horniest period of my life and not having any willing female participants. That said, today I sometimes fantasize about sex with nubile young men and look at twink porn (I like naked women too, and look at them relatively more often, fwiw...) My friend is on my facebook, btw. Lives several states away. He's married, I'm married... Haven't talked to him about this since we were both 17. When he sent the friend request on FB, it made me hard. Just a data point. Make of it what you will.
- September 30, 2012 at 4:02 PM
- Matt Cruz said...
I think all men have some gays want to try it or think about it. Its just how you use it and most straight men are not going to say ohhot yea I was thinking about getting my ass hammered by a guy. Well just my opinion but You know all you hot guys want to try it once before.
- October 27, 2012 at 10:05 AM
- Matt Cruz said...
If I were a man I sure would be all over every guy I could.
- October 27, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Bt it is very hard 2 pearkout i just want to test it too bt I am not gay
- November 16, 2012 at 7:11 PM
I am a transgender female and I have to say that there are sooooo many straight men who want to have sex with me. Straight men love playing with a dick. If you are female with a dick then they pursue you like crazy. Most have no idea because I do not look male at all. But when I put my profile on dating sites, the straight men come from all directions. I have a couple of straight men I see regularly and I love them both. Labels are for pussies. Leave them all alone and let them have their fun.
- November 25, 2012 at 11:53 PM
Im a man and love being a man. I enjoy the company of other men. If I want the company of a woman, I want the real thing. Same goes for men, I want a man not some woman acting man. Men can be very compassionate and loving without being girly.
- December 5, 2012 at 8:34 PM
- Jason said...
Spurt private mens club is a group for straight married aussie men 18-45 who like sex with other mem.
- December 7, 2012 at 5:04 PM
Great article. I am a straight guy who is very over sexed. If I can't bang a broad I do sometimes call a gay friend of mine and ask him to take care of it. He does. I am happy. He is happy. We are consenting adults and I have no problem with it.
- December 30, 2012 at 5:37 PM
- Samuel Atwood said...
as i see it sexuality is common among all primates. Gay, Straight, Bi-sexual are simply behavioral orientations. the b.s. gay and bi-sexual people must endure isn't their problem....the problem lies inside the heads and hearts of those who would be judgmental of their behavior. every human is sexual....rather it happens with a same sex partner or an opposite sex partner is simply a choice made at the moment. too many people have discussed this "problem" for too long. put what ever label on it that makes you comfortable but it is still just human sexuality.
- January 19, 2013 at 9:32 PM
- Russ said...
Seriosly...a blow job is a blow job! Someone who is secure enough with themself can deal with that!
- February 3, 2013 at 2:30 AM
One of the earlier above comments from Lex makes a very good point. Has there been any research as to how many men who identify themselves as "gay" have had sex with women? I think it would add further empirical evidence that "gay", "straight," "bisexual" are culturally imposed labels. Obviously, most of us have our preference as to which gender attracts us more, and we may agree that a male-female attraction predominates for the propagation of our species.
However, labels can be destructive as is self-evident from the struggle for equal rights from not being "straight." It was not in the distant past when "Bisexuality" was considered a sham. We are ALL gradually becoming more enlightened.
- February 3, 2013 at 9:23 AM
My point,I m 35,rêcently found out that i m bisexual.i hâte guys,i like real men like me,if i want something that looks like a woman i Will go for a. Woman.gays stop pretrnding like û are women,û néed a pussy to be one!!!!
- February 9, 2013 at 12:08 AM
There has been a lot of discussion in these posts about the usefulness of labels. In my opinion, sexuality is fluid, to a certain degree. i believe that anyone, regardless of orientation, is capable of experiencing physical pleasure with a partner of either gender. After all, bodies are bodies, orifices are orifices. i think Russ puts it best - a blow job is a blow job!
I identify as gay, as I don't feel physically or emotionally attracted to women, yet I imagine that under the right circumstances I could have sex with a woman - flesh is flesh after all. Many, if not most gay men had sex with women before coming out (and even after in some the case of some men). closeted gay men manage to have children, which means they achieved orgasm through heterosexual sex.
And yet....I believe labels are useful, because in the vast majority of cases they are pretty accurate!! If I could, in theory, successfully have sex with a woman, then why do I feel the need to label myself as gay? Why does any man? The answer is quite simple: my attraction to men (physical and emotional) is extremely strong, and my attraction to women is pretty much non-existent. I love my female friends, but I just don't look at women and think "Ooh, I'd like to kiss/touch/have sex with you", whereas with men, those impulses are very strong indeed. These feelings have not been "foisted" upon me by society, they are just the way I feel. And I feel that gay, not bisexual or straight, describes me very well.
It's quite simple really...if you are strongly attracted to the opposite sex and have negligible attraction to the your gender, then 'straight' is fairly accurate, no? Likewise, if you are strongly attracted to the same sex and negligibly so to the opposite, then 'gay' just about does it. And, if you are SIGNIFICANTLY attracted to BOTH sexes (by 'significantly', I mean that your attraction to each gender is strong enough that you would want to pursue) then 'bisexual' does the trick, even if you have a preference for one is stronger than for the other.
That pretty much covers the spectrum of sexual orientation, wouldn't you say? Of course, you may have a satisfying sexual encounter or two with the gender you don't normally go for, but your orientation would still be unchanged because you don't suddenly start lusting after or pursuing people of the gender. If you DO, then that indicates you are bisexual.
- February 21, 2013 at 9:24 PM
.....and the winner is...LABELS! I have just quite literally stumbled upon this site and have read through every comment made. Is it any wonder that so very many men are confused, not just about which "sexual category" they may (or may not) 'fit into'...but also about their very place in our modern society, their feelings, needs, desires, priorities, likes, dislikes, motivations, expectations, etc. , etc.
We Human Beings are all Sexual Beings...always have been, always will be. End of story.
Who we choose (or not choose) to be 'sexual' with is surely a matter of personal choice, who we may (or may not) find attractive, sexy, desireable, etc. must surely have its'foundations based on a whole huge range of contributing factors...and not just which particular set of genetalia another person may have.
I happen to find myself attracted to other guys for the particular attributes they may possess, including the physical. I also happen to find many women attractive, just not in a way that creates a desire in me to become physically sexual with them. That's just me being true to myself. So, where would the 'label-makers' place me ?? Metro, Hetero, Homo, Bi, Gay, Straight, Bent, Weird, Pervert, Fag, Queer, Confused..?
Whoever any of us 'sexual-beings' choose to be in any way intimate with, so long as it's safe,legal, consentual, does no harm, then that's enough, surely.
Forget the "labels", the oh-so-proper judgements of others (including churches & families!...they have enough hang-ups!) and just be who you are, what you are, where you are. Above all, BE YOURSELF and not the product of some judgemental bastards who wish to impose their mistaken 'values'& 'labels' on the rest of us.
- February 27, 2013 at 9:32 PM
I agree with the above post, in that being yourself is the most important thing. Never let people who hate you tell you who you are!
Sexuality is a very complex and wonderful thing, and people should have the right to express their identity in any way they see fit. If you don't like using labels, then don't! If you do, then do!
I am attracted to people, first and foremost. I love spending time with men and women, and I find both sexes attractive. BUT I find them attractive in different ways. With women, it's a much more platonic attraction, whereas with men it is very physical and romantic.
For this reason, I choose to call myself gay. I don't feel 'boxed in' by this label, I choose it of my own free will because I feel it reflects my orientation.
Having said this, I completely respect the right of the previous poster to defy labels. It is how he chooses to express his identity, and that is just fine!
- March 1, 2013 at 10:39 AM
My boyfriend of about 1 1/2 years told me a few months ago about his experimentation with men. The way he explained it, he was about 21 or 22 (he is now 26), went to a gay club, got drunk, and when he got hit on by some gay guys, didn't turn it down.
When he first told me, I had tunnel vision, my heart was beating a hundred miles a minute, and I felt like I was going to throw up, cry and scream all at the same time. I wasn't aware that this is a common thing with men, and I guess the thought scared me. My grandfather was gay. He left his wife and three kids and moved to California to live with a man. This crushed my grandmother's heart. She cried herself to sleep every night and ended up getting Parkinson's disease at a young age (my family believes it was from the shock of finding out the truth about my grandfather and having to raise 3 kids on her own). I guess this scared me, and did not make me as understanding when he decided to open up to me.
One of the first things I asked him was if he was attracted to men, or bisexual. He assured me that he was not attracted to the average male—I asked him what kind of male he WAS attracted to—and he said that sometimes he will watch gay porn. My boyfriend wouldn't let them kiss him, and apparently the thought of ROMANTICALLY being with another man disgusts him...but sexually, it felt good. I told him I could relate because during a massage my female Masseuse got a little close and touchy and it felt really good…I didn't get off, but I wanted to—and I am not at all attracted to middle aged Asian woman at all—but it was still exciting, erotic, and pleasurable for me. I would never consider myself a lesbian because I had this experience. I think it is completely normal. Most woman I have associated with in my life have had some kind of sexual experience with another female, and no one would consider them lesbians---
My boyfriend opened up to me because he wants to spend the rest of his life with me. He loves me, and shows me kindness, understanding, and affection like no other man I have ever known. He is so open-minded and free spirited; he is a hard worker and enjoys football and beer. He loves my figure, and my curves. He is deeply attracted to me. He doesn't judge people, and he has made me into a better person.
I am still getting used to this news...and most days I wish he never told me at all because the thought of my boyfriend being with a man truly makes me sick to my stomach. But he is the best thing that ever happened to me and I am not going to throw that away because he decided to experiment his sexual preference years before we met each other.
Some days I have nightmares (or daydream-mares) that he has sex with men behind my back--like I have read about so many married men doing this—he has already tried it, and said that it's "not for him". He has experimented, gotten it off his chest, and is no longer curious. He is 1000 percent sure that he wants to spend the rest of his life with me, and making me happy ( I know because I found the ring :).
I made my way to this page because I have been researching about this. Some days the thought of my boyfriend having been with another man haunts me more than other days, and this is why I either have to talk to someone, or just have someone tell me that it is OKAY. Hearing and reading that it is perfectly natural and normal helps a lot too and is a little more comforting and it is making this news a little easier for me to be okay with. Just writing this was therapy in itself. Even if no one reads. But for those of you who did…Thanks for listening!!!
- March 11, 2013 at 9:47 PM
Lol gay is 100% genetic. Society has become so obsessed with gay that most gay men dont even think they are gay because of how the media has portrayed gay men as being hyper feminine and outrageous over exaggeration. Second men are all raised to become heterosexual this is firmly instilled in everyone. Growing thinking your supposed to be a certain way and wanting it that badly ends up it closeted homosexuality...After the age of 13 your not confused anymore just terrified and consciously ignorant to the fact that you are not heterosexual. Most closeted men dont think they are gay because they have never acted on it along with most closeted married men do not consider it cheating because "they arnt gay". Gay isnt a feeling of cheer rainbows and dance. It a sexual physical emotional attraction to the same sex that is embedded genetically there is no cure there is no therapy that will reverse it. Its not easy accepting a word you were taught to hate most gay men never will. Whats is I find the most crazy is all the lies created, marriage, children, families, and the fact the only people who know who these men are are the random men they meet for sex...
- March 20, 2013 at 1:28 AM
i am certain that str8 "boys" especially early in their teens masterbate with each other. my best friend growing up who is str8 str8 str8,was obsessed with masterbating with me and wanted me to "do him and he did me".. ,(we were maybe 11,12y/o)at the time we were masterbating with each other. he was obsessed with girls. and that never changed. boys will be boys,it was knew,we were kids and we had this one thing on our minds and we TRUSTED EACH OTHER...
- March 25, 2013 at 6:37 PM
this in response to the man who was punched in the jaw and more suddenly after some flirting a the other man strongly suggesting they attempt a sexual iencounter. what happen to him was real..i believe you are describing homosexual panic. it is a very real and can be a very real danger. people who have this(and it is not something that happens often,esp to the same person)will lose control and act out violently. you are lucky he did not hurt you worse. i hope he got help.he is prob gay or bi but can not handle this psychologically...
- March 25, 2013 at 8:26 PM
lastly about all of these str8 guys and gay sex..it is simple in my view. str8 guys and gals have sex with the opposite sex. gays with the same sex...bi's with both..they are not str8 they are just having their cake and eating it too. the may have only romantic attraction to women and/or both..but they are bi...i think the reason why alot of gay men like the idea of str8 guys having sex with them is that it is fantasy fullfilling. if they see it as a bi guy which is what they are the fanasy is lessened but i certainly don't want to put a damper on fantasies. however we have enough confusion about this stuff. we need to be clear..peace
- March 25, 2013 at 8:34 PM
to the anonymous girl in love with the guy who said he has had sex with guys and ikes gay porn. my thoughts are he is romantically attracted to you and loves you and wanted to be honest because it is so important. the divorce rate is 50%,but mostly because people are dishonest,not because there might be one spouse somewhat bi...i think love is about sacrifice. but a lifetime is too long to promise anything. it is part of romantic fantasy. i know,i am a romantic. love each other,love each other today. support and grow together and above all allow for the both of you to be honest with each other. no matter what. that is the cement. sex is fleeting. when you are having you 50th anaversary it will be nothing compared to the honesty and trust. bi or not. now that means if you demand it that he sacrifice that bi part. if it is not about romance and you would know,then you have as good a chance as any. probably alot more! good luck,love conquers...
- March 25, 2013 at 8:50 PM
My husband and I have been together for 26 years. Two days ago I found out that he's been having sex with men in the woods at a local gay cruising spot. When I confronted him, he admitted it (not immediately, but eventually). He says he's been doing it for about 2 years (which likely means it's a lot longer). However, he insists that he's NOT gay. I say anyone who has been having gay sex for that length of time IS gay. I have evidence that he goes there sometimes 3 and 4 days in a row, and sometimes more than once a day. He says he will NEVER do it again and wants me to stay. He's already wasted 26 years of my life . . . is he gay or not? When does a straight man having gay sex become a gay man?
- May 6, 2013 at 12:00 PM
I had a two girlfriends and two boyfriends. One I had was a cousin who is blond, tan and brown eyes and very handsome,and the other was a flat top style hair, white and brown eyes and brown hair and muscular, and slender, and my girlfriend was half German and the other girlfriend was Indian. But, I was never lucky finding mates here in United States because something prevents. Because I do not want to generalize. I am learning a lot about you.
- May 6, 2013 at 2:16 PM
I identify as a gay man BUT I have been married, divorced, in a long term gay relationship and adore both men and women. I am well educated and can assure those people who have not experienced same gender sex that sex with men and women feels quite different. I enjoy both for quite different reasons. Some cultures talk about duty with a women but enjoyment with a man. I agree!
- May 12, 2013 at 3:09 AM
Just found out my boyfriend of ten years has been having sex with t girls & men . It has been going on for two years. He will not talk about it. Is he gay?
- May 27, 2013 at 2:44 AM
The reason for the "mystery" is because most people have their terminology all screwed up. To get it right, G00GLE g0ys (spelled w. a zer0). Then it all makes sense.
- June 22, 2013 at 2:43 PM
I found out my husband of 25 years has been having sex with men for at least the past 10 years, most likely from the beginning. I don't care what you label yourself or if you have sex with a Donkey.If you are NOT in an open relationship and haven't disclosed your sexual identity or your inability to commit it is WRONG. If you agree to be in a monogamous relationship and you desire to have sex outside of that relationship, you need to give your partner FULL DISCLOSURE or leave the relationship. It is not a matter or gay, straight, bi, it's a matter of integrity, which sadly this world is lacking. Gay, straight or bi's you have no right to make a choice for someone who has not been given all the facts.
- August 7, 2013 at 10:32 PM
I agree with Paula ^ I too just recently found out back in April that my boyfriend has been going on Craigslist posting ads for other men. I definitely think that this is crap and he should just came to me instead of doing it behind my back!!! he apologized, say it was a one time thing anyways just curious what I don't understand how it could be a one time thing when there is about five or six different messages from different men for him. you guys gotta realize that you may want to get your dick sucked or f*** somebody up the ass but you're hurting your wife and your girlfriends hearts really badly by doing it behind their back!!! you guys are doing this need to man up and be honest with your significant other what's the point of being with them if you can't be truthful!!!!
- September 3, 2013 at 12:08 PM
I caught my man too, this is ridiculous I don't understand why they can't be truthful and come in tell us before breaking our hearts into a million pieces!!!
- September 3, 2013 at 12:11 PM
- Nicholas Baker said...
I agree that there are varying degrees of sexuality, but there are some of us who are 100%. I am gay, I have never had sex with a woman and would never want to. Someone commented that love is love and an orifice is an orifice. First of all, ew, second of all EW NO!
And if you're not getting everything you need from your relationship then you shouldn't be in one. Be single and sleep around, that's fine, no one will judge. But if you're involved and sleeping around I will judge you. Because you're a cheat and a liar and don't deserve to be in a relationship... Unless you both do it. Which I guess is then you're own business.
Man, that was a good rant. Who's next?! :-D
- October 14, 2013 at 1:27 AM
- Unknown said...
send em my way ;)
- October 14, 2013 at 2:32 AM
I hate putting labels on people, was married for 20 years before I went to a adult bookstore and went in a booth and put in some tokens and started watching a gay movie and got so hard, pulled out my cock and was really turned on by it, look thru a hole a see another guy doing same thing, reaches over and rubs hole and I didn't know what it meant but figured it out pretty fast and in a flash had my cock being worked on by an expert cocksucker , I have went back a dozen times at least and always have the best orgasm of my life, told my wife and she said I was just curious, well a couple of weeks ago I fucked my best friend in the ass and it was some of the tightest ass I've ever had , what I am
- October 21, 2013 at 1:00 AM
I have been in love and making love with my best friend for 27 years, that's before either of us was married.
We are buddies, like brothers and have a bond so unique it is hard to describe. Neither one of us want to go out and have sex with another man as we love each other. Our families are fiends, we take trips together, and we each have good marriages (25 years each). Are we gay,no offense to gays but I don't feel it. I love him and my wife.
The ONLY bad part is my buddy still has that Christian guilt. For those that say he should this is the only vice we each have (no gambling, over drinking, drugs).
That is my story
- December 21, 2013 at 11:00 AM
As a masculine gay guy, I'm open about my sexuality and never really encountered any problems from it. Which is somewhat surprising, conidering I'm from the South. All of my friends accept me for who I am.
Most of my straight guy friends I'll tease and even flirt with every now and then. They know that I'm just messing around with them. Some of them, I know, like the attention. But I would never cross the line or risk jeopardizing our friendships.
Those of my straight friends that I have taken it a step further with, it is always them that makes the first move. I know that they are attracted to girls, but girls don't always put out. However, guys are always horny and in the mood for sex, whether we're gay or straight. And having a buddy like me around to fool around with with no strings attached, they don't have to go elsewhere looking for it from strangers.
This happens a lot more than women realize. Luckily, I'm fairly good looking and not "obvious." I was hanging out with a couple of my straight buddies at the mall and this flamboyant gay guy happened to walk past us. One of them turned to me and said, "At least with you, you can't tell..." I had to laugh about it and give them a hard time. They weren't trying to be mean or anything. But I do believe it does help them with being more comfortable having a "bromance" with a gay guy like me. All of them are extremely attractive and have absolutely no problem getting girls. But there are just some things that even girlfriends can't give them that a bromance can.
- January 2, 2014 at 1:34 AM
- Little Emperor said...
I'm a gay guy , and I must admit I used to be quite flamboyant, meaning I am obvious but still reserved... but now I choose to be discreet, as strange as it sounds but having met a straight acting gay guy who is a lot older than me gave me the thought that being discreet is more comfortable ,no offense to flamboyant gays out there.... Well, back in college days, i had a classmate , a straight guy who for a long time was never a friend.. But when we were in third year college , all of a sudden he'd been hanging around with me and my friends in the classroom , apparently that time his relationship with his gf was on the rocks but they were still together. One day, in biochemistry class , we were all done with the experiment and everybody was busy answering questions on the lab manual and some tucking away lab materials and lab gowns... I was stood by the table , thinking so hard to answer the questionnaires , when suddenly he came to me , and embraced me from my back... oh dear his masculine scent from his perfume made my heart beat fast ! but I kept my cool lol, so his face was very close to my cheeks and I could smell his breath, I swear my knees shook haha ! Then I realized all of a sudden that something hard was pressed against my back , not my bum ok lol... and I could tell he had a hard on , I was like , why is he pressing his woody against my back.
He is not the best looking guy , just average looks I would say , got chinky eyes and medium built body, and if I'm not mistaken he is about 5'2" tall...
Nothing else happened after that.... until,,, one day when I came back in the classroom from the review for the quiz bee, as I walked in the room , the rest of the class was about , I saw him with his gf , his one arm around the girl's shoulder , then he approached me , and hugged me and kissed me ! much to my astonishment ! , it was just a smack though , but i felt his wet lips against mine, then he said , good luck.. then he walked past me. his gf was at his back, and gave me that strange grin...
Months passed , we jumped to 4th year... He and his gf finally broke up... we became close, in fact so close that my other friends got jealous and it became a big issue among us.. But despite the closeness we had, probably he saw me as a shoulder to cry on or a buddy to hang around with, no more kisses transpired.. But there were times we sleep next to each other and at times even embrace while next to each other. I honestly fell for him , maybe I misconstrued his good company, and I'm sure that was the reason why the kisses have gone, he prolly thought it would have lead to something else. But never an instance that I had sexual advances on him,, but many times he accused me of looking at his crotch ! well I honestly did sometimes hehe... We stayed friends. But years have passed and we lost communication. he's on my fb but we haven't chatted for a very long time.
- April 16, 2014 at 12:42 AM
It was nearly college graduation time when this experience happened.. One morning, I woke up early in the morning , prolly around 6am, a text message from my female friend. It was a shock as her text message said she wouldn't be able to join us on graduation day. Naturally I asked why , she replied saying she got an incomplete grade from cwts class (community works). So I zapped to the shower , dressed up and stormed to the University to see what I could do to help her out. One other female friend came as well..
So when I came to the University, I went up the stairs , two stair steps at a time to the 4th floor , where my friend said where she was.
I thought she was in our org office , so that's where I proceeded. The door was open so I walked in. To my surprise, this guy was seated on the long table in the office, he is a third year student and the newly elected President of the org. I asked if he saw my friend. He said yes but she left the office couple of minutes ago.
I was tired from my journey and my huge steps to get to the university as fast as I could, so I was panting and drenched in sweat. This guy , we aren't friends, but we get along well as we regularly see each other around the building and being both officers of the org we were in.
Then he asked me to sit next to him so he could wipe off my sweat with my handkerchief. Then we chatted for a short while , then my phone beeped , my friend sent a text saying she was in the dean's office. So I told the guy that I had to go. He said, do you really have to go , said it with a long face , he was obviously feeling down at that time. I said sorry but I have to. He said OK, but I won't let you leave without kissing me.
I thought he was fooling around, but I kissed him on his right cheek, just a friendly kiss. But, he asked, why on the cheek ? don't you want to kiss my lips?
I was taken aback ! But I got excited too. First time a guy asked me to kiss him lips to lips.
Well, I was playing innocent so I pecked on his lips.
But he was dissatisfied. He said, why too quick ? I want a longer one. Then I was shocked that he grabbed me by my neck and we kissed , longer this time, his lips were wet and I felt his tongue. It felt great.
Then he released me and asked if we can go home together coz he lives not too far from my where I live at.
The day finished, and my friend sorted out her problem. I met him at the office. But as we, and my two female friends descended the stairs , his female friend turned up and said they have something important to talk about. I was disappointed. But he had to do what he had to do. We would have hang out together that day, not necessarily be naughty but could have had a great chat while on the way home. But things happen as they should. He's a dad now, but as far as I know , not in a committed relationship with neither sexes.
- April 17, 2014 at 3:50 AM
I think two factors are manipulating these figures.
Firstly, gay men must be inflating the statistics in this 'research' to flatter themselves and satisfy their own fantasies of having sex with straight men.
Straight men are attracted to women, gay men are attracted to men, and bisexual men are attracted to both sexes. Simple.
This leads me to my next point.
I think there must be a lot of bisexual men who identify as straight, because a number of these men are having, and enjoy having, sex with other men. By definition this means they can't be straight, so in reality, it's just bisexual men having sex with other men. This is increasingly happening as more men are allowing themselves to become sexually liberal without suppressing their urges.
I think a small number of men are completely, 100 per cent straight, and a number fall somewhere else on the scale.
Obviously, this person 'thinks' too much without doing his own research. My suggestion is, think less and learn more!
- June 29, 2014 at 8:09 PM
Anonymous said...
Great article. I am a straight guy who is very over sexed. If I can't bang a broad I do sometimes call a gay friend of mine and ask him to take care of it. He does. I am happy. He is happy. We are consenting adults and I have no problem with it.
December 30, 2012 at 5:37 PM
I wish I could find a buddy like you! Too many married men who are interested in sex with men are looking to get fucked. I would love to find a nice married dude who loves my ass and has little interest in my cock. Just sayin.
- June 29, 2014 at 8:15 PM
- Gary said...
We're born with the genes of both parents. I think its natural to be turned on by an attractive person, whether that are Gay or Straight.
Acting on it, is a different subject.
- November 30, 2014 at 1:27 PM
- UIUC1978 said...
Catching a couple fish once in a while does not make you a fisherman. But damn it; sick a dick ONCE and...
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Culver-Stockton College announces the induction of 13 students into the Missouri Beta chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. Alpha Chi is a society that honors juniors and seniors in the top 10 percent of their class. The ceremony was held May 2 in Johnson Hall Parlor on the Culver-Stockton College campus.
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Everything possible to get us off petroleum-based products is the right thing to do. This was a possible thing to do. The council, at least, didn't do the absolutely wrong thing by voting the ordinance down, but they showed a disgusting tendency to ignore the environment, presumably in deference to the fear their action might cost someone a little bit. The council has left itself the option of bringing this ordinance back to the table without the burden of having once been voted down. They should do that posthaste and pass it.
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She is joining a eight Olympic hopefuls on "Team Kellogg's."
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Undefeated champion Awesome Feather ran her record to 10-for-10 Thursday afternoon at Belmont Park as she came off an eight-month layoff to post a dominating 11 ¼-length victory in the $85,000 Nasty Storm overnight stakes.
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"Six weeks out from the Breeders' Cup, I think she needed a race, so I'm not at all upset about winning by that many and having a strong final time," said Chad Brown, who trains the 2010 juvenile filly champion for Frank Stronach. "I think she needed the race and we got the race we needed."
The 1-5 favorite, Awesome Feather returned $2.60 for a $2 win bet as she added the Nasty Storm to her 5 ¾-length victory in January's Sunshine Millions Distaff, her only other start of 2012.
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She is preceded in death by parents, Johnnie Edward and Anna Mae Ladd Golden; brother, Charles Edward Golden; and sisters-in-law, Patricia Rose Smith and Helen Golden.
Alberta is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Christopher Ray Sexton of Clinton, Tenn., and Jessica Sexton, of Oak Ridge, Tenn., James Lynn Golden and Amanda McBee of Clinton, Tenn., and Johnnie Edward and Brandy Golden of Smithville, Tenn.; brothers, James Emory Golden, Johnnie Leonard Golden and William Henry Patton; seven grandchildren, Christopher Sexton Jr., Ozlin Sexton, Brigit Golden, David Babbs, Johnnie Edward Golden Jr., Jamie Lynn Golden and Nikki Golden.
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Saint Louis University Sports Business Program OverviewSaint Louis University's Bachelor of Science in business administration with a concentration in sports business prepares you for a career related to athletics. Possible careers in the business of sports include front office management and operations, sports marketing and communication, sponsorship development, licensing, and representation. Offered through SLU's John Cook School of Business, SLU's sports business concentration is interdisciplinary and includes courses from the areas of management, marketing, economics, IT management and communication.
If you choose to major in business administration with a concentration in sports business at SLU, you'll benefit from an active sports business advisory board, which includes representatives from the sports business industry, including major and minor league franchises, major sponsorship organizations, sporting goods manufacturers and sports agencies. You'll also have a chance to participate in SLU's Sports Business Association, which provides students with opportunities to network with professionals in sports business.
What You'll Learn in SLU's Sports Business ProgramStudents in the John Cook School of Business' sports business concentration complete several required courses in the area of sports business before moving on to electives in areas such as Sports Economics, Negotiations and Contract Resolution, Legal Issues in Sports and Entertainment and Sports Communication.
You'll also have the opportunity to complete an internship within the sports business industry for credit toward your degree. Business majors at SLU may also complete the sports business supporting area of study in addition to an additional chosen area of concentration. (See the undergraduate fact sheet about this program for more details.)
What Can You Do With a Degree in Business Administration with a Concentration in Sports Business from SLU?The sports business program at SLU's John Cook School of Business prepares you to work in a variety of careers within athletics. Possible career paths include:
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I am still a total rookie but 5 or 6 rounds into my disc golf career my group when to Middle park for the first time. It was right around the time of the RCR and all the pins where pushed back to the blue pins. I played Camden and Prospect by then and thought I had something going on. Well Middle Park on the blue pins handed me my arse.
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Sarasota Realtors group gets a new home office
Published: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 8:21 p.m.
SARASOTA - After more than 30 years on South Tuttle Avenue, the Sarasota Association of Realtors has moved into a new $2.6 million headquarters on Cattlemen Road.
Location: 2320 Cattlemen Road, at intersection with
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Construction cost: $2.57 million.
Design: DSDG Inc. Architects
Builder: Halfacre Construction
nAuditorium can seat 120 with desk space. Also
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each with its own high-definition projector and screen.
nTech center with computer
nOffices for 12 employees.
nGreen construction awaits LEED
certification, should cut operating expenses.
The move into the 15,000- square-foot building puts the group more in line with eastward-shifting population and development patterns.
The association moved in last month, but held an official grand opening Tuesday.
"The leadership of the organization started planning for this many years ago," said Kathy Roberts, chief executive of the association, which has 3,500 members.
Roberts added the group established a building fund and accumulated reserves years in advance of building a new headquarters.
As Southwest Florida has grown, the areas of heaviest construction have moved east, toward Interstate 75.
For instance, Lakewood Ranch, a planned master community east of the interstate that straddles Sarasota and Manatee counties, is among the fastest-growing communities in the state.
Proximity to Interstate 75 will make it easier for Realtor members from outlying areas such as Venice and Lakewood Ranch to attend events.
The group's new headquarters is about a 30-minute drive to downtown Venice and 15 minutes to Main Street at Lakewood Ranch. It is a roughly five-minute drive to the interstate.
That accessibility is critical because the association uses its new offices to hold continuing education classes and seminars. A year ago, the group began offering Florida real estate sales agent preparation classes in its offices.
An auditorium in the new building can accommodate 120 with desks and chairs, and moveable partitions that allow it to be subdivided -- each with its own high-definition projector and audio system. A nearby training room contains 18 computer stations.
The association also has applied for, but not yet received, certification as a green building by the U.S. Green Building Council.
The new building, situated on a three-acre site, has parking for 200 vehicles.
The new property also contains 2,500 square feet more space than the complex on Tuttle, which had parking for just 85 cars.
The Sarasota Association of Realtors had been located on Tuttle since 1982, and has been seeking a new site since 2001, when the group retired the debt on its buildings there.
The group acquired the site at Cattlemen and Colonial Oaks Boulevard, despite objections from nearby residential neighbors, in June 2012.
To keep costs down, the group traded properties with a corporation controlled by Bradenton developer David S. McNabb.
"Wonderful! Should have happened a long time ago, but everybody's going to love it," said Claire Dumas Scamardi, a former association executive director.
When she began working for the group, it had just two employees who worked from a tiny office in downtown Sarasota, she recalled.
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The Department of Religion at Lindenwood University offers a Bachelors of Arts in Religion, as well as a Minor in Religion and a Minor in Philosophy of Religion.
Scholarly study of religion is widely respected as a rigorous field of academic research. Such study is not interested in claims of particular religions to properly describe ultimate reality or absolute truth. Rather, it attempts to understand and describe the phenomena of religion through the application of analytic tools from such diverse fields as anthropology, art, history, literature, philosophy, psychology, sociology, theology, and others. Through use of these tools, scholarly study of religion provides a rich and critical account of the power, prevalence, and relevance of religion in many cultures and aspects of life.
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History San Jose's Valley of Heart's Delight dinner is always one of my favorite events of the year. Sure, the casual atmosphere and al fresco dinner in front of the electric light tower at History Park is part of the charm. But it's also a testament to people who put a lot of their lives toward building San Jose into what it is today.
Frank Fiscalini, this year's honoree, is a great example. Frank, who is still a towering guy in his early 90s, essentially built the East Side Union High School District. He was an administrator at James Lick High before becoming the district's superintendent in 1956 and presiding over the creation of its next nine schools until he stepped down in 1982. After that, he had positions at Alexian Brothers Medical Center and spearheaded the restoration of St. Joseph Cathedral in 1990. Then he was elected to the San Jose City Council, where he served throughout the 1990s.
Add in the various nonprofit boards he has served on or helped create, and that's a lot of history for a guy dubbed "San Jose's own Renaissance Man."
"I'm deeply humbled by this," Fiscalini said to the crowd of about 400 people upon receiving his award Saturday night. "The historical museum is very important to me, not only as a collection of memorabilia recording our past but as a way to connect to the future we continue to make."
But let's go back to the past for a minute. Normally, at the events there are commendations, and Fiscalini received citations from both Santa Clara County and the city of San Jose. The latter wasn't delivered by a council member or the mayor, however, but by Michelle McGurk, who serves as Mayor Chuck Reed's spokeswoman. And this was a job she asked to do when the mayor was unavailable.
"I got my start working at City Hall in Frank's office," said McGurk, who was Fiscalini's chief of staff in the late 1990s. "He was the best teacher and the best mentor anyone could have." She was joined by Joe Guerra, who was Fiscalini's first chief of staff, and another staff member, Edith Ramirez, who is now principal planner for economic development in Morgan Hill.
History San Jose CEO Alida Bray presented Fiscalini with an archival print of an 1890 photograph of what's now known as the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph in downtown San Jose. It looks just about the same, if not better, now.
The evening wasn't just awards and speeches. There was lots of music, too, with the band Fiddle Road and the big-band music of Millennium Sounds. There was also a surprise performance by two opera singers, to recognize Fiscalini's role in helping Opera San Jose get its start. Irene Dalis, who just retired as the opera's general director, was there with her successor, Larry Hancock, board chair Laurie Warner and her husband, Mike Warner. Dalis typically blunt on Fiscalini's role: "Without Frank Fiscalini, there'd be no Opera San Jose," she said.
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Taken-for-granted Wales rugby internationals have delivered a resounding f&*k off to the Welsh man in the street, after name-calling and confidence undermining reached a new low.
"I've had it up to here," revealed Grand Slam winning Luke Charteris, pointing his hand somewhere thought to be near his hairline, beyond the vanishing point of most human eyes. "You try playing a full 80 minutes against a bunch of somewhat shorter hairy bastards trying to kill you, spending your only bits of rest in a 16 man huddle with your head up stuck up Gethin Jenkins' backside. I just can't see a way out!"
Having been barged over by the Argentinians, mown down by the Samoans and cream-crackered by the All Blacks, Wales are hoping to get through this weekend's showdown against those insufferable bloody Australians without any more smart-alec, wise-cracking condescension. And a win, thank you very much…
"Just shut up alright – just shut up," said Grand Slam winning Rhys Priestland, who quite frankly has had enough of all this bollocks. "You think you can do any better then be my guest, you ungrateful shower of piss. Let's just say it isn't easy out there. Try playing real international rugby against the top sides in the world instead of just watching the telly and playing with your balls."


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The Minnesota Association of Farm Mutual Insurance Companies (MAFMIC) awarded it public policy award to Senator Gary Dahms on their annual day at the Capitol on Feb. 4.
The MAFMIC Government Affairs Committee chose Senator Dahms because of his chief authorship of SF 1934 last year.
"We really appreciate Senator Dahms' foresight and willingness to carry this important piece of legislation," said Mikey Nelson, MAFMIC Government Affairs Vice-Chairman.
"I am humbled to receive this award form the Minnesota Association of Farm Mutual Insurance Companies," said Senator Dahms. "As a senator and having been an agent in the insurance industry for a long time, recognition of this kind from my peers is a real honor."
The public policy award is given annually to someone who has been very supportive of the Farm Mutual Insurance Industry in the legislative or regulatory arena.
The Minnesota Association of Farm Mutual Insurance Companies is comprised of over 90 mutual insurance companies in the state of Minnesota.
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My Mom Made Me Get Double Eyelid Surgery
She nagged me for 10 years to get Asian blepharoplasty, and I finally caved
For years, I resisted getting the double eyelid surgery, mostly because I was scared of the procedure. But during winter break of my sophomore year in college, my mom set an appointment. It almost felt like she tricked me. She insisted it was only a consultation, but a day later, I had the surgery. It happened so quickly that I didn't really have time to do research or think about the repercussions.
Upper blepharoplasty is a cut-and-sew procedure that removes some of the skin from the eyelid to create an eyelid crease. Some older people get upper blepharoplasty when they notice their eyelids starting to droop or sag, which impairs their vision. It's a very quick outpatient procedure -- you're not even put under anesthesia. You're just heavily drugged, because after they do one eye, they need to sit you up to see what you're going to look like with your eyes open. I remember being in a good mood because of the drugs. The only time I freaked out was when the drugs were wearing off. I felt no pain, not even during recovery, which took about a month.
When I went back to school and people asked me about the stitches on my eyes, I didn't care. It was obvious that something about my appearance had changed, so there was no use hiding it. I don't get embarrassed about that sort of thing. I also wore glasses, which made it hard to see the stitches.
When I meet Asian people, sometimes they can tell I've had the surgery, but it's not treated as something to be ashamed of; it's so common in Asian culture. Most of my friends aren't Asian, but of my Asian friends, a lot of them want the surgery -- even men. A girl I used to work with had the surgery, and you could tell she did something to her eyes, because it didn't look good. Her eyes looked like they were permanently swollen, and they were uneven in size, too. Luckily, my surgery turned out well.
My feelings about the surgery are complex. Do I wish the surgery had happened a different way, and that I wasn't forced into it? Yeah. Your mother trying to change how you look is always hard. To this day, my mom bothers me about my appearance, whether it's my hair, my weight, or my skin. She's a very driven businesswoman and, like a lot of Asian parents, the best is never good enough. Growing up it was hard, although now that I'm in my late twenties, I don't care as much. Would I have done the surgery if my mom hadn't pushed me? Absolutely not. I would never have cared enough to do it on my own. I'm very low-maintenance and not that concerned with the way I look. I dress fashionably but casually, I wear little makeup and I don't usually style my hair. Plus, I'm scared of surgery. I won't even get Lasik!
That said, I'm not traumatized by how the whole thing went down. I like the results. I almost wish I didn't like the results just to spite my mom -- so I could say, "Mother doesn't know best!" But I think the double eyelid makes me look better. Makeup is more fun to use and easier to apply. Eye makeup tutorials and products are geared toward people with a Western eye shape, so there's more versatility in terms of what I can do with makeup. Also, my eyes look much bigger.
Would I encourage people to get double eyelid surgery? Sure. And I do. Some of my Asian coworkers have played around with the double eyelid tape, and they like the way they look with an eyelid crease, so I tell them to go for it. It's relatively cheap -- only a few thousand bucks.* And, again, I like the results of my surgery.
People who criticize the double eyelid surgery say that Asian people are trying to fit the Caucasian beauty ideal. But I think of myself as American -- I live here. I don't feel an obligation to maintain what my ancestors look like. And, frankly, there's a much higher standard of beauty in Asia than there is in America. In Korea, girls wear full false lashes every day and get injections so that their skin glows. There's more pressure to look a certain way, more pressure to represent an idealized version of femininity. For me, the important thing is that I like the way that I look now.
As told to Katie McCarthy
*In a study conducted on behalf of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the average cost of blepharoplasty in 2012 was $3,804.
*Author's name has been changed
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Caddy Girls - NH native's geishas of the greens
Meghan Tarmey is a New Hampshire native who graduated from CCU with a 3.8 grade-point average in communications with a minor in theater. In February 2005, Meghan Tarmey was a junior cheerleader at Coastal Carolina and was selling shots at Club Kryptonite to help pay for her education. A vacationing golfer patronizing the nightclub invited Tarmey to join his group on the course the next day and drive the golf cart.
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By Guest Contributor Jenny Zhang, SpareFoot It seems like just yesterday that we were writing about winter storage tips for your motorcycle. That frosty time has come and gone–it's spring again! While some unfortunate citizens in the north might still be encountering snow, it's pretty much smooth sailing down in the south; Austin,…Read more


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This week, download here, the Geeks are super stoked to talk to the Talking Horse himself. You may know him as Caballo Blanco. You may know him as Micah True. He is the race organizer of the Copper Canyon Ultra-marathon and friend of the Raramuri. You can find him many places online including his website, friends of the Raramuri, and his Facebook page for the CCUM.
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A 200-pound black bear with a flair for home decorating denned this winter in the crawlspace beneath a family cabin at Georgetown Lake, west of Butte, Mont. Once dug in, the bear noticed the stairs and a trap door above it, reports the Billings Gazette, and proceeded to break open the door and wander into the cabin, only to discover all the little things that make hibernation more enjoyable - "decorative pillows, comforters and blankets to keep warm." Family members who visited the cabin on New Year's Day realized the place had been ransacked, but were puzzled because nothing was missing except bedding, including designer sheets. When they peered down into the crawlspace, however, they saw "a pair of eyes staring back." Everyone, including the game warden, decided that the bear - dubbed "Blue" by a thrilled 5-year-old - could sleep right where it was until spring.
Poor Beijing, suffering as it does from horrendous storms of swirling pink dust that frequently darken the sky and cause residents to wheeze and cough. But Californians might temper their compassion with a bit of gratitude if they happened to catch a recent New York Times story about the surprising "upside" of China's air pollution. For in just a week or so, the high-altitude jet stream can blow Beijing's fierce dust clouds thousands of miles to California, and once there, the polluted clouds "seed" snowflakes that blanket the state's Sierra Nevada Range. "Snowflakes cannot fall out of a cloud unless there is a floating seed husk, or piece of pollen, speck of dust or other aerosol that they can cling to and grow around," explain researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of California at San Diego. So the more dust in the air, researchers say, the more ice crystals, and those ice crystals grow into snowflakes as they drop from the sky. Because the mountains of Northern California have been suffering from dry winters, it's good news for the region that dust from China is bulking up the snowstorms that will eventually provide drinking water for 25 million people. Snowmelt from the mountains also provides up to 15 percent of the state's hydropower as well as water for wildlife, ranches and farming operations. Unfortunately, there's still a downside: Besides causing serious harm to the health of millions of people in China, the country's dust storms are also bad news for some Americans: "Research suggests that as much as one-third of the airborne lead in the San Francisco Bay Area wafted over from China."
Perhaps it was the "intense public scrutiny," as Jeff Ruch, head of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, put it, or it may have been a sudden attack of common sense, but the director of the National Park Service, Jon Jarvis, recently reversed himself and announced that Grand Canyon National Park can soon ban disposable water bottles less than one gallon in size. Coca-Cola, which sells bottled water, had complained about the proposed ban and delayed its execution for a year.
Police hear so many bizarre things that it's no wonder some officers become jaundiced about human nature. In Carbondale, Colo., the Sopris Sun reports that a man called the police in the late afternoon to report that his bird was missing: "The last time he saw the bird it was 'rolling around on the floor.' " When asked if it had been left outside, the man replied, "It's entirely possible because one never knows." The man then told the officer "he was going to clean up a little and maybe he'd find his bird." Or maybe not; we stopped reading, though the "Cop Shop" conversation kept going. And in Ogden, Utah, a man called 911 late at night to complain that Walmart was closed "and that made him mad." Then he demanded a ride home and grew increasingly angry as he berated the police. The man did get a ride, reports ksl.com. "It just wasn't to the destination that he was preferring."
There's a mystery plaguing hog farms, and researchers at the University of Minnesota are trying hard to unravel it, reports KSTP Eyewitness News. They know what the problem is: Foam has begun forming on the surface of manure pits, sometimes reaching a height of four feet and even drifting onto the top of barns. Wherever it forms, the foam traps gases such as methane. If a spark ignites the foam, the barn can blow up, often killing thousands of the hogs trapped inside. Researchers say the mystery is what kind of bacteria are developing in manure pits; according to the Minnesota Daily, researchers suspect that "a new set of species has formed in these pits in the last few years." They hope to find out soon, because pork production is a billion-dollar industry in Minnesota.
Betsy Marston is the editor of Writers on the Range, an op ed service of High Country News (hcn.org). Tips of Western oddities are always appreciated and often shared (email@example.com).