Quote: Matter-eater Man said: The ones that don't know, don't want to know.
do others "play dumb"?
a friend back in college lived an openly gay life around everyone but his family. his family knew, and didn't hate him (in the standard way, anyway), but it was absolutely never spoken of, in any fashion, even privately amongst them.
i know that bothered him, but i guess it had gone on so long, he grew indifferent (or at least faked it well)
Well, in general I would guess it's "playing dumb". I also think it's unfair for gay people who have had trouble dealing with their own homosexuality to somehow expect their friends & family to be able to come to terms with it quicker than they did. Hopefully your friend's family got used to it in time. Coming from a family of all boys, my folks have very much come to appreciate having a son without grandkids.
