Gay singers and a room full of balloons...yep.

Ladies,

It's no secret that the majority of my friends are gay men. I have always surrounded myself with my gays and they tease me that in another life, I must of have been a gay man myself. We laugh and laugh. My husband is fine around my gay friends and during our Thursday night hooker club (crochet), he comes out of his man cave and says hi, and if one of my gays drags his husband along, my hubby takes him to the cave and they watch manly movies.  I have a gay man who I go dancing with and another one who travels with me all over the US and he is even going with me to Singapore and New Zealand. I also have a gay friend who will call and say, get your shoes on we are going to New York City and he will give me a few minutes to pack and bag and we head out.  So, when I had this horrible MS attack, there were gays coming and going and bringing the hubby and me food and taking him to the eye guy in LR, three hours away; in short, they just took such good care of us. Well, today, I was in my office and I hear a commotion out in the center so I stopped work and then one of my tutors said, she is in there and in pops my David, my dearest of gay men, and he says, do you have a minute, and I said, sure and he said, can I disturb your center, and I said, sure and then, in comes a million balloons and I hear singing and he has brought the gay choir from his church and they sang three of my favorite songs and the balloons were every single color that I haven't seen in a while and the songs were because I haven't heard for a while.  I couldn't believe how wonderful my friends are to me.  Anyway, the men from the choir were wonderful and the balloons were fantastic and after the singers left, David and I loaded all those balloons up and took them to the abused women's shelter so the kids would have a beautiful sight to see when they got back at the center from school. My friends are so damn good to me. In short, over the last few weeks, I have had some major health struggles with the shingles and the MS and now I am fighting the pain that comes from coming off of steroids but in all of that horrible mess, I had my gay guys...I have to say, I'm feeling very fortunate...and very happy.  

Jeannie,

I just loved your post. Although it is not 'politically correct' these days to assign certain traits to groups of ppl I think many gay men are the best friends around! They do seem to know how to cheer us on, cook, celebrate and decorate as well as any woman and have hearts of gold.

My daughter is gay, and has worked in the restaurant business for over 20 years. It is apparently no secret the food industry has their fair share of gays. I have enjoyed getting an 'insider's look' at how gays let their hair down when not feeling judged or shamed by straight ppl.

Again, politically incorrect, but I loved some of her 'flaming' gay male friends, co-workers and employees...there is just an element to them I find how to describe.

I do not believe in homosexuality as it goes against how I was raised, but I love my daughter and could not turn her away because she is on this path in life. Truth be told...I struggle with the nature vs. nurture because she showed signs of her identity very early on...before she started school.

At any rate despite my beliefs I try to not judge ppl and to be kind. and the way you describe your friends and how good they have been to you is heartwarming.

I just had to comment!

You are soooo fortunate and deserving of the love that they give you! I am also a gay lover. When my brother was dying in the midst of the AIDS crisis I volunteered at the  AIDS Foundation and I swear, those men were so much fun and had the kindest hearts! I am so happy for you Jeannie....what a wonderful gift to have all of those men to help you navigate the harder times!

julia

Your post made my heart smile. 

Love this!

Gay people make me so happy. Most of my friends in high school were gay and many of those wonderful friends are still in my life. I have always been attracted to gay men, and had crushes on some of them as well, even though I knew it would go unrequited. My husband and I agree that nature, not nurture determines sexuality and he loves these friends as much as I do.

I'm so happy that you are treated so well by your fantastic friends. We all need friends like that in our lives, you are so lucky to have them in yours. And, obviously, they are lucky to have you as well.