So I accidentally kind of came out to my boss the other week...
He had to drop stuff off because I still partially work from home and as he was about to leave he noticed the pride flag hanging on my front door (actually my housemate’s, not mine) and was like “Oh, what’s that flag?”
And I said, “Oh uh it’s the lgbtq+ flag...”
And he was like, “Oh... OH ah so are you...?”
And like the socially awkward person I am sometimes I just said, “Yep!” without even thinking about it 🙈 (I think it’s fine, I’m not too worried about that part of it)
So he muttered something that sounded like Oh I didn’t realise something something mumble mumble and made a hasty exit 😂
Cut to this weekend (Valentine’s Day - which I think was relevant to his attempt at conversation) and as I’m leaving work after an in-person shift he’s like “Ah so you don’t have a boyfriend... (No) Right, right, but you have a girlfriend don’t you?”
Gotta love how a lot of people who aren’t queer or allies still assume that pride flag = gay, and only gay. Also loving the amatonormativity... *sigh*
Also me laughing internally because How long have you been sitting on that question my dude? 🙄