Oh, Supermarket Sweep...?

Ok, so from being nationally known as 'friends' to watching a video of themselves 41 years later, there's a lot of terrain these two men have covered. From the shame of being considered 'gay' to the moment they realize people see them as totally cool, there's a moment for pause. And they took it. 

You see, men from other generations (and that includes me, because I feel there's a generation gap between me and the TikTok lovers) sometimes keep the kinks and quirks of THAT generation. I'll give you an example: when I was attending WVU, I had a fling with a music major (duh) and he had a mentor we used to visit. Well, this mentor was an old school musician who knew TONS about musicals and musical theater and music in general. The man was a walking, talking music encyclopedia. One thing he was not versed on was on being out of the closet.

He was in his seventies (which seemed very old to me then!) and was very obviously gay. He would talk about his 'friend' (that friend was in many photos with him around the house) and about the fact that they lived together only for a short time (the 'friend' left after some years). And there was never a word about the fact that my ex and I obviously slept together in his one-bedroom apartment or that we only drove one car. 

The thing that stayed with me was that during one of our last visits (that boyfriend and I broke up. He left me to have an affair with an engineering student) he kind of lowered his voice and told us to always keep our 'role playing' kind of on the down low. It was not 'prudent' to 'flaunt' our 'friendship'.

This was the year 2000, btw.

How things change.

XOXO