What’s their secret?,” we ask ourselves, before texting our boyfriend to ask if he remembered to thaw the chicken before dinner. Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.On Twitter, a gay man based in London (which looks like a fan place to visit as well!) posed the question publicly. He received more than 1,000 responses, with no seeming consensus.
“I’m gay and I don’t understand how gays manage to be constantly traveling. Like do they have a job?,” he posted.Err… yes? But also… no?They all have jobs in marketing at tech companies where they make 160k and are fully remote https://t.co/MlArxiDIA1I went on a date with a doctor once who described going on vacation and flying somewhere "to escape" every single weekend. I finally just said to him, "You have a very heavy carbon footprint." If he hated New York so much, I wondered why he didn't just move to Miami and get it…It's because like 90% of them are travel nurses.
https://t.co/RdjtHl5mbjI have mates in their 30s and 40s who get cash from their parents.
They see it as drip feeding inheritance.
Then there's also the mates who sadly now do have actual inheritance.Hi! pic.twitter.com/yPZB6Y9VSyAs our second-hand traveler mentions later on, he’s talking about a very specific kind of gay. In particular, the circuit gay, a muscle-bound species that’s known to post IG stories of them “working” from business class only to wind up sweaty and shirtless at an all-night rave in Rio de Janeiro just mere hours later.
“I’m genuinely curious. I get the disposable income thing, but with a good job / income (in my experience) comes a heavy workload, responsibility,” he said. “Even with annual leave I’m not sure how circuit gays manage so much time away traveling.”One of the answers appears to be the old standby, “work smarter, not harder.” In the age of remote work, it’s possible to sign in from anywhere… as long as one remembers to
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