Gays recall the times they confessed their crushes on straight guys
a viral Reddit thread on the topic. The conversation kicked off when another user asked, “Have you ever told a straight guy that you have a crush on him?”As you might expect, many of the commenters have either done so and regretted it or vowed never to do so. (Recall, if you will, that one gay Redditor who recently begged others to stop romanticizing “turning” straight guys.)Here’s a selection of (sometimes abridged) stories from that Reddit thread, with results ranging from disastrous to endearing.Subscribe to our daily newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.“Yes, and it was the worst day of my f*cking life.
Just thought it would go better than it did. I don’t know why I was hoping it would be one of those fairy tale moments, but instead, he was like, ‘Why would you tell me that?’”“Ditto.
We were planning to room together the next year at university. He told me he didn’t want to live with me. We eventually patched it up after about a year.
But obviously, he wasn’t secretly the man of my dreams.”“I did, because I said, ‘Why the hell not?’ … just for him to say he was actually bisexual but that I’m not his type.
