I am 95% sure another guy in my department at work is gay. He has 2 kids with a woman. I honestly thought he was gay until he mentioned the wife recently. I feel bad if he’s not able to be his true self. I’m thinking of asking him if he is gay, or bringing up the topic somehow. He’s more flamboyant than just about any other gay man I’ve encountered tbh. It would be nice to have a gay friend at work or help him be his true self.

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You should absolutely not ask him if he’s gay. It is none of your business regardless of whether he is or isn’t. This is so absurd that I can’t decide if you’re trolling or being serious.

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He’s a person a living human!! That’s all that matters! Just love him, enjoy his presence and your job will become more fulfilling

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My man, he could be bi. I swear everyone forgets about us. There are flamboyant bisexuals.

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Nonconsensual inclusivity is not a thing

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You have no idea if he’s actually gay and living a double life as you claim. Your own stated intention is that you want to have a gay friend at work.

So this is selfishness pure and simple REGARDLESS OF WHETHER he is gay or not.

LEAVE HIM ALONE.

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Thank you for productive comments and not being nasty like some others ✌🏻

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Maybe he’a bi or they have an arrangement/agreement. It’s really no one else’s biz …

~signed someone married to a woman w kids for over a decade 🙄

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I’m openly gay, and not ashamed of myself.

That would be beyond rude because it’s literally none of your business. Some people simply are who they are. Being flamboyant is not synonymous with being gay—having a preference for the same sex is being gay. Any person of any gender can be flamboyant. Ask that and you might find you’ve lost a potential friend just so you could be “right”. Then your feelings will be hurt because this person responded to something that you did.

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I read about half of this and can tell you. Mind ya own business. Who the eff cares? Apparently you do. Get a life.

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This is not someone you meet at a bar or a club. You happen to work together. Your colleagues are not your friends

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Nah. He might just be a straight man,or worse so in the closet that he turns on you at work to make it even more apparent that he's straight. Some of these folks play their games to the hilt and if you get in their way....oh my.

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Anyway discussion is done. Gonna meet in the middle on this. Thanks for the feedback. I don’t subscribe to LGBTQIA+ groupthink mentality like 90% of you so know I’m in the minority on this one.

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He might just file a complaint with EEO about you to publicly and loudly deny what you're saying and thinking. Come on now...you know how closeted some can be.

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