going to a gaY bar???

okay.... so one of my wifes friends from work is having his birthday party at a gay bar in Atlanta, we got invited.....yes, he is gay...

I dont know why but the wife wants to go, all I know about gay bars is what I saw on Police Academy (Blue Oyster??)

Is there a protocol or some way I can identify myself as someone who doesnt want to have my ass slapped while making my way to the bathroom, nevermind, second that, I will just have to hold it the entire time if I go...

Don't go. Let the wife go by herself.

dress like a straight guy. that should help.

^^ Yep, wear some tight leather pants and a purple v-neck shirt.

Make sure to wear something with a rainbow on it.

I was wondering what a "gar bar" was. In the interest of being politically correct, if you like the person (you know his sexual preference) and have met his friends that are going, then who cares that it's at a gay bar.

If you get there and find it "uncomfortably gay" just excuse yourself and leave.

Conversely, like Chuck says let your wife go on her own.

shove something large and cylindrical in your pants... like a tube of tennis balls. That should keep the gays away and disinterested in you.

MA_PE said:

In the interest of being politically correct, if you like the person (you know his sexual preference) and have met his friends that are going, then who cares that it's at a gay bar.
If you get there and find it "uncomfortably gay" just excuse yourself and leave.

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I'm with MA_PE. I wouldn't sweat it too much. I would guess that it would be fairly obvious to the crowd that you're straight.

MA_PE said:

I was wondering what a "gar bar" was. In the interest of being politically correct, if you like the person (you know his sexual preference) and have met his friends that are going, then who cares that it's at a gay bar.
If you get there and find it "uncomfortably gay" just excuse yourself and leave.

Conversely, like Chuck says let your wife go on her own.

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I'm not a homophobe or anything but it creaps me out when I see a dude making out with another dude. For instance, my wife watches some stupid ass show on ABC on Sunday nights called Brothers and Sisters. IMHO the show is total horse **** but while I'm watching porn on the computer she watches that crap. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago they have these two guys making out on TV. I don't know why but that makes me very uncomfortable. Therefore, I avoid the gay people that partake in the PDA. For that matter though, I don't like the PDA with straight people either.

I would also wear a shirt that says "I watched 72 meat spins."

We had this real homphobic friend one time. He suggested going out to this one particular bar, which was not a raging gay bar, but was known locally to attract a gay crowd. He didn't realize this before suggesting we go there.

I didn't really care because:

1 - Hey, different Strokes for different folks

2 - Dude needed a lesson to be a little more tolerant

3 - Had a lady with me so it was obvious I wasn't there looking

This guy was so oblivious he didn't even realize what was going on until we left and he bitched about these guys hitting on him when all it would have taken was him saying, "Excuse me, I'm not interested."

We had a nice laugh out of that night.

I'm with MA_PE. I wouldn't sweat it too much. I would guess that it would be fairly obvious to the crowd that you're straight.

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Yeah I agree. You wouldn't even be a blip on their gaydar. And that's their term, not mine.

X2. I've been in gay bars when I was in college (had some lady friends with gay best friends, so got drug along), and nobody even said a peep to me. Not so much as a blip on the gaydar, they're pretty good at knowing who is and who isn't.

I went to a ghey bar one time because they were advertising 25 cent draft beer. Luckily it was mostly lesbians in there. Doubly lucky, they started out serving Bud Light for a quarter, but ran out of that, and switched to Fosters. I think that's the only time that I have given a 300% tip, but it seemed appropriate since I got hammered off of $3 worth of beer.

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I'm not a homophobe or anything but it creaps me out when I see a dude making out with another dude. For instance, my wife watches some stupid ass show on ABC on Sunday nights called Brothers and Sisters. IMHO the show is total horse **** but while I'm watching porn on the computer she watches that crap. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago they have these two guys making out on TV. I don't know why but that makes me very uncomfortable. Therefore, I avoid the gay people that have a huge problem with the PDA. For that matter though, I don't like the PDA with straight people either.

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Chuckie:

Exactly, how many times do you see straight people making out a bar? It's considered poor taste then, too. From what i understand the only difference between a gay bar and a straight bar is that in a gay bar guys will tend to chat up with other guys and women will chat up with women and there's less guy/girl social interaction. Based on that appearance most sports bars are "gay bars" because they're typically populated with guys watching a game.

I wouldn't worry too much about it. You probably won't be hit on and on the off chance that you are, mention you're there with your wife and attending a friends party. As MA said, if it gets too uncomfortable, leave.

I went to a ghey bar one time because they were advertising 25 cent draft beer.

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When I was a Freshman in college, there was a "new" dance club that opened up downtown that didn't serve alcohol - so you could be underage to get in... It just said "dance club" in the ads, nothing about being a gay bar.

We thought, that's cool - let's check it out. So 5 of us walk into this dance club and immediately we're greeted with a man dancing on a stage in the center of the room with assless chaps.

I'm not a homophobe, but that certainly caught me off guard. I don't think I've ever done a 180 so fast in my life.

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I'm not a homophobe, but that certainly caught me off guard. I don't think I've ever done a 180 so fast in my life.

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no kidding...and you couldn't even order a shot and a beer to erase the image.

Exactly, how many times do you see straight people making out a bar? It's considered poor taste then, too.

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Exactly. That's why people have bedrooms, with doors and curtains.

When I was a Freshman in college... 5 of us walk into this dance club and immediately we're greeted with a man dancing on a stage in the center of the room with assless chaps.

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Someone explained to me here, that chaps, by their very nature, are indeed assless.

If I saw that, I woulda walked out too. Unless it was a classmate or professor up there, in which case I woulda taken a bunch of photos.

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Chuckie: Exactly, how many times do you see straight people making out a bar? It's considered poor taste then, too.

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Actually, depending on the place, quite often. That's what I was trying to say (obviously not very clearly)...that it's poor taste and that I'm no fan of people making out with one another in public.

Let's start a war, start a nuclear war

At the gay bar, gay bar, gay bar

Wow!

At the gay bar