>>85340
Yeah... my whole life whenever I'm online talking about the price of coming out (also married to a fat woman here so no barking) people always flippantly say "oh, fuck those people, they're not you're real friends". Which is easy enough to say in theory. If 'those people' were only like 5 or 10 percent of the population. But it's way way more than that y'all. Can't tell you how many times I introduced a 'bro' to my girl, or brought her to a new friend group... and the invites stopped coming as much. My bros always gave me this look, like I was gay or something and liked 17 year olds.
Ya know.... doesn't stop me from openly being with my girl. But that shit sucks and the price isn't something to just scoff at.
The other day this random dude approached me in public commenting on an electric Ebike I was riding. We exchanged numbers and he was like we should hang out. And, like, this dude is fit, has a wife, normal looking Asian gymbro dude.... you think he's not gonna have a certain kind of reason when the friendship develops and he meets my 600lb wife? You think that dude is just gonna accept my preference and keep wanting to chill with me? I mean maybe... idk... but I sure as shit guarantee you he's not gonna be asking us out on a double date. Or to cook outs with his friend group.