arndt@squirt.DEC (01/08/86)
Well you think it will never happen to you. You guys warned me and I wouldn't listen! And I was so sure . . . . guess it just goes to show ya. But don't try and collect your $50. yet Dan. The show ain't over till the fat lady sings. I guess the best way to tell you all about it is to just out with it! This past weekend my son told me he wanted to be a GIRL!!!! I mean talk about cold chills and hot flashes and goin' numb. It was like I could actually SEE all those paintings of future generations of the Arndt dynasty fallin' off the manor walls. I wanted to go out on the back porch and light up the neighbor's damm dog on full auto with my HK 91! But thank goodness I've been a motss reader and have developed FEELINGS and stuff for those with sexual perferences, eh? So instead of giving in to visions of my little lamb in the Ramrod Bar on Policeman's Night ( did you see CRUSING?) I took direct corrective action. Realizing his confusion was the result of the pernicious influence of 'MOM' (the luscious lady who keeps me straight) and his sisters I sat him down for a Saturday morning in front of the telly with G.I. Joe cartoons (much more effective than Masters of the Universe). And I let him beat the kitten to death. I'm happy to report he's back on track (I even promised him a puppy next year to replace kitty). Quick thinkin', eh? But what I'd like to know is what else could I have done??? I mean what have some of you experienced from family, friends, your top?? Anything that was effective? And if not, why not. Anyone out there who skated away from the 'thin ice'?? How about in 50 words or less, 'I'm not a fag because . . . .' (Now don't go balistic on me because I used that word among friends!) Did they try and feed you those hot Italian peppers, get you braces, bribe the baby sitter??? I've seen a little on the net about this topic but I suspect that there is a whole untold story floating around out there. Let's hear some success stories from both sides. Not that I'll need any more ideas, I'm sure that by the time my son is three he'll have forgotten all about it. Keep chargin' Ken Arndt
jimc@haddock.UUCP (01/08/86)
> This past weekend my son told me he wanted to be a GIRL!!!! Hey, Ken -- You know a lot of kids go through that, and it means that that they are neither homosexual nor transsexual. How old is your son? My younger brother, when he was about 5, cried when he found out he couldn't have a baby. He's eighteen now, and about as heterosexual as they come. It just happens as children grow up that they start feeling curious about the other sex. There's nothing at all to be concerned about. > Realizing his confusion was the result of the pernicious influence of 'MOM' > (the luscious lady who keeps me straight) and his sisters I sat him down for > a Saturday morning in front of the telly with G.I. Joe cartoons (much more > effective than Masters of the Universe). And I let him beat the kitten to > death. I'm happy to report he's back on track (I even promised him a puppy > next year to replace kitty). I am assuming that you are not serious here, about much of everything. You know as well as anyone else here that a woman or women in a boy's life does not turn him into a woman. If you are really encouraging sadistic behavior like this from your children, I feel terribly sorry for them to be under your influence. Still, I would make it a strong bet that you weren't serious. > But what I'd like to know is what else could I have done??? I mean what have > some of you experienced from family, friends, your top?? Anything that was > effective? And if not, why not. Anyone out there who skated away from the > 'thin ice'?? How about in 50 words or less, 'I'm not a fag because . . . .' > (Now don't go balistic on me because I used that word among friends!) Did > they try and feed you those hot Italian peppers, get you braces, bribe the > baby sitter??? Fact: when I was a child, being brought up by two happily married heterosexual parents, I was told there was nothing wrong with being gay. I never questioned that, and I still don't. Fact: my father's best friend, a man I grew to deeply love and respect, was gay. He never once tried to pick me up, counsel me into being gay, or anything else of the like. He recently died of AIDS at age 49. Fact: a regular babysitter for me and my syblings was a lesbian. She, too, never tried to influence me or my sister or my two brothers into being gay. In fact, it was not until recently that I learned she was a lesbian (I'm 23). She, too, grew very close to me and my family. Fact: I am and continue to be heterosexual. So are the rest of my syblings. In other words, environments permissive toward homosexuality do not necessarily encourage it. I have never felt any need to be gay, nor am I likely to. Do not worry about your son. Encouraging "masculine" behavior as described above is likely to do a lot more harm than good. This is a great opportunity for you to tell him about the difference between sexes -- it's a good lesson for him (I am assuming he is quite young by your references to the cartoons). I don't know what "keep chargin'" means, but I return to you the same greeting. ______________________________ Jim Campbell {decvax ! cca | yale | ihnp4 | cbosgd}!ima!jimc {bbncca | harvard | zurton | cfib | mit-ems | wjh12 }!ima!jimc {uscvax | ucla-vax | vortex}!ism780!jimc INTERACTIVE Systems, 7th floor, 441 Stuart St, Boston, MA 02116; 617-247-1155