The Former Traveling Spotlight

The tales of a "30" something gay former stand-up comic living in NYC who is searching for his soul mate or soul...which ever comes first.

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

What's the Longest You've Ever Had?

Now that I and my fellow brethren are in our *ahem* late 20's, every first date eventually moves into "job interview" mode. It's not that we don't enjoy meeting new people and making new friends. Rather, it takes a lot of effort to move down the dating path, and becoming a boyfriend is a full time commitment.

But just like job interviews, my brethren tell me that there are some questions that should considered discriminatory and not allowed. The traditional questions like age, his coming out story and income (I've got student loans people) are tolerable, but specifically the "R" question should never be mentioned.

"What's the longest relationship you've been in?"

Strangely, this question never really bothered me. But then, my longest relationship was over 6 years. What about those men who's longest relationship was 6 months? Are their former relationships discounted because they didn't hold out? What about the guys who stayed in a bad relationship for years before finally ending it?

I understand that in the employment of boyfriend, you need to believe that the candidate is going to stick around for longevity, eventually even getting promoted to the position of Husband. But boyfriends need to feel appreciated and needed in their position. Otherwise, they look for better opportunities.

Perhaps we need to scrap that interview question all together and ask something more relevant, like "how big is your dick?"

Patrick - 2:12 PM -

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