[Cas]

Originally posted by Outlaws

I didn't. That means I'm straight?

Yes. Congratulations!

[brndksk]

Originally posted by Harry

How old were you when you first noticed you were a homo

About six or seven.

[Wet]

i don't know ha.

[Jezang Looz]

This is faulty logic

[Goaty]

No. And I'm sure there are plenty of straight males with significant paternal problems. I had several friends growing up who had their fathers bail on them, cheat on their mother, become estranged, etc. and they're definitely straight.

I'm gay and I had a positive relationship w/ my dad. I think you're mixing cause and effect here.

I do agree that a significant chunk of gay men probably have relationship issues w/ their fathers that have roots in their childhood, but that could be a product OF their sexuality, not the cause of it.

[halcyonday]

Yes actually.

[6 Apple St]

Yes, sexually awaken me father!

[CakeLike]

Nope i had a great relationship

[Jet]

I have an iffy relationship with my dad but then again he does not get along with anyone cuz he has issues

[Bicassie]

me and my dad have a nice relationship,tho

[StonedSoulPicnic]

No, I don't think so. I have a great relationship with my father.

[Goombario]

Sometimes the lack of is a big isue

[IBeMe]

I had a great experience with my father growing up.

[bleuwaffle]

It's the reverse for me. I have a terrible relationship with my mom.

[dreeam]

It's the other way around. A lot of gay boys have trouble building a relationship with their father because they reject them for being feminine and so on.

[c0caine]

My father is literally my favorite person in the world

[touchofmyhand]

This is not a stupid question. It doesn't apply to me but all my exes had terrible or distant fathers/no father, so this thought has crossed my mind as well

[NE.]

I see why people are getting frustrated with the OP because his statement is very blanket, but it's something that's been mentioned quite often before.

Are you saying that having an absentee or distant relationship with your father causes boys to be gay (seeking affection from males to "fill a void")?

[Guernica]

My brother is gay and has a seemingly fine relationship with our father so

[Obsession]

Well, I'm bisexual so I don't know if that will diminish the effect of my story. My relationship with my father was non-existent, and it never really developed into any sort of good place. I tried when he didn't want me, he tried when I was done wanting him to be there, then he had a stroke, developed early onset Alzheimer's and since then I've never seen him again.

But then again, my uncle and cousin (related through my mother's side) are gay and lesbian respectively, and I've always thought that it was more that it was in the family. Then again, my uncle and his husband were probably the closest things I had to father figures, so who knows?