I will never understand straight men
Last night (being Saturday - yes, I'm a bit behind on my blogging) a friend who I admire for his intellect, humour and emotional intelligence (among other traits) celebrated his forthcoming wedding by holding - in conjunction with his bride-to-be, another friend, whose wit, insight and wickedness I also find delightful - their huck's night, ie a combined bucks and hens night. In the invitation, said male friend commented that one of the reasons for having a huck's night was because he didn't want to be dragged off to a strip club by his so-called friends. Why then, did his heterosexual male friends do just that? Why did they not only chose to ignore his stated desires, but also feel the need to publicly humiliate him (the details of which I shall refrain from describing here) by dragging him to a strip club, and subjecting him to the attendent, demeaning, bucks night rituals which are only too well known? Was it sublimated homosexuality, ie 'we all want to see him w...