So tellers, please understand, and thank you for your cooperation . The friend you've regarded as the most liberal may turn out to be the one most freaked out by your homosexuality. Others may accept it intellectually, but will become uneasy when confronted with tangible evidence of your gay life, such as a valentine from your homosexual lover, or surveillance-camera footage of you sucking dicks in the Arby's men's room. So follow my lead. Take the leap.
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