What would you make of someone who intentionally leaves a pubic hair on your toilet seat every time he visits your home? This guy is ostensibly straight (married, even). I’m gay, and my boyfriend and I have known him since college.
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Here’s an interesting, somewhat related anecdote, PBP: I bought a new legal pad a few months ago, and when I went to use it a photo fell out. It was a picture of a man and a woman having sex. The image wasn’t some random porn shot clipped from a magazine; no, the couple in the photo were average looking, the photo was of poor quality, and it was clear from the angle that the man in the photo was holding the camera when the picture was taken. So how did it get in my legal pad?
There are freaks out there–and I use the word freak in the sex-positive sense–who get off on leaving pubes, photos, semen, and other sexually charged ephemera in places where innocent bystanders will happen upon them. Take, for instance, the perv–I use the word perv in the sex-positive sense–who sent me this note: “I like jacking off in strange settings because I get really turned on by leaving my cleanup refuse in open view for whomever may be next in line to use the bed, toilet, or what have you after me. For example, when I was on an overnight train I left my tissues in a magazine rack next to the bed. The idea of strangers handling my semen is just too much to resist.”
I recently started a new job. Due to its nature I am subject to random drug testing. If I were to fail even one drug test I would immediately be fired. Even worse, the government credentials I need to work in my field would be revoked. I’d be unable to work, my career would be over. I do not do, and have never done, drugs. So why is this a problem? Well, I like to drink piss. It’s not something I do every day, but it’s an important part of my sexuality.
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