Be Honest

On my way home I saw something that made me pretty uncomfortable. I saw a gay couple, one of the men was older probably in his 50’s, and the other was younger in his late 30’s maybe. The older man had his arm around the other and was caressing his shoulder and whispering into his ear. This would be completely fine, and pretty sweet if the younger man didn’t look so…creeped out. He seemed as if he didn’t want to be touched at all. His head was down for most of the time, and he kept his hands to himself. Whenever the older man pulled him closer, he tried to inch away from him…

After a while I noticed the older man was a bit intoxicated, but I would assume his partner would want to atleast speak to him. But he didn’t say a word. The entire ride (manhattan to queens) he never once responded to the old man. And it wasn’t that he (younger man) was angry, he just looked afraid to say anything. It was very clear he wasn’t interested in the old man’s affection…which made me think why didn’t he say anything?

If I don’t want you touching me, whether you’re my bf or not, I’m going to tell you to stop. Why let it go on for as long as it did?

Anyways, I was sitting across from them, so I couldn’t help but notice there was something off about that entire situation.