<p>I start freshman year at college in 2 weeks and I am worried about my room mate. I looked him up on facebook and he looks like that good looking jock type of guy who all the girls like and likes to party a lot and drink. He looks pretty popular too (from his pictures) I'm afraid i'm not going to get along with him because i'm just your average kid...who happens to be gay. He's straight too btw. I never hung out with those kinds of people in highschool because they only cared about girls and sports and they aren't the kind of people I can see my self hangout with etc. I am not a flamboyant gay guy people always assume i'm straight but what was it like living with a straight guy as a room mate? Did you guys get along, or was he just "there" and you never talked to them. What can I expect...</p>
<p>oh how awk, I literally just came across your question on Y!A lol. I cannot talk from experience but I suggest maybe talking to him before hand if you haven’t already. I would assume that the biggest fear for most guys would be that you would come onto them In that case I think it’s just important for you to let him know you aren’t going to attack him at night or come onto him. I know a ton of guys who are best friends with someone who is gay and it’s something that never even comes up.</p>
<p>there is also the chance of course that he is a popular jock who chases girls and also has no problem with gay guys.</p>
<p>You guys may not be besties regardless of your sexuality and that’s ok, many roommates aren’t. As long as you’re both respectful of each other and share the space you have together you’ll be fantastic roommates.</p>
<p>I’m straight, but had a bisexual roommate last year. I didn’t even know she was bi until one of my suitemates mentioned it towards the middle of winter quarter, and from the sound of it only a couple of the suitemates knew in general before that. There was no issue over that at all, and other than an “Oh, she is?” reaction when it was first mentioned it never came up again the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Also keep in mind that you don’t have to tell your roommate your orientation if you’re not comfortable doing so.</p>
<p>I totally understand you as a bisexual guy :/. I will give subtle hints, but not be too direct. Besides, I don’t care about my roommate’s sex life, and I’m sure he doesn’t care about mine.</p>
<p>My roommate was straight and “jocky” and I’m pretty sure he still doesn’t know I’m gay (wasn’t hiding it, just never went out of my way to share). We were never best of friends - we might not have had a conversation lasting over 5 minutes - but we were able to coexist, which is all that mattered.</p>
<p>Have you emailed/called him? It seems a little premature to gauge someone’s personality and lifestyle based solely on Facebook… Who knows, you might share some common interests. After all, there’s more to life than sex and sports :)</p>