<p>"Straight guys have absolutely nothing in common with gay guys is another big reason. Not many straight guys can jam out to the Spice Girls and spend hours decorating the room or watch Laguna Beach while talking about how to give a BJ. Straight guys want to watch football, drink beer and hang up drywall, something few gay guys enjoy."</p>
<p>Wow, stereotype much? Pretty much every gay guy I know doesn't like decorating or watching laguna beach, or listening to the spice girls. In fact, one of them is a musician and spends most of his time making his OWN music. </p>
<p>I know a lot of straight guys who think football is lame. Never met a gay guy who didn't like to drink beer and shoot the ****.</p>
<p>And I know no one who enjoys hanging up drywall.</p>
<p>I enjoy that in your stereotype the gay guy is the soft effeminate one and you're the big muscly construction worker man. Get a life dude- gay people are NOT by definition any different than you. Assuming you have nothing in common because he happens to like guys is ignorant.</p>
<p>And yes, I'm a girl, and I wouldn't have a problem having a lesbian roommate, because I'm not under the impression that she would jump me every five seconds. Why such a deep concern that another guy might check you out? It's the new millenium. Unless you live in a repressed town, a guy or two probably checks you out on the street every day, and you don't even notice. A gay roommate is not going to spend his life plotting how to turn you gay or wondering what you look like naked, and odds are, he isn't even attracted to you in the first place.</p>
<p>ok so why dont i just tell you guys my experience. I decided that I was going to tell my roommate that I was gay via email as soon as i got his info. If he wanted to switch roommates, that was his issue, not mine. </p>
<p>He ended up emailing me back saying that he was perfectly fine with it. He just had a few questions about it (i told him i was cool answereing questions). Some questions were weird (suchas when asked me if i was feminine, which i am not) and some were standard. I actually met him already at my orientation and he told me that he wouldnt have suspected that i was gay but he is happy that i told him.</p>
<p>We move in next week and i can tell you that i find nothing at all sexually attractive about him. NOTHING. So even though I may be a guy doesnt mean that i have to picture everyone of my sex in a sexual manner.</p>
<p>Otherwise im looking forward to it and he seems like a nice guy.</p>
<p>What makes you think that his being gay means he's likely to rape you? And if you're worried about roommate-on-roommate violence, I'd be much more worried about a roommate who drinks excessively than a roommate who gets with / wants to get with other guys.</p>
<p>Mexican_Lover, I was open to opinion, but Amen and that statement do not go together. </p>
<p>As far as I knew, the Lord said, as much as possible, to live peacably with all and not to take vengence on even those who are your enemies, but leave room for His wrath. </p>
<p>So again, no Amen.</p>
<p>Please continue wtih both the good, bad, and the ugly. All of it has been very helpful.</p>
<p>After reading some of these posts, I'd be more worried the STRAIGHT guy would beat the gay guy in his sleep, not the other way around. My gay friends have good taste in guys, all the people worried about being raped don't sound like you'd fit the bill anyway. Stop giving yourself so much credit and thinking everyone and their mom is attracted to you. ;P</p>
<p>Meh, I actively wouldn't care either way. Might gross me out, but I wouldn't treat him any differently because he was gay. Chances are good he doesn't want in my pants and chances are non-existent that I don't want in his, plus he paid his money just like I did, so I'd be cool with it.</p>
<p>You have bigger issues to worry about don't you? Study habits, music, whether he comes home drunk every nite. Would you rather get a straight guy who causes you grief than a gay guy who you have the potential to get along well with? That is if you can stop thinking about how he was probably picturing you naked. You probably aren't that attractive ;)</p>
<p>I wouldn't expect nor demand to know my roommate's orientation. I do, however, hope he would feel comfortable enough to tell me or be honest. </p>
<p>You meet a lot of people in life, a gay roommate might just give you more experience and insight for your future.</p>