Smirking about his latest conquest, Mike sipped from some fruity drink and waxed about the virtues of gayness.
"Yep. It's damned convenient to have your buddies fall into your realm of sexual preference," he declared.
This felt decidedly untrue to me. "I don't know. Anytime I've gotten romantically entangled with a friend, it only screwed everything up."
"You're doing it it again," he said.
"Doing what?"
"Viewing gay relationships through the straight-guy lens."
"What other lens is available to me?"
"A fair point. Nevertheless, to understand, you have to stop viewing gay men as woman-analogues. These aren't women."
"No shit."
"These are men," he continued pointedly. "With the ethics and memories of men."
"Good....god!" I exclaimed, truly getting it for the first time.