State of the Nation

My dh let our girls do the same thing to him when they were little..........I have the blackmail pictures to prove it

I also have pictures of my older son at about age 2, dressed in his sisters' sundresses---we wondered at the time whether he was a bit confused about his place in the scheme of things. But he got over it quickly enough when his baby brother came along, and he's been this major alpha male ever since. My younger son, on the other hand, has always been the exact opposite, and at almost 18, he remains sensitive, intuitive, and very much the 'metrosexual'.........in fact, we're pretty sure he's gay.

Naturally, he doesn't acknowledge even the possibility at this stage of his life, but he's never been attracted to females. He's had a couple of steady girlfriends (his best friends have always been girls, for that matter) but he's never talks about them the way guys do; honestly, he doesn't really talk about them at all except as friends, and he doesn't single-date even though he's been allowed to since age 16. I think the girlfriend thing is basically for appearances's sake; like everyone else who's ever survived the public school system, he knows you can't be openly gay in high school without suffering the tortures of the damned. His father also is no help; they fight like cats and dogs over the most insignificant things, and no matter what I say to either of them, it never stops. Dh has never been a 'macho' type, but for some reason the possibility that this son might be gay just sends him around the bend; that and the fact that the boy is smarter than he is (and we all know that) make for an awful lot of posturing and preening and explosive confrontations over...........NOTHING!

OK, I've done gone and derailed the conversation.......sorry, everyone. Back to our regularly scheduled thread.:wink2:

My son never leaves the house without his toes painted. But my husband will occassionally paint his and gets his eyebrows done, its really up to the individual to what "standards" they choose to live by. I have no presumption of heterosexuality of either of my children. In the end whatever makes them happy!

When we first met he had a unibrow.. I complained, poked fun and he's had a standing appointment since.

Barbers routinely cut men's eyebrows (and ear hair) along with a haircut, especially on older guys who seem to be able to grow hair everywhere but on their heads.

But that's a man's secret, tell anyone I told you and I'll deny it. LOL.

I have a male friend who has very thick eyebrows. Not a minute goes by that I want to whip out my tweezers and start plucking away.

My husband and father-in-law fit your description . . . .


steph