Originally Posted by
RandyMcDonald
It's not clear to me in this case that Bobby did not think that he might be genuinely attracted to them. He was coming from a place of profound denial about his sexual orientation, yes, but it does not seem as if he didn't like them, or as if he was using them as cover while he led a double life.
"And the years go by and it gets easier to put that part of yourself away. And then so much time goes by that ... You say to yourself, late at night: One day, maybe. And then you do things to see if maybe you're straight or ... ugh."
It wasn't a good way to deal, but I'm not sure Bobby thought that he was lying to them.