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What Makes A Man
What Makes A Man (Part 2)
Food was on his mind.
For this reason he was at the grocery store and waiting in line to pay for his lunch. The young man's stomach was a bear and it was growling for food to satisfy its growing hunger. He wished that the line would move faster.
Rumble. His stomach was growling.
As the young man waited in line, his eyes and his mind wandered.
To his right there was a Caucasian man lifting up his little boy and placing him into the child seat of the grocery cart. It was nothing particularly special and he didn't think much of it...
...until he saw an Asian man helping out.
Slowly he realized that the two men were together; that is to say, they were a couple. He was sure of it. They wore matching pink shirts and they were shopping together with their kid.
He had never witnessed a gay family out in public before. He sees gay couples regularly in real life - in fact he would see two boys flirting shamelessly with each other that very same day - but not gay families. For some reason, gay families are a rare sight to behold.
And what do you know?
It is a little funny how he had suddenly forgotten that he was hungry.
He was busy admiring their bravery, their courage. Maybe someday he himself will have a husband and children. Maybe. It all feels impossible sometimes. After all, it would take a lot of courage and faith to make those dreams come true and he just wasn't sure if he had it in him. Finding his Prince Charming would be a huge accomplishment just by itself.
"Ready?" asked the cashier.
"Wha-... Oh. Yes, I'm ready."
He paid for his food, took one last glance at the happy family, and left the grocery store.
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This happened on Thursday January 28, 2013. I was on my way home from school and stopped by the grocery store to grab something to eat.
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