A Cis Gender Straight Woman And A Man Walk Into A Gay Bar

Wait for it…

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We are in Rumors sitting at the bar waiting for a drag show to start. Of the eight people there, three hours before the show, we are the only cis gender women.

We had tried the bar next door, but they were showing the UFO fight. Bar patrons were divided between 21 year old girls loudly celebrating their legality by falling down or hanging onto each other, and testosterone driven fight aficionados. We tried to order wine at the third level of the three level bar, only to be told that we would have to order that downstairs.

Apparently first time drunk 21 year olds and macho guys don’t drink much wine.

Downstairs we were told that yes they had wine, but someone would have to go upstairs to the bar we had just left to get a wine bottle opener. We eased away when one of the bar tenders fought his way through the crowd to go upstairs for the opener.

At Rumors, in contrast to fighting our way to the bar through a sea of drunks cheering on their chosen gladiator, we were able to walk right up and sit down. The very attractive male, presumably gay, bartender brought our wines immediately, even though they were from the little bottles you can buy at your local 7–11 for a pittance. Still, it…