So a few months ago, a friend of mine almost let his jaw hit the floor when I corrected him on my sexuality. He began the conversation rather excitedly, insisting that he had someone he wanted me to meet. This being a friend I would trust to match me with someone at least reasonably interesting I ask for him to go on, at which point it is quickly made apparent the person he intended to set me up with was a woman. When I explained that I was straight, even though I could have sworn he had known that, he seemed shocked beyond the capacity for speech for a scant moment. While I've certainly been mistaken for worse things, being mistaken for a lesbian by a friend I found pretty attractive stung a little.

Leads me to wonder- do many people assume this about me? This incident occurred right after my last haircut, so perhaps my boyhair was sending different signals than I meant it to. Who knows.