So my dad has come over to the dark side. Who can blame him, I mean we have delicious cookies ya’ know. 
Okay, all kidding aside, he surprised me when he started talking about how he’s been waiting to giving me some advice while he’s still alive and before he forget. Turns out he had been thinking about pornography…wait…! It’s actually sex, and hmmm…me and sex. Yes, awkwaaaard…. -_-! With the recent sex tape scandal of the Indonesian celebrities, he has, for some reason, start thinking about what if his daughter has a lover, which must be a woman, and that woman is bisexual, which mean she could be sleeping with a guy too, and that guy could be infected with HIV/AIDS and is now looking for revenge and therefore 2 scenarios exists. One, he might be mad that his girlfriend is also dating me and he’s looking for trouble, or two, he might be HIV positive and is looking for some warm bodies to house his fatal viruses. How’s that for complicated thinking eh?
I was trying my best not to laugh, but the notion that all bisexuals are promiscuous doesn’t sit right with me, so I felt it was my duty to enlightened my dad who was obviously trying to connect with me. Then…he repeated those words again, “I just want you to be careful, for when and if you have someone, and that person surely is a woman, just make sure she’s not bisexual with a boyfriend on the side. I trust you to know better and to avoid a slimy situation and to abide by the normality.” Whoaaah! My mind skidded to a halt. What was that I’m hearing?? Normal? You must jest, normal for me means being with a woman, as opposed to normal for him, a straight person, to be with a woman…so I asked him again, and he clarify that he wasn’t saying normal, but the norms. Ooookay…it’s even weirder that he thought I would be taping myself having sex or having a girlfriend who’s bisexual and dating/sleeping with a guy on the side. I decided not to think about it seriously and let it be counted as one of those weird things your parents, who knows nothing about lesbians, to think of. Let it be known now, I plan to educate my dad of lesbianism.
Before today I have been able to tell my folks about my days and my recent increasing activities as a gay activist but we have never talked about my romantic relationships. They never ask and I never volunteer the information. Last month though, my mom had suddenly warned me about the danger of STDs and to always have safe sex. BAM! It hit me from nowhere, totally unprecedented and blind sided me. Similarly, I’m overjoyed by the fact that my dad is taking the first step toward having an open conversation with me and my gay-as a three dollar bill-life but this interest in my sex life needs to stop, cause I don’t wanna tell them that these days my affairs are limited to my Hitachi and my left hand.
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