When I was in high school, I didn’t know how to come out to my childhood friend, so instead of telling her I’d started dating a girl, I instead claimed to have a “robot girlfriend”.
For three months I kept telling her “robot girlfriend” stories that were real dating anecdotes, but… with robot words thrown in just often enough that it sounded like I was telling a really weird, pointless joke.
Eventually, they met and became instant friends, and Rachael was really mad at me. She still brings it up to make fun of me.
I… I don’t know. I think I just panicked. I wanted to talk about my partner but didn’t want to come out, so I figured it’s not gay if they’re a robot.
Maybe you’re just super gay for robots, ship
Don’t call me out like this.
Listen. Okay. Mine was a Star Trek household. I didn’t have a choice… as a Weird Kid™ of course I thought Data was the bee’s knees and Seven of Nine’s cybernetic components were very attractive.
