Say you have ten girlfriends and seven boyfriends, deadpan. Refuse to answer follow up questions.

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- sparking a whole discourse in a group setting / at a dinner table

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Or maybe a way to respond that tests the waters if they’d be accepting, rather than just straight up “nah, not dating anyone atm”

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It’s a hard scenario, really depends on the family, I kind of doubt it’ll pass without at least a “wait, you’re not straight?” from someone When I got asked last year if I had a gf, said no, and my aunt jokingly added “or bf” I said “no bf yet either”, but I don’t think anyone caught it

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