““Brendan suddenly 'came out' to me. In my experience, the hardest thing about having someone 'come out' to you is the 'pretending to be surprised' part. You want him to feel like what he’s telling you is Big. It’s like, if somebody tells you they’re pregnant, you don’t say, 'I did notice you’ve been eating like a hog lately.' Your gay friend has obviously made a big decision to say the words out loud. You don’t want him to realize that everybody’s known this since he was ten and he wanted to be Bert Lahr for Halloween. Not the Cowardly Lion, but Bert Lahr. 'Oh, my gosh, no waaaay?' You stall, trying to think of something more substantial to say. 'Is everyone, like, freaking out? What a… wow.””
![“[Eric] 'So you want me to go to a human orgy, where I will not be welcome, and you want us to leave before I get to enjoy myself?' [Sookie] 'Yes,' I said, almost squeaking in my anxiety. In for a penny, in for a pound. 'And... do you think you could pretend to be gay?” quote by Charlaine Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e2c/charlaine-harris-542_quote_eric-so-you-want-me-to-go-to-a-human-org_2404456.jpg)
![“[...] things most people do naturally are often inexplicably difficult for me.” quote by Tina Fey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c75/tina-fey-484_difficult_things-most-people-do-naturally-are-ofte_29653.jpg)
