Trade, Trading or Trade-In: What's with us and Trade?

Men are some freaky people. I personally think gay men have to be a little bit more freakier-- I mean let's be honest we do each other in the butt. Not that it's nasty because I personally feel like it's so hot, but the anal cavity is meant to get rid of waste so yeah... You definitely have to be freaky to get into it. And let me tell you, I'm into it. Lol

Still, with all the "out" gay men walking around, on these geosocial applications and at the clubs, bars, restaurants, brunch, bookstores, bathhouses, sports games, family functions, house parties, etc, we still will break our neck when the straight guy walks in. Let me put out a disclaimer: all straight men are not worth the second look and all of us don't completely fall out when we see one, but generally we all give that hard second glance.

Why is it we are so interested in straight men anyway?

I can remember a couple years ago, I was staying in some boughetto apartments with a lot of highly pigmented families living in the complex. I was sitting outside one night drinking my moscato on the hood of my car (before I realized moscato was very ghetto to randomly drink.. lol). As I was lighting up my cigarrette, this short lil chocolate dude passes by: clean haircut, perfect edge-up, even perfect-er teeth, nice skin, clearly a nice body. My eyes became so buck! He asks me do I have another joe and of course I hand him one and asked him did he want some wine. After he said yes, I went and got him some wine and we sat on the car and talked. I don't know what the hell we were talking about because all I was thinking is: "How can I get this man to pull his dick out?" Lol! Now, grant it, I'm not a person to like labels and the sort sexually-- whatever we get into is fine with me-- but I would say I am definitely more of an ass man. That is, unless you have a pretty, uncut wanker. Either way, I wanted "trade". This is a bit of an issue for a dude like me. You have to remember: I'm a thick guy, tattoos, husky voice, and would be considered pretty "masculine" by any standards. So again, I ask what makes us so hot for "trade"?

When talking with people to understand what trade is, I was really surprised. So the term trade reportedly came from the term of a straight man who was willing to have "survival sex" with another man or transgender based upon a need. So, basically they would trade their body for something they needed.

If we were honest, we would agree that not much has changed since the inception of the word; even in the story above. So, the dude comes over a couple days out the week to chill and drink with me when my roommate wasn't home. After some time, I just said forget this; it's either going to be a yes or no. So, my blunt ass says to him, "Say, you said your girl was keeping sex from you. Let me take care of that for you." He stares at me for like 30 seconds... and then says only if you don't tell anyone. I'm like nah... I won't tell anyone (even though I'm kind of telling someone now, huh). We go in the house, get a quick one and I begin to feel so euphoric after conquering my conquest.

Then, I don't see him for like 2 weeks until he comes knocking on my door. At first, I was too excited seeing him at the door until he asks if I got 50 bucks to pay his Boost mobile phone bill. Damn. I had been equated to a Boost mobile phone bill: just cheap and prepaid. Ha!

It is a very interesting concept to want to be with someone based upon his proposed hypermasculinity only to be equated to a phone bill-- or a meal, place to stay or ride. It is practically inevitable to be approached for money by a person who doesn't see what he's doing as natural. And the other thing that is interesting to me is those are the people we most often are willing to negotiate our nonnegotiables to make a relationship for. We are so interested in having something that someone hasn't had, we will be willing to be a secret for their fun.

I don't think having a quick hook-up with randoms even if they are "straight", just don't be trading your stuff off for a quick nut. All I'm saying. I know it ain't trickin if you got it, but who really got it like that? Lol.

What's your story about trade? Let me know at ianhaddock@thenormalanomaly.com.

-The Normal Anomaly