A man with the weight of the world on his shoulders shuffled into a quiet bar and dropped onto a stool. He didn’t even look at the menu before ordering six double shots of brandy. The bartender, used to seeing all kinds of pain, raised an eyebrow and asked if he was having a tough day. The man just sighed and said he had just discovered that his father was gay.
The next evening, the same man returned, his spirit looking even more crushed. He placed the same order for six double brandies. When the bartender asked what fresh hell had occurred, the man confessed that he had just learned his son was also gay. He seemed completely overwhelmed by the news.
On the third day, the man appeared again, looking utterly broken. He asked for the usual without any hesitation. The bartender, now deeply curious, leaned over the counter and asked if anyone in his family liked women at all. The man finished his first drink in one gulp and muttered that yes, his wife certainly did.
In a different part of town, an older gentleman with a weathered face walked into another bar. He ordered a simple beer and struck up a conversation with the bartender, who asked what he did for a living. The man proudly declared he was a cowboy and described his life of herding cattle.
A little while later, a woman walked in and sat near him. When the bartender asked her the same question, she said she was a lesbian. She explained that from the moment she woke up to the moment she went to sleep, her thoughts were constantly occupied by women. The old cowboy listened intently, sipping his beer.
He soon paid his tab and left that bar. He wandered into a different bar down the street, where a new bartender asked him what he did. The old man thought for a long moment, then replied that while he had started the day as a cowboy, he was now fairly certain he was a lesbian.
