Oh, the Bear Men and the Church Folk Must Be Friends:)

[mrdreamjeans]

The song lyric and tune from Oklahoma ... "Oh the cowboys and the farmers must be friends" ... was floating through my head as I attended texwriterbear's holiday gathering last evening in Houston. As Sean indicated in his post, it was the first time his friends in the bear and church communities had mixed. He didn't need to worry; nice folks are nice folks.

I was standing in the living room near the food table when two of Sean's straight male friends started talking pro football. I chimed in about the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre taking over the all time record for passing yards that afternoon; how the Cleveland Browns won their game 8-0 in a blizzard ... I had to chuckle at the expression on their faces. I guess Gay men aren't supposed to know about sports:) The two groups came together over the gift exchange and it was a truly fun evening. Thanks to Sean for including me! (By the way, I especially loved the caesar salad stuffed deviled eggs contributed by goofycubb!)

One of the joys of the evening was getting to meet Sean's lovely lady friends and an equal number of handsome bears. Here are a few photos of people who love Sean, my "big bear in the city correspondent".


tallted and Keith


Tammie and Joe


rich1017, kjuncowby and cubbeartx


Our host, texwriterbear, Perry and Johnny


Toni


goofycubb


Anna


Melissa with her Texas A&M photo collage, created by Sean

Comments

[texwriterbear.livejournal.com]

I am so happy you had a good time, and what amazing pictures. Thanks for taking the time to make it to the party and thank you so much for the present.
HUGS

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I was afraid I'd forget someone's name, so if you want to let me know who is who, I'll caption the pix. I know goofycub, kjuncowby, talled and Keith, but didn't want to mess up otherwise:)

Just remember I'm always there for ya, Bubba! HUGS!

[rock-bear.livejournal.com]

damm the straight guys blend in so well these days!

[pagerbear.livejournal.com]

Or as we used to sing it, "Oh, the chorus and the techies should be friends!"

And thank you so much for that ear worm! **humming "Territory folks should stick together, territory folks should all be friends....."**

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

There's something really fun about singing the rhythm of "territory":)

HUGS!

[kjuncwby.livejournal.com]

Great pics bud !!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

That's because I got your handsome mug in there! :)

[kjuncwby.livejournal.com]

awwwwww

[gryphons-hole.livejournal.com]

Looks and sounds like a great time!

On the sports front, work as the same on going topic, which every. single. person. in. the. place! Except me. I don't think I have to worry, but I keep thinking at some point someone is gonna ask me...

The only response that runs through my head...?

I see your lips moving - and I know you are speaking English - but all I hear is "Blah blah blah..."

LOL

I am silly.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

LOL! I hear you! I'm that way about, hunting, golf, auto racing and boxing. My eyes glaze over and I try to steer the conversation to HGTV and decorating programs. I just happen to like football, college basketball, swimming, tennis and skating. Hell, I just like stats! :)

Did you start reading "blah, blah, blah, when you saw what I wrote? Hehehe

HUGS!

[gryphons-hole.livejournal.com]

Not so completely...

I read:
I chimed in about the Green Bay BLAH and BLAH BLAH taking over the all time record for BLAH BLAH that afternoon; how the Cleveland Browns won their game 8-0 in a blizzard ...

Notice how I understood every bit of the second part.






I am from Cleveland. One of the few things I understand about football, is what it takes to do it in a blizzard.

LOL

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

And here I thought you'd tune in when the words "Brett Favre" appeared:) There aren't too many men who are sexier than the stubble-bearded Favre.

Living in this part of Texas, blizzard usually means I've gone to Dairy Queen. Ha!

[cimarrondfw.livejournal.com]

Thanks, again, Neil. I've reached out to texwriterbear as you suggested a long time ago. Hugs!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Most excellent! Sean is good people and we share a birthday!

HUGS!

Oh, the Bear Men and the Church Folk Must Be Friends

[tkn1114.livejournal.com]

. Why?

. There is a definite "look of Houston" in these pix :-)

. I was standing in the living room near the food table when two of Sean's straight male friends started talking pro football. - in a word, painful.

. I chimed in about the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre taking over the all time record for passing yards that afternoon; how the Cleveland Browns won their game 8-0 in a blizzard ... - I'll make you wear corduroy overalls and hold a shovel or whatever gardeners hold if you ever do this at my party!

. I had to chuckle at the expression on their faces - and how did they know you were gay? Did you look gay? Did you swish? Did you wear anything that would have suggested you were... GAY??? If so, WHAT?

Sigh, I would have liked to see the look on their faces when you comment on the family jewels of the various players - passionately as they do the football. But then you wouldn't do that. Would cha???

I, otoh, would have gone one step further and asked them if theirs match up :-)

Re: Oh, the Bear Men and the Church Folk Must Be Friends

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

RE the title, I was joking, my friend:) Sean was having a gathering where two equally loved parts of his life were merging for the first time. We wanted him to be comfortable and the party a success.

I really like to talk football ... I watch it all the time ... I look fetching in overalls:)

They didn't know if I was gay or not ... However, they didn't know me from church. At first, all the bears were in the kitchen and all of the church folks were in the living room. Eventually, the two groups began to interact and it was very fun.

I wouldn't talk about the family jewels of the players. It would be out of character, as I don't talk about the family jewels of anyone. They are precious just as they are encased in their bulging white jocks ... LOL!

AND of course you would have taken it one step further:)

HUGS!

AND of course you would have taken it one step further

[tkn1114.livejournal.com]

Oh, why not? Life's too short for not having fun? :-)

[abearius.livejournal.com]

Do you use ball-bearing wrist attachments when you talk about pro sports? The flying hands and silibabt 'S'ses make it al the funnier. :-)

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Well, I always have them available for the straight boys to use or in demostrations of restraints:)

HUGS!