If you avoid people because they might someday cause you pain, you are also avoiding all the laughter, the happiness and love they can bring about your life. It’s a risk, indeed. But trying to survive alone is too hard, and part of a human experience is to be a part of a society, to feel close, sheltered, protected and being able to the same for others.
my dad, teaching me how to grill: now the heat takes care of a lot but if you were really homophobic you might be looking at the thing, asking yourself, is this clean?
me, desperately keeping a straight face: dad do you mean germophobic