[Jay31093]

Why is it that when two male friends are on the train or subway, they sit apart and talk to each other across the train even when there are available seats that would allow them to sit together?

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[Murray-C20215]

I am assuming you are implying that a man won’t sit next to another man on the train because they don’t want to give the other man the impression they are gay (or give other people the impression they are both gay). As a straight man, I can tell you it is mostly for comfort sake. When two men (whether they know each other or not) sit next to each other on those tiny seats, it gets kinda cramped. By sitting apart, there is a little more leg room. My best friend and I are over six feet tall, and sitting next to each other on the bus can be uncomfortable. The same goes for when going to the movies. We will keep one seat between the two of us, but if the theater is filling up, we will sit next to each other.

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[Dan27130]

At the movies, on the bus, or wherever else, the empty seat between two male buddies is where the invisible pretty girl sits. That is my solution to this riddle!

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[Paul30468]

Some guys do this in movie theatres too–can’t sit next to each other. My friends and I always figured that it’s because they feel that if they sit closer together, they may not be able to trust themselves. They might be to tempted to touch each other or something. So they’re avoiding temptation by putting some space between them. Another idea is that they feel that they’ll appear gay because they’re sitting ‘too’ close together. But this just seems too stupid and childish to even consider. So it must be the first answer.

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[Don]

That is the ‘I’m not gay seat’. Also, it is done for elbow room as well as leg room. We (most of us) also do the same thing in urinals, really.

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