[Ali]

I am not sure why some people find gay people showing affection to be bad. Probably it is because of traditional negative views of homosexuals. I am a Lutheran and from the Midwest, so one would assume I am ultra-conservative, but I am not bothered by homosexual affection at all. I think a person's view of this is based on his or her upbringing. For example, I was raised to be tolerant of other people no matter what their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc. Also, I have an aunt who is a lesbian, so that also may influence me. I agree that some straight people show too much affection in public, and it is disgusting. I don't know why some people think that two straight people making out is not disgusting and that two homosexual people holding hands is. It doesn't make sense to me, either. I hope this gives you some consolation that not all straight people think homosexual affection is gross and that not all straight people like to show a lot of affection in public (my boyfriend and I only hold hands and hug). I also wish that people would not be so intolerant and judgmental.

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Name : Ali, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Lutheran, Age : 18, City : Iowa City, State : IA Country : United States, Occupation : College Student, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, 

[Ali]

I have never heard anyone make a comment like that before, but that is incredibly rude. When I lived at home, my family would not go to the grocery store often, and we would buy a lot of food to last for usually the whole month, so I see nothing wrong with stocking up on non-perishable food. In my opinion, it is just fewer trips to the store. Before I went off to college this fall, I lived only with my dad since my mother died. I was the oldest female in the family and took on her responsibilities. I did most of the major grocery shopping ever since I could drive. Even with my sister along to help, grocery shopping was tedious, and I did not enjoy it, so my sister and I used to buy a lot of food just so we didn't have to go back for a while. Also, as a college student now, it is even more important to stock up on food for my dorm room (since food service is not very good and usually leaves me hungry for real food), especially since I left my car at home and am not able to make many trips to the store.

As for your hypotheses: It may very well be a popular trend to go to the store often and not buy in bulk (and to not buy sale-priced or generic items) because trends among upper-middle class people tend to be getting more wasteful from what I have seen: eight-bedroom houses and three SUVs for a family of four, etc. It may be that they are just rude, because people are rude about a lot of other things besides that, like driving and waiting in line for fast food (working in fast food was horrible for me because of how rude and impatient people are). If they are trying to start a conversation, it is certainly not a good way to do so.

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Name : Ali, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Lutheran, Age : 18, City : Iowa City, State : IA Country : United States, Occupation : College Student, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, 

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