Sam & Max's Relationship

[GuruGuru214]

To be fair, that's also how it works out in real life half the time. Hell, my best friend and I are a Straight Will and Grace, and I'm the Unlucky Childhood Friend.

[Lena_P]

You know, sometimes I feel guilty for still being single at 27 (I'm a girl! We're not supposed to be afraid of commitment!), but then I read something like that and realize there are worse things than emotional immaturity.

[Avistew]

Originally Posted by Lena_P

You know, sometimes I feel guilty for still being single at 27 (I'm a girl! We're not supposed to be afraid of commitment!), but then I read something like that and realize there are worse things than emotional immaturity.

Why would you feel guilty? At your age, my husband hadn't even held hands with the opposite gender if you exclude family members.
Did you go out of your way to kick people you loved out of your life or something? Because otherwise, really, if you don't meet someone you like, you don't.

[Lena_P]

No, no, no! Nothing like that! It's just that after I turned 16 people asked me if I had a boyfriend, and then after I was 20 it became do you have a boyfriend yet? Not my dad's side of the family or close friends, but just about every other person I'm acquainted with. I don't really feel guilty about it, it's just that there is kind of this feeling that I've done something wrong by not having had a romantic relationship.

[GinnyN]

I don't have a boyfriend either (I'm 25 :P). My mom and relatives don't even asked me about it, but looks like my Granma asks to my Mom about it. All the time. Full stop.

But, if you wanna know, I have a cousin who got recently married who is, at least, 10 years older than me. That must say something.

[Avistew]

Haha, don't worry about that. When you have a boyfriend (I don't mean you. Feel free never to have any, it's not like it's a requirement or anything. I meant people in general) they ask you when you're getting married or why you're not married yet and either accuse him "if he hasn't proposed yet he's fooling around with you" or you "you must have done something wrong!".
Then when you're married people ask how many children you have, then are shocked, ask why you don't have any yet, and why you got married if you don't even have kids.

And from what I heard, if you have one child and don't plan on having more, you're bombed with questions of why you don't have another child yet, and comment as to how it's cruel not to give your child siblings. Which I find hilarious considering among my childhood friends, all the single children were delighted not to have siblings, and all the ones with siblings (me included) wish they never had any.

Anyway, I guess some people have a very closed vision of life, with a specific pattern and specific steps that everyone has to go through, in a specific order, at a specific time, and for some reason they're not only surprised but sometimes offended that you're not following that pattern.

Meh. Live your own life on your own path. I understand it's annoying though, but hey, you're not going to do all this stuff just to make people shut up, anyways .

[jaden551]

what a long way of saying " don't worry about a thing 'cause every little thing is gonna cause questioning"

[Avistew]

Originally Posted by jaden551

what a long way of saying " don't worry about a thing 'cause every little thing is gonna cause questioning"

Thx.

[kane]

O so you one of the person I herd of mien when I was 5 everyone side I was rile macho and shed sham person like 50 is not a macho so don't worry

[onionmaster]

If Steve didn't intend for them to come across as gay, then they aren't. It's as simple as that. Personally I just think both characters are asexual and Max just has an unconnected hatred of women, which is common amongst people with his psychopathic nature. But really, they're detectives, they shouldn't be doing that sort of thing at the workplace.

I think it is a sad world where every relationship has to be seen as sexual. It was definitely not like this when I was growing up.

[kane]

well max is a pharidox in episode 1 of season 3 he acts like he likes girls a rand Ms Bosco

[Lena_P]

I'm beginning to suspect that some people aren't reading any of the posts and are just assuming that a discussion of Sam and Max's relationship runs along the lines of "Oh my god, I so think they r gay, don't u? They never kiss with girls and Max has no pants, u know what thatmeans, lol!"

Seriously people, when Telltale finally has a gay character I don't think they'll hide him/her behind an ambiguous relationship.

[GinnyN]

And that without taken the account the half of gay jokes are related of what the other people think about always see them together and the other half are just conversations that can be assumed but also cannot and still make sense.

[Lena_P]

Seriously, Max doesn't even have visible genitalia or any kind of abdominal orifice for that matter! Huh. Now I'm wondering how he poops.

[kane]

you don't what to you don't need to no and in max words it nun of you dame bigness

[Avistew]

"Doesn't wear pants" is listed as a sign of gender (namely male) in TV Tropes. And it's not uncommon in cartoons. Max is completely naked, which isn't uncommon either. Even among other anthropomorphic animals who aren't naked (Looney Toones, anyone?).

Lena's question reminds me of how the 1001 Dalmatians movie disturbed me when it came out. The posters had digitally modified puppies and it was very weird to look at.

[Ezny]

They've been friends since they were little kids, and have stuck together through the years. Pretty simple really. Any joke about them being gay for each other is simply for comedic value and doesn't have any real meaning.

[splash1]

Sam & Max are obvious life long friends, just because Max wears no clothes doesn't mean he's a homo. Besides, he buys a jacket in the near future!! And Maximus wears clothes.

[Giant Tope]

Originally Posted by splash1

Sam & Max are obvious life long friends, just because Max wears no clothes doesn't mean he's a homo.

no homo

[KuroShiro]

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Sigh.