The OFFS Awards: Mancations  Are you having a hot bromance with
another dude? Well, grab your beach towel and slip on your
mandals, because it's time for a mancation!  There were two
spinster sisters who lived in the first floor apartment of my
grandmother's rowhouse in Queens; Clara and Marie had lived in
that apartment since their childhood, and neither of them had
ever married or ever had children. When Clara died, Marie, then
in her 80s, suddenly started going grocery shopping and on
dinner dates with a man named Frank. Frank was referred to as
Marie's "gentleman friend."  When I worked at a real estate
office on the weekends in high school, back when Jesus was still
riding dinosaurs, there was a realtor who everyone (except the
boss) knew was gay. Fred's roommate and BFF sometimes came into
the office with him on Saturdays, while I was there working the
phones and dying of boredom. He was introduced to me as Fred's
"gentleman friend."  Basically, what I'm saying is that
"manfriend" reminds me of the anti