Comment by dawhizkid

As a gay man in SF I only just realized how different your social experience is vs a straight male i.e. because gay men are, on average, less likely to have kids, there is never a point in time (i.e. 30ish) when all your friends start getting married, having kids, moving out of expensive urban centers, settling down, etc. On the one hand it feels like you can (if you choose) live out your 30s, 40s like a straight person would live out their 20s since more of your gay friends will be in the same boat and thus maintain a social circle in a way that might be harder if you're straight. On the other hand, not everyone necessarily wants to live their adult lives like they do in their 20s.