An old friend, who happens to be a straight man, sent me an email this morning that said, “You have no idea how complicated being a straight man has become in this day and age!” along with the following New York Times article about the perils of two straight men going out to dinner together - alone.

The Man Date
Other restaurant red flags include coat checks, busboys who ask, “Still or sparkling?” and candles, unless there is a power failure. All of those are fine, however, at a steakhouse. “Your one go-to is if you go and get some kind of meat product,” explained James Halow, 28, who works for a leveraged buyout firm in San Francisco.