Question about urinal etiquette -- gay & str8 peeing next to each other

Yes i couldnt have said it better myself.

Snakey, I have know a LOT of people in my lifetime... a lot.

I've never ever known one single person who didn't pee on a regular basis. I don't know why people get so worked up about it.

If you need to brush up on you urinal etiquette, this may help.

The Urinal Game Funny Game

I found this a while back and though it was funny (although it is true)

The fact that you even thought of this speaks volumes. Since I hate hurting peoples feeling, I understand youre concern.

I understand why you'd ask yourself this question. I've always been kind of modest that way and will default to a stall if one is available when there is someone else at the urinals. So I've occasionally felt funny about it, too. In my case, I have come to feel that if they want to think I'm weirdly modest, then that's ok with me. I think in your case, if you had gone a couple stalls away, they might have just thought you were modest. I guess they could have thought you didn't want to "be next to the gay guys" but chances are they might not have, too.

Try to understand, it could have made them uncomfortable, too. It does me, sometimes if I am forced to be at a urinal next to a guy I presume to be straight. I believe I might think about this as much as you do. I'm more concerned that somehow I have a sign on my back that says "GAY!!!!" and they're going to be uncomfortable being next to me. Or worse yet, what if I accidently catch a glimpse of their dick? I am just like you in that I don't want to make the straight guys uncomfortable! (And really, I don't think it's obvious that I'm gay.) For me, it's just a lot simpler to use a stall and if they want to think anything, it's just that I'm modest.

The hint of discomfort you noticed could, you know, have been their own feeling that YOU might be uncomfortable, since you know they're gay.

This another link to help you with the correct "Mens Room Etiquette. hope it helps.
YouTube - Male Restroom Etiquette

Watch and learn

Smartalk

I kinda think that it's funny that if you have straight friends you pee away from them, (which most guys do so no one thinks they're gay and looking) but when faced with this situation, you self-guilted yourself into standing next to them. I find it even funnier, because if you had peed a couple urinals away, they wouldn't have thought anything about it. It was a bit odder that you peed next to them. They probably only peed next to each other because they are a couple and they could chat. I agree with someone else who said it, treat your gay friends just like you would treat everyone else and if you find yourself treating your gay friends better, treat everyone better. Now you know you can pee next to your straight friends, good for you.

Do Like Uncut's Cock Alot.

Yes it's such a private thing isnt it ? Then we are doing it in front of a total stranger. So i think most men go in there and do what they have to do and thats it.

I'm gay and I don't look at other guys dicks at the urinal. I feel it's a private time for everyone.

I bet Sen. Craig wishes that they had separate gay and straight restrooms...would have solved his problems. LOL.

I don't use urinals, they're base.

Dammit, I wanted to post this! XD Anyways, I'm too afraid to look at another guy's dick. I don't even have the urge to look unless I'm both horny and the guy is attractive.

I think it depends on where this restroom is and who you're in there with. A total stranger who happened to enter at the same time or maybe was there first might not expect (or want) another guy too close while pissing. But if you're with friends, gay or straight, walking too far away is wierd in itself, especially if you're having a conversation about the movie you just watched.
Now in a bar, there's usually only 1 or 2 pissers and maybe 1 toilet in the whole restroom, so you go and do what you have to, nevermind who's there. But in a bar or club, everyone's usually drinking and feeling good, so even the prudes can chill out enough to piss next to the gay man with the big dick.
Always consider the context. All in all, I think you handled the situation well.

No, you just hike your leg and pee on the nearest tree, right?

Jutadawg: There is no right answer to your question. I would have used a urinal that was a few down from them. I used to be really piss shy when I was younger, and have outgrown most of it. Oddly enough, I would have an easier time pissing right next to a stranger than someone I know.