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Rugby man woke up gay after stroke

UrbanChupacabra
UrbanChupacabra Posts: 541
edited November 2011 in Not Sports Related

For those who want to lose weight. From AOL news.

 

A 19-stone rugby player who suffered a stroke ditched his fiancee after claiming he woke up gay.

Chris Birch, 26, has since slimmed down to a lithe 11 stone, retrained as a hairdresser and moved in with a teenage boyfriend. He now works at J's Hair Salon in Ystrad Mynach, south Wales, after giving up his job in a bank.

The freak life-changing accident happened during a rugby training session when he attempted a back flip and broke his neck. His parents and girlfriend endured an anxious bedside vigil waiting to discover whether he would recover from the accident.

The man who eventually emerged was different in almost every way and found he hated sport and was no longer interested in women. Plans to get married and settle down were dropped as he embarked on a new life as an openly gay man.

"I was gay when I woke up and I still am," Mr Birch said, speaking from J' Hair Salon.

He has also detailed the life-changing impact of his stroke in a series of newspapers.

"It sounds strange but when I came round I immediately felt different. I wasn't interested in women any more," he is reported as saying.

"I had never been attracted to a man before - I'd never even had any gay friends. But I didn't care about who I was before, I had to be true to my feelings.

"Suddenly I hated everything about my old life. I didn't get on with my friends, I hated sport and found my job boring.

"I started to take more pride in my appearance, bleached my hair and started working out. I went from a 19-stone skinhead to an 11-stone preened man."

Comments

  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,292
    So, is he the only gay in the village.
  • felthamaddict
    felthamaddict Posts: 200
    Never liked that game
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    edited November 2011

    So he basically used a broken neck and a stroke as an excuse to admit that he always fancied a bit of c0ck

  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,271
    I saw this article in the Metro today and only had a pic of hims as is now.  I want to see a before and after?  ie. the 19 stone version.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,947
    image
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,567
    edited November 2011

    What would happen if he bangs his bonce again and wakes up straight......and then a few months later he bangs his head yet again and........well you know where this is going...LOL!!

    Personally I think he ought to buy himself a f'ing crash helmet, not a bottle of hair bleach!

  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,339
    LOL Soundas
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,089
    Was a picture in The Sun today.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,477
    Is this a Would ya?
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,947
    Is this a Would ya?
    You go first.

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,477
    Is this a Would ya?
    You go first.
    Bet you say that to all your dates.  No, thanks you're not my type Macronate but I hope we can still be friends ; - )
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,947
    Is this a Would ya?
    You go first.
    Bet you say that to all your dates.  No, thanks you're not my type Macronate but I hope we can still be friends ; - )
    Stop winkin' at me!
  • lancashire lad
    lancashire lad Posts: 15,700
    Henry's turn in the barrel?
  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730

    This happens to me quite regularly.

    Dont see what all the fuss is about.

  • Addicted
    Addicted Posts: 2,804
    It scales down as well. 

    I stubbed my toe this morning and ended up slapping a blokes arse on the bus
  • Granpa
    Granpa Posts: 2,995
    Hope his hearing is all right if they ask for a Blow dry.
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,799
    Well, if I'd broke my neck doing a back-flip I'm sure I'd probably wake up feeling a bit queer.

    Was it a fella that gave him the stroke? :-)
  • addick1965
    addick1965 Posts: 5,092
    A friend of mine lives in Ystrad Mynach i'll ask if she knows him
  • allez les addicks
    allez les addicks Posts: 1,433
    is he the only gay in the village?
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,339
    It scales down as well. 

    I stubbed my toe this morning and ended up slapping a blokes arse on the bus

    That made I larf!

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  • LouisMend
    LouisMend Posts: 5,486
    It scales down as well. 

    I stubbed my toe this morning and ended up slapping a blokes arse on the bus
    funniest thing i've read on here in a long time.
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,874
    I'd say he was probably always this way and used this as an excuse to come out
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Is it so very difficult to admit you are a hairdresser?
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,972
    edited November 2011
    Could be worse, you could break your neck and wake up as a palace fan...........

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