Dear Prudence,
I am a 31-year-old straight single man. I have had a few “situationships” with women over the years (though I hate that term), but never a formal relationship, so the family has never met a girlfriend or date of mine. My mom seems to be fine with the idea that I’ll either figure it out later or remain single, but my stepdad is weirdly obsessed with the subject and constantly makes jokes about me being gay at family events. I don’t know if “jokes” is the right word because he really does seem to think I’m gay, even though I’ve said that I’m not.
I’m not gay, but if I were, I would be OK with being out and gay. But my stepdad’s jokes have been going on for so long now that extended family seem to be under the impression that I actually am gay and refer to me in conversation now as if it’s a known fact that I’m an out gay man. Is it weird that I’m annoyed about this? Should I say or do something to set the record straight?