Identity Crisis

“Ching, you are a secretive person.” Jimmy, the assistant cook, said after the topic of relationships were depleted.
“Me?” I asked. Surprise, evident in my tone. “About what?”
“About your love life.” He replied.
“That’s because I don’t have a love life.” I calmly reasoned out.
“Like we’ll believe that.” He snorted. “You’re lying.”
“Now, why am I lying?” I asked really curious.
“With that face, it’s impossible that you didn’t have a boyfriend.”
“What face?”
“That kind of face you have. It's a face saying "I have a couple of boyfriends in my pocket." And one more thing, it's your personality."
"What? That I'm weird?"
"No. It's just that you easily befriend anybody despite their social status." Matet added.
"Eh?" was my only reaction.
"Okay. Let's take a vote," Jimmy started "who thinks Ching has a boyfriend?"
Everybody raised their hands.
"You see how talkative I am?" I pointed out, "It's impossible that I could hide something like that. It should have slipped a long time ago."
"But you are secretive." Jimmy pushed his point.
"I'm not secretive when it's about me." I argued.
"You could be just hiding your boyfriend from your Dad."
"Excuse me, I'm allowed to have a boyfriend."
"Maybe he's poor."
"I really don't have a boyfriend. Didn't it entered your mind that I could be a lesbian?"
Then there was silence. Everyone was giving it a thought. I was like "Oh my they took it seriously." Except for Matet who readily answered.
"Yeah, you could be a lesbian."
"Ching could be a lesbian in progress." Jimmy said. "But meet the right guy... she'll turn totally the other way around."
"Okay," I said while doing a weighing motions with both of my hands "which is heavier on the scale to you, that I could be a lesbian or I have a boyfriend hidden somewhere in some cave?"
Matet was the first one to gave a ready answer. Again.
"Lesbian!"
"Come on guys. Lesbian or Player?" When there wasn't anymore forthcoming answer.
Then the vote came out as three to one. One being a player. Looking at the tally I said, "Okay. I'll leave it at that."

Then Jimmy said "You can never get a boyfriend here."
"Why not?" I asked.
"Because the guy would go like this..." Jimmy dramatized "Larry Lu is her Dad? Oh. Nevermind."
Then everyone gave a sighed "So true..."