I re-read this and was honestly expecting to see the same thing I felt when I first read it
.. there are many concepts relating to love. And just like how many people have a way of life they also have they're own choices as well.
Some people may be straightforward but others really do struggle when it comes to certain matters..say how Gene said it was difficult to come out or to try to identify himself(many people struggle with that) but Trevor dismissed it as something simple(because he said it was common in his perspective).
It's very hard to do certain things that people find easy and I don't think we should blame people for that. You may also have a certain flaw which you'd like to get rid of ,when you see other people who don't struggle with yours ,you either get jealous or envious or humbled or reserved..the same way you're good at something somebody else is bad at and you immediately forget you once struggled with yourself at one point and gloat (Even to yourself) how good you are at it.
Yes,it is sort of frustrating or humbling or opens up new perspectives but you really should let people take their time..after all it's not you is it?
...Also Gene not going back to his village,is flipping great!
Yeet