Four friends, who hadn"t seen each other in 30 years, reunited at 
a party . 

After several drinks, one of the men had to use the rest room. 

Those who remained talked about their kids. 

The first guy said, "My son is my pride and joy. He started working at 
a successful company at the bottom of the barrel. He studied Economics 
and 
Business Administration and soon began to climb the corporate ladder 
and now he"s the president of the company. He became so rich that he 
gave his best 
friend a top of the line Mercedes for his birthday." 

The second guy said, "Darn, that"s terrific! My son is also my pride 
and joy. He started working for a big airline, then went to flight 
school to 
become a pilot. Eventually he became a partner in the company, where he 
owns the majority of its assets He"s so rich that he gave his best 
friend a brand new jet for his birthday." 

The third man said: "Well, that"s terrific! My son studied in the best 
universities and became an engineer. Then he started his own 
construction company and is now a multimillionaire. He also gave away 
something very nice and expensive to his best friend for his birthday: 
A 30,000 square foot mansion." 

The three friends congratulated each other just as the fourth returned 
from the restroom and asked: "What are all the congratulations for?" 

One of the three said: "We were talking about the pride we feel for the 
successes of our sons. ...What about your son?" 

The fourth man replied: "My son is gay and makes a living dancing as a 
stripper at a nightclub." 

The three friends said: "What a shame... what a disappointment." 

The fourth man replied: "No, I"m not ashamed. He"s my son and I love 
him. And he hasn"t done too bad either. His birthday was two weeks ago, 
and he received a beautiful 30,000 square foot mansion, a brand new jet 
and a top of the line Mercedes from his three boyfriends."