I don't read it as "their lifestyle was so different [because they were lesbians]" - it just sounds like it was different regardless of their sexuality. Like I'

I don't read it as "their lifestyle was so different [because they were lesbians]" - it just sounds like it was different regardless of their sexuality. Like I'm very technically minded, but I have friends who are super into arts and spiritual stuff - I'd say our lifestyles are very different, but if I said "I have a pair of gay friends and our lifestyles are very different" you could get the wrong message and think I'm insinuating that it's because they are gay.