I used to be a Days fan, too, and stopped watching for the same reason you did. I really didn’t need the gay story lines.
The good news for both of us is that if we ever want to start watching again we can pretty much pick up right where we left off. Soap Time is Slow Time. The only thing that happens quickly is the little kids going from, like, 4 years old to 18 practically overnight. Gotta get them into adult storylines as soon as possible, I guess. Lol.
LOL I was channel surfing a few days ago and I see Tony Dimera..but wait, they were calling him Andre, they brought his twin brother back to the show LOL..but yeah as the saying goes in soaps, you can miss a year, tune in, and go from there you really missed nothing