On Future In-Laws, Appealing Coworkers, and Lesbians With Interests (?!)
@S. Elizabeth I mean, I did acknowledge that what LW4 brings up is a real thing, and I offered her advice for how to deal with it. Part of that advice was "maybe try not to let it bug you so much, it's pretty understandable." You're kind of coming at me, in this here comment thread, like I suggested that she is a terrible lesbian for not caring about Emily versus Amy. (TRUE CONFESSION: My partner had to explain to me who Emily and Amy are. It turns out they are in a band?) She is not a terrible lesbian, she's just holding her conversational partners to unreasonable standards for first-time social interaction. If you meet queer people at queer events, they're gonna want to talk about queer things! This should change when you get to know them better! If it doesn't, whoops, you accidentally dated a boring girl! Better luck next time! I just... I just don't know what else there is to say.
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On Future In-Laws, Appealing Coworkers, and Lesbians With Interests (?!)
@S. Elizabeth @everyone in general Yeah, I should have mentioned: LW4's issue is much more likely to be A Thing when you are young. Newly-out queers, well, they're just SO FUCKING EXCITED about being queer! Especially in college, when all of a sudden there are Other Queers around! And isn't it so amazing that now we can talk about All The Queer Things! So I do understand LW4's frustration, if she's in that environment. I just think the solution is still the same: be patient with them, understand that small talk is always weird, take them by the hand and lead them into the fertile valley of all the other things there are to talk about.
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On First Loves, Breakup Guilt, and Rainbows Painted With Watercolors
@S. Elizabeth YES WE CUNNILINGUS.
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On First Loves, Breakup Guilt, and Rainbows Painted With Watercolors
@Alexander Send me your questions, I'll answer whatever! A few weeks back I gave someone advice on being vegetarian. (I mean, I'll answer anything I feel qualified to answer, so mostly stuff about Feelings, I guess? Or clothes, or beer, or books. If you write to me like "How can I become an astronaut?" I will not have a lot to offer you.) Also, thank you for the compliment!
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On Gowns Unfit for Promenade
@femme cassidy Also, WE KNOW THAT YOUR NAME IS CANDACE.
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On Gowns Unfit for Promenade
@teffodee Seriously, Kandy, we all know you got Botox, so just climb down off your high horse about what is and is not natural.
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On Gowns Unfit for Promenade
Unsurprisingly, what bugged me the most was the "no piercings, no visible tattoos" part. For real? You can take 17-year-old me's eyebrow ring when you pry it from her cold, dead... eyebrow! And my best friend would have had to wear elbow-length sleeves! Why the hell?
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On Gowns Unfit for Promenade
@MoxyCrimeFighter Oh, that just makes me think about the beginning of
"Camp" and feel sad. They probably would have allowed it at my high school, though. We had a male prom queen my junior year.
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On Gowns Unfit for Promenade
@The Everpresent Wordsnatcher Safety pins were an integral part of my junior prom ensemble. Safety pins, a black vintage (haha, I mean thrift-store) dress with the skirt all ripped up, and black fishnets. LET ME COUNT THE WAYS I would not have been allowed into any of these proms.
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On Future In-Laws, Appealing Coworkers, and Lesbians With Interests (?!)
@femme cassidy EVERYONE IS A GOOD LESBIAN! Unless you got confused and actually started masticating your living room rug. Then you have some issues to clear up.