"I'm sure gay people exist" I say to a guy I know is gay.

Yeah, fucking word. (Feel free to exchange specifics any day, god knows I have them.)

I think part of the reason it took me so long to self-identify as asexual was because nobody bothered to mention aromanticism, which is much more immediately applicable to me. (Eventually I decided that there are definitions of asexuality that I fit under, but that came later.) There's not much cultural modeling for…

*hugs*

That was my read on it as a kid, too.

Gotcha. Sorry, I was in a mood and I don't think I really absorbed what you were saying.

Appreciate it, PG.

I knew a 20-something a few years ago who confided to me that she dated girls and only girls partially because she was absolutely terrified of getting pregnant. (She's now married to the woman she was dating at the time, so that might have just been some relationship insecurity speaking.)

How DARE you want representation! You don't deserve representation until you've had your face bashed in your being who you are!

Good comment/username synergy.

Hey, there are some upsides…like not having to worry about STDs or unplanned pregnancy!

Oh definitely. Highlight of the film, along with Amy Adams' wardrobe.

Thank you so much.

I think I love him.

It was ludicrous, but I still love that book.

I love it, because it nails that critical window for kids who grew up using computers and then the early web just in time to be comfortable with them but not to take them for granted. That makes us very different from people who were adults by the time it was no longer possible to live a computer-free (and later, an…

You're a bad person.

When my sister did JET, she said she regularly got pulled over by the cops when she was on her bike. She's blonde, and apparently, there was a Russian bike stealing ring operating in the area. She doesn't look the eensiest bit Russian, but when you're one of the only Causasian blondes in town, and the cops aren't…

Hah! My sister was in Toyama for JET. She said it was the boonies, and that it was known for its clean air and water, making it a great place to raise kids, but utterly boring to visit.

That's amazing! Good luck.