I've SEEN it happen with my own eyes, more than once. In gay bars to guys.

U street, Adams Morgan, Eastern Market, Friendship Heights. Enjoy.

We had a regular couple at one restaurant I worked who were South Asian (not sure which country they were originally from, but based on their accents I'm willing to bet they had been born elsewhere) who we used to legit fight over. When they'd walk in, the servers' eyes would all simultaneously light up.

Not a LOT of nostalgia, especially for the 'I was at your last appointment and your doctor did NOT say you can skip your damn blood pressure pills, just take them already!' ones. A bit more for her solemn declarations on what I should do (or wear, or or or...) that I smiled and nodded at, then did what I was gonna do…

"And the fun of fashion isn't looking skinny—it's looking good." Perfection.

Yeah, she was a tough dame. I miss her. Gods help me, I even kinda miss fighting with her to put her damn hearing aids in. (not a lot, she was stubborn as fuck and so am I, the battles got EPIC)

Yaasss. I find it generally keeps everyone a healthy distance from me. I tend to have a personal bubble that extends several miles from my body, so the more space the better. Isn't kinda sad that we have to look like we're completely deranged to get a little respect for our personal time?

one saturday night, i was on an after-midnight train from glasgow to edinburgh and the carriages were jam-packed with drunks, standing room only. my carriage was filled with rowdy late teen/early 20s boys, a few sober people shrinking into themselves and hunkering down for an unpleasant journey, and a lesbian couple…

You are not entitled to anything from a stranger on the subway. Just think about how this sounds for a minute.

Personally, I would be pissed if someone asked me what I was reading on the subway, straight up. It's not your business and I think a fundamental part of human decency is for men to leave women alone, ESPECIALLY if they are reading, listening to headphones, etc, which are all indications that clearly state, "I am not…

Strangers who want to have conversations with other strangers will not go back to reading, have earbuds in, ask you to leave them alone, turn away, look out the window, sigh, roll their eyes, etc. The people who ignore that so they can have their conversation, partner's consent be damned, are who ruined conversations…