We recently decided wer'e going to do the city hall thing. We've been together for years, and neither of us are particularly interested in the whole giant ceremony nightmare. Or really being married at all. But the VA won't put my name on the home loan otherwise. If/when we decide to tell everyone about it, we've…

It's horrible bullshit that he still has a job, but in a slight defense of everything reasonable, he was censured for this and I think at least one other case, has had his docket pulled and I believe they are working on pulling him from the bench permanently. I'll try to double-check later (I'm out on a smoke break at…

Seriously, they may as well rename AP US History "The Koch Brothers Presents America the Beautiful: How White People Made Yesterday's Resources into Tomorrow's Multinational Corporations or: How Minorities Should Just Fucking Learn to Settle For Scraps Already Jeez, Brought to You By Miss USA and THE CONSTITUTION,…

Ha! I just made the same point about the military in another comment. My SO was in the army before we met and it's one of his verbal tics that drives me crazy. Mostly because I worry other people won't realize it's not a sexist thing. I wonder if I would even notice it if we had been together while he was still in,…

I absolutely agree. I have to stop myself from constantly badgering Tomkittykiin about using "female" and "male." It's a verbal tic he picked up from the army and I know he isn't using it to be offensive to either sex, but not everyone knows that and it makes me crazy to think someone might believe he's being a…

You should sooooo identify as the King of France! And I'll identify as the Queen of Woodland Creatures! And we can hold hands and skip through the fields of prancing unicorns!

Yeah, seriously. I have heard every single one of these. I also like the "you're part of the reason men feel entitled to proposition lesbians." You know what, I'm sorry a man asked you out. Clearly my existence is the problem and definitely not male privilege. I'll just go jump off a bridge to iron out the kinks in…

This. I really want to get involved with a bi support group or something, but I can't find one, at least not in my area. I've actually thought about starting an online community at the very least, but I'm organizitionally incompetent, and don't have the least idea of how to begin. If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to…

I stayed quiet about my sexuality for a while after I moved to a new city for this very reason. All I can say is to follow your instincts, if you know a person well enough, their reaction probably won't surprise you (although sometimes it does). I've seen quite a few people here worried about coming out, and I can't…

I'm also in a place in my life to be comfortably "out" and I agree that even though it's not really my inclination, I feel that given my geographical location (Texas), it's really important to be vocal.There are so many shitty people who put forward really spurious claims about sexuality around that there isn't…

This. I so feel you. It doesn't even just happen in relationships with men, either. One of my former partners came out as a trans woman while we were dating (I had known since before we started going out, but no one else in our circle did) and some of our friends were like "oh, now you can admit you're a lesbian."…

I've been out since I was fifteen, and have datedall over the spectrum. Currently in a relationship with a bi male. Attempting to explain that just because we look like a straight couple doesn't actually make it so is the bane of our existences. Add this to the fact that we're poly and not really interested in hiding…

I totally read that as his full name. Jesus Albert Einstein. And I loved every second of it. I may start referring to him as such.

...Now I really want to print this out and edit it. Possibly according to the AP style book, despite it being a work of (really bad) fiction. And maybe diagram some sentences.

Yeah, I work with a woman who came from a strict religious homeschooled background and the first thing she did when she went away to college was make a list of everything she wasn't allowed to watch or read growing up and then start going through it. You don't prevent your kids from actually seeing any of this stuff…

It's a good thing you didn't, because I'm a rather strict adherent of Tezcatlipoca, and I wouldn't want to start a religious war here on Jezebel.

Yeah, she's awful. It was funny, though, they had a... I guess you could call it a debate, maybe? Between her and Sara Eckel from the Date Report, and Clare Fallon from HuffPo, who had both written posts about how ridiculous she is, and when confronted by actual facts (like how the older and more educated the woman,…

Lol! I counter your "Southern Mom" with "Elderly Slavic Aunts" and "Texas (sort of) Mother in Law." I feel ya. And also now I want to play pokemon for some reason.

The BRING IT BITCH! stare down is my favorite part of this. She gets so aggressive at the end of the clip.

Love that gif. One of the many, many reasons I don't have children is because I'm pretty positive I'd be Lucille Bluth. Except with less money. But probably more vodka, which I would probably consider a fair trade.