tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77809599948603374322024-03-05T08:37:56.939-05:00So You Want to be a LESBIAN?Dyke Culture. Uncensored.Shannon1981http://www.blogger.com/profile/02551944959564453089noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780959994860337432.post-36381601764128953342013-11-18T03:29:00.001-05:002013-11-18T03:29:56.965-05:00Single Is Ok. Really. And Homophobic Doctors Suck.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heya Lady Lickerz!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It's Been awhile. Again. I know. I'm Sorry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Anyway, guess what happened to me? I had an</span> <span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">OMFG homophobic doctor</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">who kept asking me about sleeping with men and if I was</span> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i style="color: red;">sure </i>I didn't need birth control and all kinds of crazy shit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I mean, Oh em gee guyz, all I went in for was a </span><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Pap Smear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And that is likely why all hell broke loose. The bitch acted like because I am a lesbian I couldn't have <i>possibly </i>have ever had a pap smear before, even though I am 32 goddamned years old. Then, she proceeded to talk about </span><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Birth Control.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Though I had repeatedly assured her that men were nowhere in my past or future, she plowed on as if I hadn't spoken. I know that this is <i style="color: red;">not </i>standard procedure here at this supposedly LGBTQ affirming clinic, because I have seen other doctors there, and this line of thought/questioning has never happened. I will be complaining to my therapist about it tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Now that my doctor rant is out of the way, on to the point of this post. I am still single.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">But you know what? That's okay. Really. I am doing just fine. However, I have made some choices about what happens when I do finally go out on that all important next lesbian date.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Firstly, I am gonna relax and have a good time. I am looking for happily ever after, but, if she isn't it, that is okay too. Remember, being single is okay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Secondly, letting well- meaning friends in too early is, on the other hand, <i style="color: red;">not </i>okay. I get to decide when they get to meet my new lady, not them. Friends can often be the worst enemy of a new relationship. All in all, just have a good time at life, lesbos! Kapeesh? Until next time!! Muah!</span></div>
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Shannon1981http://www.blogger.com/profile/02551944959564453089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780959994860337432.post-85039906127257897002013-08-23T23:12:00.002-04:002013-08-24T11:57:30.821-04:00Dating, Fitness, And Other Life Jazz<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Heya, lady lovers! Well, I said I was back, and I meant it. I hope you all survived those few months without me without spontaneously combusting. But, now that I am back, my brain has had many light bulb moments when it comes to this place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You see, beautiful queers, I had forgotten how much I had missed writing this blog until I sat down, and, you know, </span><b style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-large;">WROTE. </b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I think I just needed to get to that settled headspace where I could just churn it all out like I used to, though, and I needed to take time to get there, and that's ok. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Well, aside from the stuff I mentioned before, I am totally committed to getting things back together, now that I am in a place to do it. I am now out of what had begun to turn into a toxic relationship with a total </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">No, seriously, girl fags, I let myself go in my absence here. I had lost all of my self- esteem somehow, and wound up with this chic who controlled the fuck outta me. She even took my bed off its beautiful frame, and said that was the only way she'd stay over. There was other stuff as well, of course, and eventually, I broke it off with her. After that, I decided to do some </span><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>SOUL SEARCHING.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Now, I am totally on a fitness kick, and I am just enjoying being single. Remember how </span><b style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-large;">OMFG </b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">every. single. post. seemed to be about finding the right girl or thinking I had found the right girl, only to have to tell y'all about (another) break up in the next post? Well, no more! I am working on <i style="color: red;">me, </i>homosexuelles, and there ain't nothing wrong with that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I am eating right, exercising, and loving myself more than ever. That brings me to the reason for this post, m'ladies. Ever get to where it feels like you're hunting for love, and it feels like finding it is</span><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b> OMFG THE ONLY THING</b></span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> that will make you happy?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Now listen to me, lesbos. There's a <i style="color: red;">reason </i>looking for happiness in that way never works. It's because you <i style="color: red;">have to be happy single before you can be happy coupled. </i>Now, for reals. Hear me out, dykes, because I know what I am talking about here. Know why so many queerelles go Uhaulin' off into the sunset, only to break up later?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Aside from the obvious- they likely moved too fast, too soon- the more important part is this: they weren't happy with themselves. Nah, for real, they weren't. Believe me, I've done it. Take my advice, join me on this self- improvement kick <i style="color: red;">before </i>you go hunting for Ms. Right. You know, become more well- read, or more in- tune with yourself and who you are.</span></div>
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Shannon1981http://www.blogger.com/profile/02551944959564453089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780959994860337432.post-12212299549874632522013-08-22T18:37:00.000-04:002013-08-22T18:37:47.138-04:00Guess Who's Back, Lesbos!<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I just took a long, unexplained absence, lovelies. Apologies. I do hope you all</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I deserve it, too, queermos. I won't go into too much detail, but let's just say I had some *ahem* <i style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">interesting </i>times before life settled down and I got my own place. Said times included living with an </span><b style="color: red; font-size: xx-large;">OMFG CREEPY CRAZY </b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Mormon chic </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Through all of this, I have been working furiously at <a href="http://liberalamerica.org/author/shannon/">Liberal America</a> and <a href="http://addictinginfo.org/author/shannon-barber">Addicting Info</a>, since I am, ya know, as always a</span></div>
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Shannon1981http://www.blogger.com/profile/02551944959564453089noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780959994860337432.post-88833639128551974952013-01-04T10:46:00.000-05:002013-01-04T10:50:01.221-05:00Have a Gay New Year!<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Happy New Year, my lovely lesbionic friends!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After this post you will, because I am about to tell you all how to make 2013 the year of the gay! Ok, so some people would say that 2012 was the year of the gay. After all, we got <span style="color: red;"><b>VICTORY IN ALL FOUR BALLOT MEASURE STATES</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Now, aside from these wonderful things that occurred on the equality side of things, did you know that there are ways to make your own life <i style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">even more gay </i>this year?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If you don't wanna go around looking like a dolled up gay Barbie doll, you can always get tasteful- and often non- rainbow- attire at one of the plethora of LGBT pride sites. Most of them support equality with some of their money, too. A good one is <a href="http://www.proudthreads.com/" style="color: red;">Proud Threads</a>. Here is a photo of one of their models in one of their seriously rad t-shirts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This kind of ties in with numero uno, but you really can do a little something to make yourself visible even without <i>wearing </i>something gay. Gay up your laptop or smartphone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Like me. So, right off the bat, I know she is rad! Turns out she is also incredibly kind,caring, funny, sweet, and loving. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Now, in addition to this awesome new life development, right up until the election, I was phone banking with <span style="color: red;">Marriage Equality USA.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So far, it has been an amazing experience. There is a wonderful LGBTQ Center, and I am on the membership committee! Wheeee for LGBTQ PRIDE!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Also, guess what? I am OMFG EATING HEALTHIER! Healthy food is in abundance here, and I can finally indulge my being a totally stereotypical lesbian and go all veggie on y'all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You heard right, lovely lessies. The more gay friendly environment means that more people nearby are out and proud, and, therefore, ready to hit up a screaming dyke like me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">But don't worry, this dykedellic place will always be my baby. I might lag sometimes, but I promise I'll always come back. It is important to have a platform though, which brings me to what inspired me to post here tonight. In my speaking out against the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Between that and freelance writing on <a href="http://surfaceearth.com/author/shannon1981">Surface Earth</a>, I have been one busy little dyke! Anyway, as usual, I am all over the net, promoting our cause, so you guys should like, totally check me out. I even gave you the link! Click!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I don't mean to sound harsh with that last line, lovelies, but I guess I am just way past tired of people telling me how wrong I am for that deal breaker. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">like me. But...<span style="color: red;"><b><i>how do you know if a girl is gay outside super gay environments? </i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">After all, Pride comes but once a year. The rest of the time, you have to <b style="color: red;">OMFG WORK </b>to find other lady lovin' ladies. Because, unfortunately, thanks to sheer numbers, the next chic you hit on outside the gay bar is probably going to be hopelessly </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>GASP!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">like hitting on a girl only to find out she's straight. She is off limits for obvious reasons, so this seemingly little detail is a huge deal. But..<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Never Fear! Gaydar is here.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">we still know. We always know. Chances are she knows you're queer, too. Yep, gaydar is real. No one knows what it is, we just know that it <i style="color: red;">is. </i>So what are you waiting for? Next time your gaydar goes off, just go for it! After all, the worst she can do is say no...and hey, we're all due for a happy ending...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">But...never fear! I have a rundown of great internet stuff that should be a staple in the online life of every proud dyke. Firstly, a new find: <a href="http://www.msmagazine.com/">Ms. Magazine.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Yep, lesbos, I am coming out of YouTube Exile. After four year of having no videos on the internet, I now have one up, and many more to come! Here is the first, And you better subscribe, ya hear?!?!?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Y'all know what I am talking about, right? Sometimes you just know, no doubts, no reservations. Looks <span style="color: red; font-style: italic;">very promising, </span>as this person embodies all the things I love about queer life and then some. Firstly, and most importantly, <span style="color: red;"><b>Atheism.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">that it is over until next year. However, I gotta say that our President's big announcement softened the <b style="color: red; font-size: xx-large;">GREAT GAY DEBATE </b>in my favor. That's right, dykes, you heard me right. President Barack Obama finally</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Well, what did this mean for Shannon, you ask? Well, it<i style="color: red;"> might</i>- notice I said <i style="color: red;">might</i>- mean that the tide is shifting in my favor where my mother is concerned. You see, dykes, for the longest,my mother was the world's biggest homophobe. She even once agreed with the likes of Maggie Gallagher</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and possibly saved not just the day, but our lives on this one. I hope his revelations had similar effects on other LGBT people struggling for acceptance from families.This will never be an easy issue, nor will it be one without pain. However, I hope it helps some of you at least remain on speaking terms with your relatives, rather than joining the growing number of Generation Xers who are cutting off all contact with their families. I know it helped me, so, from the bottom of my heart, thank you Mr.President.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">we lost. What they <i style="color: red;">don't </i>realize, though, is that the law of unintended consequences comes into play here. This law reaches far beyond effectively banning gay marriage, which was already illegal anyway, once and for all. It has consequences for <span style="color: red;"><b>all unmarried couples, heterosexual and homosexual alike. It even does the unthinkable and</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">cases against live- in abusive partners. It also means that families lose health benefits and any rights whatsoever- including children. In attempting to make something that was already illegal even more illegal </span><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">(how the hell do you do that anyway?) </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> out of hate, North Carolinians have effectively hurt anyone in the state who is not married. Thanks a lot, you hateful, ignorant fucks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">for Exhibit A on this issue. All the people who supported this lunacy have done is endanger the welfare of families around the state, the majority of which will turn out to be, via sheer force of numbers, gasp! </span><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>HETEROSEXUAL.</b></span></div>
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Shannon1981http://www.blogger.com/profile/02551944959564453089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780959994860337432.post-53725738193452220912012-05-02T07:02:00.000-04:002012-05-02T10:57:59.335-04:00Psychic Vampires: Are Your Friendships Draining You?<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Helloooo sweethearts! Hope you are all well. Y'all know I care about your well being, so today's post is on a topic that you might not even realize can be bad for you: <span style="color: red;">Friends.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I know, I know. Shocking right? Perhaps even angering. At this very moment, you might even be <span style="color: red;">raising your hackles,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">ready to defend one or more of your besties to the death. And that is a <span style="color: red;">good </span>thing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and that reaction definitely puts you into the good friend category. Never a bad thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">That being said, your being a good friend, <i><span style="color: red;">does not necessarily mean that your friends are good friends to you. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">or perhaps they even drive you to things like</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">They may even </span><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>Drain Your Finances</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">because they have no job or are too immature to give up a few luxuries in order to keep a few bucks, and they take advantage of your better money- managing skills, and constantly use you for the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">On and on. I get so sick of hearing it. Case in point: I am a stud. I am a boi. I am genderqueer. I bend. And I am attracted to other benders. Gimme a woman in a shirt and tie</span></div>
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">However, despite how hard and steadfast that boundary and others I might have are, dykes, even I have a hard time sticking to my guns. One such instance happened on a new website, <a href="http://shoe.org/">Shoe.org</a>, the other night. The girl I was talking to was perfect in every way. Firstly, she was <span style="color: red;">OMFG SMOKIN' HOT.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: left;">Well, lesbos, it is no secret to anyone who knows me that Shannon has dated a literal </span><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: left;">PARADE </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: left;">of women over the years. But,alas, for one reason or another, none of these relationships were meant to be. So, after a little while, I decided to take time off from the dating scene and hit the books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">However, there is something that I have been doing wrong, even <i style="color: red;">after </i>figuring out what I want. I have been assuming that I am headed toward settled-ville, a la a 21st century lesbian version of Lloyd and June Cleaver from the old <i>Leave It To Beaver </i>show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And run for the hills. Nope, not for Shannon, dykes. Wanna know what I <i style="color: red;">do </i>want? Well, whether ya wanna know or not, I am going to tell you. I want, first of all, a <span style="color: red;">gayborhood.</span></span></div>
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Shannon1981http://www.blogger.com/profile/02551944959564453089noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780959994860337432.post-11654166767356988072012-03-29T23:08:00.000-04:002012-03-29T23:08:47.934-04:00Series: Dykin' It Up: Episode 7: The Later in Life Lesbian<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Well, here's something a little different for the 7th installment in our Dykin' It Up series, 'mos. Today, we are going to talk about the <span style="color: red;">Later In Life Lesbian.</span></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I ran across a totally awesome blog by a truly rad later in life lesbian named Mary. She is the proprietor of <a href="http://www.gaygirldatingcoach.com/">Gay Girl Dating Coach</a>, and <a href="http://www.gaygirldatingcoach.com/mean-girls-club/">this</a> post grabbed me so much that I left several posts on her blog, as well as directed a couple of buddies in the same boat to her, and, of course, I am dedicating this post to her, because I think she offers a <i style="color: red;">very </i>healthy perspective on this issue. Most traditional, lifelong gays, including myself, have a hard time with dating someone whose story is so vastly different, and that's ok. As Mary says, we all take our own paths. However, there is a way to voice things without hurting others. Mary calls the dykes who turn their noses up in a rude way <span style="color: red;">Mean Girls.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Uncomfortable subject for some, yes I know. However, I have done it before, so I am finding myself wondering...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Yup,lessies, I suddenly realized in a flash...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>It doesn't need to be a deal breaker anymore. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">There is no reason for it. Back in the day, after trying this, I had <span style="color: red;">OMFG TERRIBLE SELF ESTEEM </span>because the relationship did not work out. I figured it was that old green- eyed monster rearing its ugly head.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">But then, I realized it wasn't that at all. It was that I, and my primary partner at the time, were not mature enough to follow the rules. That was a long time ago, though, and things are different now. I am all grown up and confident and know what I want and that jazz. So, dykes, I present to you...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>1) NO MEN.</b> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCyb88jhsi60VWCz-qso1fFtdZO85_06g46g0TJbSInx9MKYjZSvCPIRzy37XgWKCTGYtXdBVij6ZoQA2SqbXOXIxHntU1Zr4iCFTXj-ke5YyxqyVQ_uDNRAKkyCK9Xqbl-cd1kIchEaK/s1600/no+men.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCyb88jhsi60VWCz-qso1fFtdZO85_06g46g0TJbSInx9MKYjZSvCPIRzy37XgWKCTGYtXdBVij6ZoQA2SqbXOXIxHntU1Zr4iCFTXj-ke5YyxqyVQ_uDNRAKkyCK9Xqbl-cd1kIchEaK/s320/no+men.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">There are many valid reasons for this, but, since we are dykes, chances are this would be a non issue anyway.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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