Mz Pip
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| 25. No, it hasn't happened to me |
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and I've traveled frequently with female friends.
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| -A question for heterosexual DU women |
Neecy |
Jul-19-09 06:54 PM |
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Yes, quite common. |
HeresyLives |
Jul-19-09 06:56 PM |
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LOL |
havocmom |
Jul-19-09 07:00 PM |
#4 |
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Take a number - |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Jul-19-09 07:18 PM |
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remind me to tell you about wayward's days of going to gay clubs to dance un-harassed |
havocmom |
Jul-19-09 07:23 PM |
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That's what I used to do! |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Jul-19-09 07:27 PM |
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LOL You and Wayward should get together and tell tales |
havocmom |
Jul-19-09 07:35 PM |
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The Pier 9? |
Virginian |
Jul-19-09 10:08 PM |
#114 |
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Tracks? |
WorseBeforeBetter |
Jul-19-09 11:33 PM |
#129 |
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Remember Annie's Paramount Steak House? |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Jul-20-09 12:17 AM |
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Oh, yeah. Just read some reviews on WaPo.... |
WorseBeforeBetter |
Jul-20-09 08:44 AM |
#153 |
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Bob and Edith's is EXACTLY the same! |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Jul-20-09 11:36 AM |
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Kewl! |
WorseBeforeBetter |
Jul-20-09 12:37 PM |
#164 |
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WHITEY'S!!! |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Jul-20-09 02:38 PM |
#168 |
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I remember Pier 9! |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Jul-20-09 12:14 AM |
#132 |
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You used to go to Tracks DC?! |
Behind the Aegis |
Jul-20-09 01:02 AM |
#137 |
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It was a wonderful place - |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Jul-20-09 11:37 AM |
#162 |
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It's always the one we wouldn't touch |
Missy Vixen |
Jul-19-09 07:26 PM |
#31 |
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Isn't it ironic, oh, she of the trampy name, |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Jul-19-09 07:29 PM |
#38 |
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I sometimes wonder why some guys' heads don't explode from the contradictions within |
Hello_Kitty |
Jul-19-09 07:02 PM |
#11 |
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Oh god yes, been there many times |
varelse |
Jul-19-09 07:52 PM |
#55 |
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same here....took interest in science, politics, technology, aviation.... |
Triana |
Jul-19-09 10:43 PM |
#123 |
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My daughter does not look much like me. Yeah, there have been times.... |
havocmom |
Jul-19-09 06:58 PM |
#2 |
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OMG. I thought I was the only one! |
stanwyck |
Jul-20-09 09:43 AM |
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i was in high school |
fizzgig |
Jul-19-09 06:59 PM |
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Not to me, but I am a good deal older. I am married, but my husband does not |
CTyankee |
Jul-19-09 07:00 PM |
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I used to drive a Subaru...I must have been gay. |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Jul-19-09 07:00 PM |
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LOL - me too (miss that car!) |
JerseygirlCT |
Jul-19-09 07:11 PM |
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Deja vu JG! |
Jazzgirl |
Jul-19-09 07:42 PM |
#48 |
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Still have my Subaru. |
boobooday |
Jul-19-09 07:20 PM |
#26 |
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my at the time teenaged son called ours a hippy lesbian car. his gay aunt, |
ourbluenation |
Jul-19-09 09:33 PM |
#90 |
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I drive a Subaru! And I'm not especially girly. |
grace0418 |
Jul-19-09 10:22 PM |
#121 |
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I've never had that happen... |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Jul-19-09 07:00 PM |
#7 |
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No ... |
Esurientes |
Jul-19-09 07:01 PM |
#8 |
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Never experience that. Been called an |
amyrose2712 |
Jul-19-09 07:01 PM |
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On looks alone, yes. |
Lars39 |
Jul-19-09 07:01 PM |
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I have been shaving my head for the last 14 years. |
Jazzgirl |
Jul-19-09 07:44 PM |
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Right on! |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 09:50 PM |
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It was the best haircut I ever had! |
Lars39 |
Jul-19-09 10:12 PM |
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Cool.I love a chick with a shaved head. |
amyrose2712 |
Jul-20-09 12:27 PM |
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Back in the early days of the internet..posting liberal views were met w/ "you must be a fat lesbian |
Liberal_in_LA |
Jul-19-09 07:03 PM |
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With lots of cats. Don't forget the cats! |
QC |
Jul-19-09 07:36 PM |
#46 |
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HAHAHA |
noamnety |
Jul-19-09 10:00 PM |
#109 |
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It is best not to delve too deeply into the right wing mind,. n/t |
QC |
Jul-19-09 10:18 PM |
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"It is best not to delve too deeply into the right wing mind" |
KansDem |
Jul-20-09 10:36 AM |
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Female + Liberal + cats = Lesbian |
Liberal_in_LA |
Jul-20-09 01:59 AM |
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I live in a small rural county in Ohio, mostly Republican, and this |
A Brand New World |
Jul-19-09 07:04 PM |
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Nope. Never happened to me. nt |
JerseygirlCT |
Jul-19-09 07:10 PM |
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Occasionally. If you turn certain guys down, they believe you MUST be gay. |
Gwendolyn |
Jul-19-09 07:11 PM |
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retorts for "uppity" women on message boards... |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 07:27 PM |
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Haha... yes, that's a pretty good list! |
Gwendolyn |
Jul-19-09 07:50 PM |
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I hear you....lol! |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 09:03 PM |
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Mmmmm. Communist lesbians. |
Chulanowa |
Jul-19-09 09:47 PM |
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I've never been called an anti-gay slur, but |
ezgoingrl |
Jul-19-09 07:12 PM |
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Yes. |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 07:13 PM |
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Most definitely. |
cbayer |
Jul-19-09 07:16 PM |
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You tell them, "I'm bisexual and I'm not attracted to you." |
Ian David |
Jul-19-09 07:17 PM |
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These days.... |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 07:28 PM |
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Which makes the revenge all the sweeter for you when you tell them, "No." n/t |
Ian David |
Jul-19-09 07:49 PM |
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And they do... often |
TorchTheWitch |
Jul-20-09 06:49 AM |
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You got that right! nt |
raccoon |
Jul-20-09 08:05 AM |
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Even better...just say you don't do pity sex and wiggle your pinkie at him. |
Behind the Aegis |
Jul-20-09 01:04 AM |
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From just today: |
noamnety |
Jul-19-09 07:18 PM |
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Yes. When I was in college I went to Mardi Gras with a female |
alsame |
Jul-19-09 07:18 PM |
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Oh, yeah. |
madamesilverspurs |
Jul-19-09 07:18 PM |
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"...hasn't shaved his teeth for at least a week." |
SeattleGirl |
Jul-19-09 08:13 PM |
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"shaved his teeth"! |
TorchTheWitch |
Jul-20-09 02:32 AM |
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No, it hasn't happened to me |
Mz Pip |
Jul-19-09 07:19 PM |
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The only time this happened to me was when I was in a gay bar.... |
Hepburn |
Jul-19-09 07:20 PM |
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Same here. My best friend from college is a lesbian and whenever we go out |
Mrs. Overall |
Jul-20-09 10:12 AM |
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No. I've never had this happen. |
Starry Messenger |
Jul-19-09 07:21 PM |
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no |
Skittles |
Jul-19-09 07:24 PM |
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About ten years ago I lived in a small town where I and a lesbian lady |
jwirr |
Jul-19-09 07:27 PM |
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Its happened |
etherealtruth |
Jul-19-09 07:27 PM |
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Grrrrr... |
joey5150 |
Jul-19-09 07:28 PM |
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Never over sex but over spending time with other women. |
EFerrari |
Jul-19-09 07:31 PM |
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if you turn a guy down, ..... handful of times. seems to be the knee jerk comment |
seabeyond |
Jul-19-09 07:32 PM |
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I don't know how common it is....... |
gleaner |
Jul-19-09 07:33 PM |
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My father always made those kind of remarks about single women from their mid-twenties on up. |
Kceres |
Jul-19-09 07:34 PM |
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I'm a man, but I sadly have seen more than one woman 'insulted' this way |
unpossibles |
Jul-19-09 07:35 PM |
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Yes. |
Jazzgirl |
Jul-19-09 07:36 PM |
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I dare say most single professional women over a certain age |
hlthe2b |
Jul-19-09 07:39 PM |
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I haven't had it happen, but I've wondered whenever |
CakeGrrl |
Jul-19-09 07:42 PM |
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No, but I have had some men react badly because I have gay male friends |
csziggy |
Jul-19-09 07:47 PM |
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Yes, many times |
varelse |
Jul-19-09 07:50 PM |
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Often, guys will call you a "lesbo" |
AnnieBW |
Jul-19-09 07:58 PM |
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how can you not want to get with this, babeeee?! |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 09:20 PM |
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Or they call women "sluts", which is ironic as they just chose NOT to sleep with the guy. |
Forkboy |
Jul-19-09 09:30 PM |
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haha...true.... |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 09:34 PM |
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Many of the people I graduated with in 1973 think I'm a lesbian. |
SeattleGirl |
Jul-19-09 08:06 PM |
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yes when i was young.... |
Mari333 |
Jul-19-09 08:18 PM |
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Barney Frank thought my friend and I were a gay couple - |
phillysuse |
Jul-19-09 08:39 PM |
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I have, my kid thought it hilarious (was in 3rd grade) when another kid called me a slur |
uppityperson |
Jul-19-09 08:41 PM |
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a child...? |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 09:39 PM |
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No, but I've been off the market for 17 years. nt |
Ilsa |
Jul-19-09 08:42 PM |
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Ha! |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 09:10 PM |
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Yes, yes and no. |
MuseRider |
Jul-19-09 08:49 PM |
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Yeah, I've been accused of being a lesbian |
pipi_k |
Jul-19-09 08:52 PM |
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I got called a "fucking dyke" and going to hell by a ten year old counterprotester at a prop 8 demo. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-19-09 08:53 PM |
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wow. |
Neecy |
Jul-19-09 09:01 PM |
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I ignored it. That family's well known locally for what they do, and the cops were asking us all to |
LeftyMom |
Jul-19-09 09:13 PM |
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that's beyond messed up. |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 09:13 PM |
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The family's basically the Phelpses without the law degrees or travel budget. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-19-09 09:15 PM |
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omg. |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 09:22 PM |
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That is a funny description "without the law degrees or travel budget" |
uppityperson |
Jul-19-09 09:58 PM |
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Yikes. |
noamnety |
Jul-19-09 10:08 PM |
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that question is really |
Gabi Hayes |
Jul-19-09 08:57 PM |
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btw, I've been asked if I was gay by several different kids at schools in |
Gabi Hayes |
Jul-19-09 09:01 PM |
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wow! |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 09:30 PM |
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I had a roommate in college spread a rumor I was a lesbian. |
jmm |
Jul-19-09 09:00 PM |
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Holy crap! |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 09:06 PM |
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I never had much luck with roommates. |
jmm |
Jul-19-09 11:58 PM |
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By other straight women . . . ! |
tilsammans |
Jul-19-09 09:06 PM |
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i hear that a lot. |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 09:27 PM |
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Not particularly |
MissB |
Jul-19-09 09:16 PM |
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No. |
woo me with science |
Jul-19-09 09:19 PM |
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Back in the days when I was a medic, that happened ONCE |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-19-09 09:23 PM |
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Yes. but have no problem with it, cause I don't consider it an insult. |
unapatriciated |
Jul-19-09 09:23 PM |
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I'm a man, and this happens a LOT to men as well -- |
smalll |
Jul-19-09 09:28 PM |
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you know, I'm sorry I didn't ask this |
Neecy |
Jul-19-09 09:34 PM |
#92 |
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not too late to create a separate poll... |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 09:45 PM |
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okey dokey |
Neecy |
Jul-19-09 09:49 PM |
#104 |
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We probably do... |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 09:51 PM |
#106 |
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wow |
Neecy |
Jul-19-09 11:03 PM |
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Patriarchy constrains everyone... |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 11:34 PM |
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i'm really pissed at south park for bringing that back. |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 09:41 PM |
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(self-delete -- duplicate post.) /nt |
smalll |
Jul-19-09 09:28 PM |
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Many times |
DKRC |
Jul-19-09 09:31 PM |
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Yup. Heck, my own dad thought I was a lesbian for years. |
knitter4democracy |
Jul-19-09 09:31 PM |
#89 |
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True... |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 09:38 PM |
#93 |
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Well, a new hairdresser cut my hair short in middle school. |
knitter4democracy |
Jul-19-09 09:44 PM |
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Ah...ok. |
bliss_eternal |
Jul-19-09 09:47 PM |
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I've only had it happen when I turned down a guy. |
distantearlywarning |
Jul-19-09 09:38 PM |
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don't know how common it is but it semi frequently happened to me in olden times |
pitohui |
Jul-19-09 09:40 PM |
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No, I haven't, but I've heard gossip that other women are, from men... |
Rhiannon12866 |
Jul-19-09 09:43 PM |
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jokingly perhaps |
shanti |
Jul-19-09 09:44 PM |
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Yep, my Mom and I still laugh about the time we were walking together... |
TygrBright |
Jul-19-09 09:54 PM |
#107 |
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no, not at all. |
inna |
Jul-19-09 10:00 PM |
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Yes. I don't wear make up and wear sensible shoes. Yep. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Jul-19-09 10:01 PM |
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I have felt threatened for being a female, period. ... |
Hekate |
Jul-19-09 10:06 PM |
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No, no one has ever suggested that I am/ was a lesbian |
Lorien |
Jul-19-09 10:14 PM |
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Name removed |
Jul-19-09 10:17 PM |
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I haven't, but I know female athletes who get that all the time. nt |
tblue37 |
Jul-19-09 10:19 PM |
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you all are terrific |
Neecy |
Jul-19-09 10:21 PM |
#120 |
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Not experienced it but being somewhat of a tomboy, older, unpartnered... |
Triana |
Jul-19-09 10:41 PM |
#122 |
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Yes, a number of times. |
Dappleganger |
Jul-19-09 10:46 PM |
#124 |
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it is common |
dogsmycopilot |
Jul-19-09 10:49 PM |
#125 |
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I love the WNBA and my Phoenix Mercury. Clubbing afterwards is sometimes a pain, though. |
blondeatlast |
Jul-19-09 11:24 PM |
#127 |
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When my daughter was in her teens |
rhiannon55 |
Jul-19-09 11:33 PM |
#128 |
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Haven't read all the replies but will pitch in my story |
Shanti Mama |
Jul-20-09 12:16 AM |
#133 |
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No, and |
shimmergal |
Jul-20-09 12:51 AM |
#135 |
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or you could present it actually the way it was presented in the thread you're referring to. |
omega minimo |
Jul-20-09 01:02 AM |
#136 |
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I did |
Neecy |
Jul-20-09 09:30 AM |
#154 |
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no you didn't |
omega minimo |
Jul-20-09 09:35 AM |
#155 |
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Uh-huh |
Neecy |
Jul-20-09 09:57 AM |
#158 |
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Old school goth and male here, so I used to frequently wear make-up |
Norrin Radd |
Jul-20-09 01:24 AM |
#139 |
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the opposite really |
TorchTheWitch |
Jul-20-09 02:46 AM |
#142 |
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Doe bisexual count? |
eridani |
Jul-20-09 02:51 AM |
#143 |
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Funny thing is that |
Politicalboi |
Jul-20-09 03:47 AM |
#144 |
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No. I live in Vermont. |
cali |
Jul-20-09 06:53 AM |
#146 |
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No - I used to live in Vermont and now I live in NH. |
Vinca |
Jul-20-09 07:05 AM |
#147 |
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Yes I was harassed by a guy once called me names like that |
alarimer |
Jul-20-09 07:12 AM |
#148 |
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I haven't been called any slurs |
Berry Cool |
Jul-20-09 07:45 AM |
#149 |
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Yes. I have been called a lesbian and |
Phentex |
Jul-20-09 07:46 AM |
#150 |
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Never had that experience. |
salin |
Jul-20-09 08:35 AM |
#152 |
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I've had guy "friends" poke fun at me when I hang out with another chick. |
backtoblue |
Jul-20-09 09:39 AM |
#156 |
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No but the other day someone used an anti-gay slur to describe Michael Jackson |
applegrove |
Jul-20-09 12:42 PM |
#165 |
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Oh yes. |
redqueen |
Jul-20-09 12:45 PM |
#166 |
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Not yet |
AspenRose |
Jul-20-09 12:56 PM |
#167 |
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