Valentine's Day, or: Gender Roles

[aadroma]

Onde tu estiveres, eu também vou estar
Tudo o que quiseres, eu vou dar
Onde tu estiveres, eu também estarei
Para te dizer, que és quem eu sempre procurei
Onde tu estiveres, eu também estarei

Ah yes, the first of three celebrations in the year for us -- Valentine's Day, then our anniversary next month, and then finally nytemarewulf's birthday. Can you believe

Comments

[didiseven]

So does this mean you're the woman? *ducks*

Seriously though, I've been asked the same thing by otherwise intelligent people. Damned prevalent heterosexism!

[dr_tectonic]

Just remember to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that they're probably asking out of honest ignorance/perplexity.

I have found that "Uh, neither. We're both guys," works pretty well as an answer.

[furrbear]

"... so which one of you is the woman??"

neither. You want fries with that? Thank you, drive thru!

[johnspiff]

there are also different types of chocolates that the girls buy. everything from *love* chocolate to *obligation* chocolate

[ericdabear]

Obligation chocolate!?? ROFL

[anonymous]

If you really want to give them a good mindf*ck, point them toward the "Sanctity of Marriage" episode of This American Life [http://www.thislife.org/pages/archives/archive04.html#261, stream available]. The first story, about how people communicate in marriage (as studied by actual researchers), offers the surprising news that the worst homo couples communicate better than the best hetero couples. That's not a typo: every same-gender couple communicated better than the best-communicating mixed-gender couple.

That should blow a few fuses.

"We don't need male/female roles. Unlike straight couples, we know how to communicate."