Jan
2008
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Lesbians give lesbians a bad name!

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Here we go. I’ve been waiting to write this for some time and due to some user error I have been unable to log in. (thanks for your patience Kel)

What is it with our culture (lesbians/gays) being completely unable to stay in a monogamous, committed relationship for more than a minute. (exaggerated of course)

Please don’t take my words out of context, what I mean is “why can’t lesbians just live happily ever after”. I’m very tired of explaining to the ignorant that our lifestyle is not a choice but merely who we were born to be and we are “just like everyone else”. How can my point be proven when every time you turn around there’s another gay/lesbian couple breaking up or cheating on one another. Is it too much to ask to have some class and show these breeders up? Yes I know straight people do it too but not to our extent and I’d like to think I’m part of a culture that has much more class than that of a trailer park whore.

A while back I had a conversation with my Lieutenant, he asked me why I thought that gay/lesbian couples never stayed together. Up until that point I had never actually thought about the reason. I do know that we as our own society have a very high breaking up rate (for lack of a better term) I see it all of the time. Couples who have been together for years and years become a beacon of light for you. You think “well hell! if they can do it, so can I”. Next thing ya know, their splitting up and fighting over the dog.

I told my Lieutenant I’d have to think on that and get back to him. Later while pondering the question I had what is called an epiphany (A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something).(<~~in case you didn’t know what epiphany meant)

We don’t stay together because WE DON’T HAVE TO! We have no legal binding, or marriage to keep us here. So what happens? We just decided that the cost of “couples therapy” is out of the question. Try to rationalize that would ya? 5 years of a relationship, joint bank accounts, homes, cars, animals, credit cards, endless hours of love and companionship are just not worth it. but what is worth throwing all of that away you might ask? Oh simply the shot at a new pussy!

I’ll never get it. Lets start using our heads here folks because if we don’t, those of us who are endlessly defending you against the theory “it’s all about the sex” are doing it in vain.

There’s nothing like being a 30 something lesbian woman (nothing against the 40 somethings) with nothing to show for your life but a few failed LTRs and a whole lot of ass (hopefully less the herpes)… Most of whom you don’t see or speak to any more because they’ve found LTRs of their own and your just the laughing stock of your lesbian group (lets face it we all have a group)

So in closing…. Here’s my advice. When you do hit your 30s (or beyond) and you finally wake up to the fact that a 20 year old baby dyke at the bar is not interested in your old school, blazer wearing, feathered mullet, ass. Ok… maybe that was a bit harsh there are the 30 somethings out there still “poppin their collars” doing keg stands and wearing backwards baseball caps as evening attire. LMAO!

If you are simply single because you can’t find someone or you don’t want someone then more power to you but please don’t start doing the above mentioned things. You will then be the brunt of my jokes.

Ohhhh and lastly please, and this is very important. Someone stop the baby dykes from falling in love with a girl for a week then referring to her as her WIFE! jesus christ all bloody mighty! until you go the extra mile to have a commitment ceremony, wed in another state or country (which my wife and I have done) then stop throwing out the word wife all willy nilly. Trailer trash does that when they’re too cheap to marry their baby mamas!

Peace!

Sheesh! What do you REALLY think??? LOLOL

Ok, I don’t really agree with all this BUT…. I think the reason why we break up so much is because we have such a SMALL “pool” to draw from unlike the straight population.

We have only the 20 or so lesbians in any given area to pick from. So you get into a relationship… things are going fine… you call UHaul then WHOOPS — you find out she’s a paper-carrying psychopath with “daddy” issues.

So you move on to the 19 lesbians that are left.

…and so on…

Perhaps if we had 80% of the population surrounding us as possible partners like the straight folks do, we’d have a better selection process.

…my 2 cents…

Signed,
The girl who’s had 2 LTR in the last 16 years one of which lasted almost 12 years… and is now legally civil unioned to the 2nd one and happy as a pig in sh!t.

by Tina-cious.com on January 16th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

this was awesome. i like your anger.

i’d also like to blame lesbian promiscuity on the L word.

its common knowledge that people model their lives based on what they see on tv. and with really only 1 show thats pretty mainstream, of course we’ll see lesbians reenacting scenes (way too much) in their real lives.

with that said, i want to be bette when i grow up. (minus the carpenter) and i dont care if that makes me a bitch.

by turkeyisdelicious on January 16th, 2008 at 4:25 pm

Ok… so reading both comments I felt as though I must respond. Yes first off I’m actually the %1 who WILL say how she feels. If it offends you… I’m actually not sorry. As for the %20 theory, I disagree. I feel that if we as a cognizant culture “know” we have a small pool to choose from then we might just treat our loved ones with that much more respect. As for the “paper-carrying psychopath, that is a situation that a more experienced lesbian will not find herself mixed into. And PLEASE don’t get me started on the fucking L Word. I refuse to watch it. Yes… I fell prey to its enticing ladies of desire for the first season but when I was all over, I found myself less$60 (the package deal for the months it’s on of course) and wondering if there really were successful lesbians out there who acted like this. I havn’t watched a season since! FUCK SHANE! got a secret about her… it might make some of you rethink your sexuality but SHE IS STRAIGHT! she only “PLAYS” a gay girl. Lets get our heads out of the coulds girls! ok… I’m done. perhaps that should be a blog in it’s self.
PEACE!

by I Have a Thought on January 16th, 2008 at 9:52 pm

Hmmm… neither of the comments said you were offending us. But ok.

People can seem one way and turn out to be another or change into something else later… no amount of experience is going to foresee that.

I’m all for speaking your mind as I’m one of this 1% you speak of — but I’m also in the .000005% that doesn’t believe in judging other people until I’ve walked a mile in their shoes.

I’m not even one of these people you’re speaking of but I know that there have been many a time that I judged someone for what they did then realized later as I became a “more experienced lesbian” that things weren’t always as they seem.

…I’m just sayin’.

by Tina-cious.com on January 16th, 2008 at 9:59 pm

I agree with you. I am not trying to be judgemental, however it’s very hard to support our own culture (I speak only for me). I think any lesbian wanting stability out of life can agree. as for you being the %1 I’m glad I’m not the only one out here.

by I Have a Thought on January 16th, 2008 at 10:28 pm

I hear ya… I’ve seen some kooky sh!t go down, I’ll give ya that! lol

by Tina-cious.com on January 16th, 2008 at 10:37 pm

I have another theory…
I attribute our high break-up rates to the fact that women release oxytocin during/after sex (the “bonding” chemical), which is why we start calling each other “wifie” after two weeks, which leads to very intense relationships in a very short amount of time, and then the inevitable break up after we realize we really don’t know that much about our so-called wives and that they aren’t really as hot as we originally thought they were…

by hkfreak1210 on January 16th, 2008 at 11:39 pm

I love that theory! had I kown the scientific route I might have thrown that in there! Ok… so now what do we do about it. I say we just stop screwig LOL

by I Have a Thought on January 17th, 2008 at 8:25 am

This is an interesting discussion, but I’d hardly blame lesiban fideilty or lack thereof on “The L Word”. I mean, IT’S A TV SHOW. Personally, I really enjoy watching it, but since I’m 50, fat, and a grandmother, it’s like some delicious fantasy world that has absolutely no effect on my behavior in “real life”. It just has fewer calories than ice cream! I’ve been with my wife for 6 years now. We were both in our 40’s when we met, both had been married twice (to men), and she had been in a LTR with an alcoholic partner. When we found each other, we were just stunned that we had so much in common coming from such totally different backgrounds. That is what keeps us together–that and being totally committed to each other and to always being open and talking about EVERY issue that might potentially come between us, even when it is so hard to do. I honestly cannot imagine being with any other person besides her. Ever. Nor would I want to. Does that mean that I won’t be ATTRACTED to other women? No, not at all. But what I have now is so rare and perfect that I would never do anything to jeopardize that, and I am old enough, or mature enough, or evolved enough, or whatever enough to realize that. Maybe what the gay/lesbian culture needs to do is simply grow up and realize that strong, deep relationships (and that doesn’t necessarily mean ONLY monogamy–but HONEST) are better for us than flitting from flower to flower to flower, no matter how lovely or tempting those flowers might be.

Just an old Granny’s thoughts…

GG

by GG on January 17th, 2008 at 11:55 am

Dear I Have a Thought, My Dear Grrll:
Let’s not be silly. Stop screwing? The mere thought of that is killing me. But what we could do is chill out and stop u-hauling it until we are sure…the current gf and I made a plan not to do it for 5 years, and now, at 18 months, the oxytocin is definitely wearing off. That doesn’t mean I don’t love her, but the enchantment is wearing thin and I am like, whoa, beyond the hotness can I live with this person for the rest of my life? Honestly? I’m am so glad we don’t live together.

by hkfreak1210 on January 17th, 2008 at 10:41 pm

There are so few of you out there. I myself fell prey to the U-Haul rental process. as for giving up sex… Unless you are a nun, I’d never actually expect it of anyone.

by I Have a Thought on January 18th, 2008 at 4:01 am

What about good ol’ Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon who recently married in California? They’ve been together for 55 years. Nothing to scoff at from my point of view. As for Lesbians giving other Lesbians a bad name…well, some do and some don’t. We might say that Frat Boys give all Men a bad name - but in truth, they are only a small portion of the population, albeit a visible one.

I think it’s easy to speak in generalities. The lesbians you see hooking up every friday at the club, are the same lesbians who are out at the clubs EVERY FRIDAY. What you don’t see are the quiet couples spending the night in, grabbing coffee out at the local shop, those happily fucking behind closed doors, and those who are saving for that first house. Committed lesbian couples don’t tend to be a part of the “scene,” and sometimes they just become invisible.

Myself? I’m a professional woman with a solid career and a hot chick I’ve been committed to who still rocks my world. My god, does she ever. We still surprise each other with gifts, go out to dinner, buy new toys, and dress up for a night on the town every now and again. She’s a bit younger than me, and I work out like a freak to make my body something she’ll absolutely keep coming back to. Having a relationship is more than just commitment - it’s respect for the other person, love, being in the “same place” in your perspective, and having the same value system.

I think, personally, that there are a lot of insecure women out there. They end up going out with a girl because they got asked out, they don’t “expect” for themselves, and often “settle” for someone who wasn’t exactly their ideal. They feel they have to, because the pool is small or they live in a small town, or whatever the reason is. Any time you “settle,” you are going to be unhappy…and eventually, you have a pretty high probability of breaking up.

I hope everyone can be as lucky as I’ve been….and as for you…I wouldn’t lose hope. My gf and I are moving into a nice new loft in the city in a couple of weeks from our previous smaller one. We are building the life that we have imagined, and damn, it feels pretty darn good.

by jul on July 7th, 2008 at 3:04 pm

My wife and I have been together for more than 10 blissful years. We found the secret.

by Dharma Kelleher on August 7th, 2008 at 10:34 pm

I have been with my partner for three years 5 months and it hasn’t been easy….there were times when I thought it was over but, we worked through it….I don’t know what the remedy or cure for staying together is but, most people don’t want to work at a relationship….that is what is takes, work!!!! I have a question for you….why is it that the only lesbians that are displayed in the media are two feminine woman….???? there are a lot of stud/butch and femme woman in long lasting relationships and all I ever see are two feminine woman? We need to be portrayed more openly….Butch/Stud females are not trying to be men!!!! They are simply being who they are “Aggresive Females”…..

by dnmoore08 on August 25th, 2008 at 2:56 pm

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