Comments on: Inconvenient

By: VivaZoya

VivaZoya — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:56:08 +0000

Wow. What a jerkasaurus.
Not only that, but when someone writes “loose” when they mean “lose”, they LOSE all credibility anyway.

By: Kimberly Kael

Kimberly Kael — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:17:10 +0000

I particularly like the construction “You say you donâ€™t use words” … “then you write books” which implies a completely fictitious timeline to support the absurd allegation. It’s so disappointing when people get caught up in trying to find flaws in delivery that they miss the message altogether!

Oh, well. I appreciated your post because it’s nice to know I’m not the only one struggling with this exact issue. I agree that partner is probably the best of the obvious options, but I suspect we’ll stumble through using different terminology in different circumstances until something starts to feel comfortable. So long as we remember to laugh about it along the way I think we’ll do fine.

By: divadarya

divadarya — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:48:42 +0000

OK, one more thing. there is NOTHING “convenient” about any of this Transgendered/Transition stuff for anyone involved in it; we are by nature inconvenient people who don’t conform to unquestioned “traditions” or social mores, not that there aren’t times it might be a lot easier to.
(stepping off soapbox)

By: divadarya

divadarya — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:44:54 +0000

I think he may have a screw “loose”.

By: VÃ©ronique

I wonder what the hell is up with that guy. Man, I hate passive-aggressive behaviour. Glad you shut him down.

By: Betty

Betty — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:21:54 +0000

I love it when people reveal their basic inflexibility and adherence to inner dogmas.

I’ll stick with Helen thank you very much. I like it when people evolve.