Dare To Ask Talk And News About Our Differences By Phillip Milano Question: As a short person, I’ve always wondered: What is it like to be tall? C.P., 21, female, Montreal Replies I am 6 feet tall. If I go to a concert, I always have a good view. I can reach the top shelf at the supermarket, and when I was pregnant, I hardly showed. However, with dating, ...
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By Phillip Milano Question I’m aware of the sticker culture among gay/lesbian/whomever (i.e. rainbow for gay/lesbian, black/blue with a red heart for SM/leather peeps). What puzzles me is when people affix their badge of pride upside-down or backward. Also, I would not purposefully affix a target to my vehicle for vandals. Kinsey, 26, gay male, San Francisco Replies Don’t expect ...
Read More »Dare to Ask: White guys a liability on basketball courts?
By Phillip Milano Question I started at guard in high school and got offered a scholarship. Now when I play basketball at a gym and there are mostly black players, I can’t get the ball passed to me because I am white. Why is that? John, Jacksonville, N.C. Replies You suck. The only time you get the ball is when ...
Read More »Dare to Ask: He dated daughter, now wants mom
By Phillip Milano Question I’m 36 and just broke up with a 20-year-old, Michele, who was too young for me. Though we were intimate, we are parting amicably. Her mother, Linda, is 37, divorced and as sweet as her daughter. I know Linda is very attracted to me, and though I think we’d make a great couple, we haven’t said ...
Read More »Dare to Ask: Do Spaniards view Latinos as butchering the Spanish language?
By Phillip Milano Question Do Spaniards view Latinos as butchering the Spanish language? Ridley, 22, white male, Chambersburg, Penn. Replies I don’t think South Americans are butchering Spanish, but I find it irritating when South Americans refer to themselves as “Spanish.” Jade, 16, Spanish, Australia I’m from Venezuela, and when we talk to North Americans or Europeans, we never refer ...
Read More »Dare to Ask: Question about bodily function is not for the queasy
By Phillip Milano Question Why is it when someone does a common bodily function, we are offended, but when we do it ourselves, it’s no problem? Also, why are we usually embarrassed when we do it, even though everyone does it? Jay, Pensacola Replies I’m an American with a weak stomach. My husband is from a culture where many bodily ...
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