[Doug25632]

It’s possible that people are reacting to your statement in a way they feel is non-confrontational. I know how you feel, and that’s probably your standard answer to explain misconceptions, but it could – emphasis could – be construed as an angry statement, almost like ‘We’re GAY. What’re you gonna do about it?’. But it also affords you a great opportunity to figure people out. Try playing with your response: when they say ‘he’ about your partner, keep correcting them with ‘she’ until they get it. Maybe softening or changing your statement will change their responses.

I love to play with people like this, to discover their reactions. My favorite are telemarketers who ask for my partner’s wife. In my deepest basso voice I respond, ‘I AM his wife. We’re a gay couple.’ Dead silence on the other end.

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Name : Doug25632, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Gay, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : New Age/Metaphysical, Age : 40, City : Phoenix, State : AZ, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrator, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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