Coming out, quick version
 

In the "It Hurts Me" thread Firedance said:

and thedivahrrrself said:

I'd love to know what you say! I find when non b/f people start questioning me it's kinda rude. I don't go around asking people why they are attracted to the people they are attracted to. I don't really want to know. But I understand they are curious.

My sister is constantly questioning me about it. It's annoying. Hasn't she heard of google? She wouldn't get it anyway.

Quick version is:

"Pass the salsa, I'm a Lesbian."

Quick answer to "you have just not found the right man":

"and let me guess, you're the chosen one"

Quick answer to "well why not just date a man then":

"I like pussy"

Quick answer to "but you use a strap on":

"I wear it" or "it does not squirt disgusting stuff"

Quick answer to "why would you choose to be Femme"

"in Butch clothes I look too much like Truman Capote"

Nip it the bud
 

I ask what makes you so rude that you gotta be up in my sexuality, I don't ask you why you're hetero...

Cool! Next time I get bored with the same old tv dinner as usual, I'll ask you something like that, you can eat my lunch then I'll have a reason to get chinese food or something really good. Thanks for the info!!!! I'll be hitting you up soon I suspect. lol

They never ask me anything personal again! lol.

For the Long Version, I like to use the gingerbread person:

http://curiousrantsofawannabephiloso...79251120_o.jpg

So, I explain that while I am female and express femininity, I am attracted to those who express as masculine, but who are chromosonally XX, be they FTM, TG, or butch women, which makes me queer and often at odds with the popular lesbian community.

The 5-second version usually involves the phrase "my ex-wife" [was the same way, did the same thing, took all my money] LOL It's relatively clear.

I rarely utter the words "I am a lesbian". Straight people don't say "I'm straight". They just talk about their life like it's completely normal, even if I think they're weird. ("My boyfriend loves fireworks and builds rockets.") So, I follow their lead and do the same thing. ("Your boyfriend likes blowing stuff up too? The woman I'm dating helped design the cruise missile system. One of our favorite vacation spots is near a blast site.")

I used to "come out" in those terms, "I'm gay". But it opens people up for a political conversation I don't always care to have. Approaching it the other way does not leave them any room to attack. It says, "we are not different" rather than "I am different from you in this way" It does not have an agenda, except to seek common ground.

Even the most conservative people have a hard time labeling you as some radical dyke if you approach things in this way. You're talking about your life, I'm talking about mine. We're just two people wandering through the world. If they are that averse to gays, they'll politely end the conversation and stop telling me about their gross hairy boyfriend in the future. It's a win-win.

I've always worked with men. I get called sir constantly. Men would still hit on me. I usually found myself saying to them something along the lines of "really bitch"?

And if they invoke religion, I simply reply, "Well, God made me a lesbian because He knows how much I hate body hair. The idea of curling up to a bushy, hairy armpit makes my stomach turn"

If someone asks me straight out, I say that I am. But most people don't... they'll usually dance around it, saying, "Are you married? Seeing anyone? Dating?" and I just smile and say, "Eventually." That could mean anything... 10 years, 10 minutes after I leave work....

I can't use that any more as I love my hubby's body hair. Who'da thought it!

I used to explain my sexuality to people, until I got bored. I wasn't put on this earth to educate them. The less I cared the less grief I seemed to get, but maybe I don't remember it as it stopped bothering me.

oh great there goes my chinese take out hopes.

Hahahahah love it!