only another butch would understand

[Mister Bent]

See.

Here's what I'm thinking.

It's not about whether it's a "butch" thread or a "femme" thread and who all gets to post up in it and what not.

I think it's about the level of ridiculousness of a thread. And this one, I'm reasonably certain, was branded with a big ol' R sometime ago. I only peek in here for the humor of it, not in any way seeking butch bonding or understanding, because I'm just not down with all the stereotyping and separatism that's occurred.

[I'mOneToo]

I agree, and disagree, and agree all over again. The topic was never well defined, the OP started on a rocky road and it's never come up right again. Because I couldn't even find it after it fell to the bottom of the nether-pit, I thought it had been, um "archived" and no longer accessible. I'm not here every day, don't see it and so this is the first to catch my eye again. And the first page I looked at was the last, which was a veritable stew with every ingredient available thrown in.

Now I find myself posting purely as humorously as possible, because it's gone beyond any point of intention. It is an equal-opportunity-offending thread, so it will be a long way before it ever redeems itself (if it ever does).

What I object to is when someone gets hurt. Butch OR femme. Because what one considers light banter, another may take very personally. So I sit and wait to see if anyone is going to say anything about the latest turn, but no one does. So i open my fool fingers, and bam, i'm in the thick of something I don't want any part of. I am pretty adept at discerning those who can take a little ribbing, like Ezee and pretty, and others who do not take it so well. I try not to be an equal opportunity offender, and I don't get offended that easily either unless you are truly trying to shank me.

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Mister Bent

See.

Here's what I'm thinking.

It's not about whether it's a "butch" thread or a "femme" thread and who all gets to post up in it and what not.

I think it's about the level of ridiculousness of a thread. And this one, I'm reasonably certain, was branded with a big ol' R sometime ago. I only peek in here for the humor of it, not in any way seeking butch bonding or understanding, because I'm just not down with all the stereotyping and separatism that's occurred.

Interesting. See, I didn't think about it being a butch thread either, I just chuckled at Kam's experience with hyes partner and thought about how I, as a person (not as a butch) also handed the whole box to people. And then I was chuckling at the fact that I (as a person), never have tissues to begin with.

I very much doubt that if there was a poll regarding how a butch vs. how a femme hands tissues to a person that we would see a trend one way or the other.

I get what you are saying about how the start of the thread went...I was working from the current topic where I didn't see any stereotyping (I really wasn't thinking about what happened prior to Kam's post, since the bulk of the thread was back in December).

Anyway...that was what was happening inside me during the time I chose to post...

ETA: It makes more sense to me now why people were reacting. I was confused at first. I had forgotten where the thread had started and how it had impacted people...

[Dylan]

Maybe laaaaaaadieeeezzzzzz buy tissues 'cuz they ain't got no sleeves on their purdy dresses and such?


Dylan...doesn't put nails in the wall with the heels of shoes