I was working at a small independent movie theater on Valentines day a few years ago. Important to note, I am a woman and at the time I was 19 years old. While the movies were playing a man, perhaps in his 30s, and his obviously drunk father, perhaps in his 60s, came in to buy tickets for the next showing of one of the movies. My manager and the younger man got into a conversation and stepped outside to talk. While they were gone the drunk old guy (who also reeked of cigarettes) started asking me questions that began innocently enough (“are you in school/college?”) but soon escalated to questions about where I lived, who I lived with, and if I was romantically involved with anyone, if I had Valentines plans. I became very uncomfortable and began to feel unsafe. Luckily my manager and the man’s son returned during his questioning and made it clear that he needed to stop. From then on if that man ever came in while I was working I hid under the counter and made a coworker deal with him. It was clear that he didn’t understand why his questions were inapropriate and that made him even more frightening.

Has no one else ever made peach cobbler? Gotta blanch and peel those peaches.

You aren’t using “anecdotal” correctly

My sister wore the breathalyzer costume her senior year of high school as a protest against the school breathalyzing students at all evening events.

Spring? No. Winter or bust! Maybe it’s because I’m from California and Winter is that mysterious, elusive idea that we never get to experience.

Do you know what Pancetta is?

I have an allergy to sulfa class drugs. The particular reaction I suffer from is called Stevens - Johnson Syndrome. Basically all your skin blisters and sloughs off. If it gets really bad it can affect the linings of your organs too. Luckily I only took one pill and took benadryl as soon as the rash started. My dad hasn’t been quite so lucky in the past. He’s okay now, thankfully.

Okay, but lots of couples, same gender and opposite gender, can actually look like siblings. Many people gravitate toward partners who resemble themselves. We’re all a little narcissistic

Queer is broader. It includes a larger range of identities

Fuck the Romans! No, but seriously, they were oppressive as shit

Boys can’t join girl scouting until they are adults and are either employees of the organization or parents of scouts.

Spike, 14, and Marmalade, 14.75. When Spike isn’t cuddled up to my dad, he’s with his lady love, Marmalade. Marmalade, despite living with us since she was just a few months old, is very skittish and averse to human contact. But we made a commitment to her when we adopted her and we would never break that commitment