OK,I'VE BEEN READING THESE POSTS,WITH INTEREST,AND NOT FEELING QUALIFIED TO REALLY RESPOND,HAVE SAT ON THE SIDELINES.
BUT I READ SOMETHING THIS EVENING THAT HAS MADE ME REALLY ANGRY.
(I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO PUT THIS,BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE IT).
CURRENTLY,I AM READING THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CAROLINE ROBERTS,WHO WAS A VICTIM OF FRED AND ROSE WEST,BUT LUCKILY ESCAPED TO TELL THE TALE.
(FOR OUR OVERSEAS MEMBERS,THIS WAS AN HORRIFIC CASE WHICH CAME TO LIGHT IN THE '90'S,BUT SPANNED OVER 2 DECADES,WHERE A HUSBAND AND WIFE RAPED AND MURDERED YOUNG GIRLS AND BURIED THEM IN THE GARDEN/CELLAR,ETC OF THEIR HOME.SOME OF THESE GIRLS WERE THEIR OWN CHILDREN.).
ANYWAY,PROBABLY DUE TO THE WAY CAROLINE WAS ABUSED BY ROSE,THERE APPEARS TO BE AN UNDERLYING "STAND-OFFISHNESS" TOWARDS LESBIANS.OK,MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY SHE FEELS FOLLOWING HER ORDEAL,BUT A BIT I'VE READ THIS EVENING MADE ME ANNOYED....
"....I KNOW OF QUITE A FEW GIRLS HERE IN CINDERFORD WHO HAVE BEEN IN THREESOMES WITH MARRIED COUPLES OR HAVE BEEN WITH MORE THAN ONE MAN IN ONE DAY.
CINDERFORD ALSO HAS ITS OWN VERY ATTRACTIVE LESBIAN WHO SEEMS TO HAVE CONVERTED A GOOD DOZEN YOUNG WOMEN TO BI-SEXUALITY..."
I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START WITH THAT STATEMENT!! SO..WHAT..? CINDERFORD HAS JUST THE ONE LESBIAN THEN,DOES IT?
AND SHE MUST BE SOOOOO EVIL....FANCY "CONVERTING" ALL THOSE POOR,INNOCENT "STRAIGHT" GIRLS TO A LIFE OF BI-SEXUALITY!!
SHE MUST HAVE FORCED THEM INTO IT....OR,MAYBE IT REALLY IS TRUE...SOME PEOPLE HAVE BRAINS OF THEIR OWN,AND LIVE THEIR LIVES THE WAY THEY CHOOSE,REGARDLESS OF WHETHER MS.ROBERTS SEES IT AS "NORMAL" OR NOT. SO,WE DON'T WISH TO LIVE THE WAY SHE DOES...SO WHAT?
I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT "NORMAL" SHOULD ONLY EVER REFER TO A PROGRAMME ON OUR WASHING MACHINES.....
WHY,OH,WHY DO SOME PEOPLE HAVE THIS NOTION THAT GAYS/LESBIANS/BI'S ARE OUT TO CORRUPT THE "STRAIGHTS"?
IN MY OWN EXPERIENCE,THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW MY HISTORY,KNOW I WAS WITH MY EX-HUSBAND FOR OVER 20 YEARS,MARRIED FOR 19,3 GREAT CHILDREN,1 BEAUTIFUL GRAND-DAUGHTER. WHEN I MET LU,I KNEW I'D FOUND THE ABSOLUTE LOVE OF MY LIFE,AND YET I'D NEVER LOOKED AT ANOTHER WOMAN IN THAT WAY. WHEN WE FIRST GOT TOGETHER,MY EX AND I WERE ON THE ROCKS ANYWAY,SO THE PHYSICAL SIDE OF THINGS WERE WINDING DOWN,AND LU HAD A CASUAL(SAFE) NO-STRINGS THING WITH A BLOKE(IT WAS VERY,VERY SHORT TERM). I REMEMBER ASKING HER,"DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE BI?" . WE'D FIGURED THAT MAYBE WE WERE,BUT AS TIME WENT ON AND THE BLOKES GOT KICKED INTO TOUCH,AND LU AND I REALIZED WE ONLY WANTED EACH OTHER,WE KNEW WE WERE LESBIANS. IT ONLY TOOK ME 40 YEARS TO FIGURE THAT OUT!!
SO,AS I SAID,I DON'T FEEL QUALIFIED TO TALK ABOUT BI'S,BUT I'M VERY EASY GOING AND I 'M THE LAST PERSON TO JUDGE ANYONE.
WE ARE WHO WE ARE.
WE LOVE WHO WE LOVE.
LIVE IS TOO SHORT,SO LET'S GET OUT THERE AND LIVE IT!!