Wow... go you! *hugs Glitter*

lawl c: :hug:

This whole issue has been giving me a lot of grief lately, but I can't say that I don't feel better for dealing with it anyway.

well, I don't have the gender....difficulties. but I have other issues that make people go wtflike my dinner time conversation.
Most of that's many peple do not consider dinner table conversation, or even meal time conversation.
I have... conversational throw up? I suppose one could call it

That's got to be more interesting than talking to my family at dinner; all they ever want to know about is school, work, and the weather. > n>

I would bring up, and here are just some possibilites
Sex, murder, the last horror movie I saw, toture, ways to maim someone with what ever impliment is in my hand.
Did you know you can do some damage with a flip phone? Just shove it into someones eye socket.

Now I would never do any thing like that unless I had to, and besides, tana's phone is a bit big for that.
Though people at work don't seem to like me having plastic spoons...
Lols
Though I think I would like to be friends eith people like you guys irl. I tend to defend my friends rather vheminently.

I can do more damage with my hands than you could with a cell phone... though the phone has more range. XD

I'll talk about almost anything at any time. people call it weird or rude, but... whatever. lol. Don't eat with me. :P

I don't mind odd conversations. Even the topics that make me uncomfortable are better than the boring ones!

This is very true. I find uncomfortable topics are a chance to learn, or grow in a lot of cases. If someone hadn't majorly called me out on gender issues... I might not be who I am today, you know? Now I'm kinda thankful to that person every day.

Agreed. More often than not, I find myself being the one trying to make someone hear me out on a topic they find uncomfortable because I know it needs to be said, whether they want to hear it or not...

Aww, you guys are sweet....I usally get told to shut up and eat my food XD

Understandable. Been there. Most of my friends are girls, and there is one who has an unnatural ability to find complete pricks to date. XD

Tana can be really blunt at times. And sometimes it sounds really rude, even though I don't mea it to be.

I try to be tactful when possible, but I usually either say exactly what I'm thinking or don't say anything at all. :P

Not me... hence the conversational throw up.

Speaking of throw up, I think I'm the only person I know who's comfortable (and even happy) talking about it. X3

Though on the topic of gender and uncomfortable discussions, I don't really look forward to all the questions I expect to get when I start bringing up the topic with my family. They will never understand, but I think I'd rather them be confused than blissfully ignorant when it comes to this.

I'm meeting more and more guys (many cisgendered and heterosexual) who have no issue with having their nails painted, and it always makes me kind of happy because I remember when I was younger, boys were just not allowed to do that sort of thing.

And... pet snail? O .O

I don't know if it's just the wording, but that sounds adorable.

Why do sexual topics make people so uncomfortable?

I could understand being uncomfortable if someone is giving you all the nasty details on an encounter (like those who enjoy bragging about their sex lives), though that's just me... but people do get more sensitive than is necessary about the topic sometimes--even when it's being discussed in a serious context. I can't understand that at all. I guess they're just stuck in the past where these things aren't supposed to "exist"?

XD Poop is one thing I will never talk about. Not even so much that it's a personal thing as it just grosses me out. But with the topic of sex, it's more because I see it as being really personal. I don't mind talking about it; I just don't want to reach the point of being able to envision the person I'm talking to doing that... TMI.

I dunno, I. Think its kinda funny
Lol, now sometimes I wish I could date a bi guy...but then they decide that they don't want the girl any more and want aboy, and I don't like sharing....

I definitely don't share. It's just not how I roll, so I have to be really picky about who I'm with, otherwise there would be some big incompatibility issues. But I found someone who feels the same way I do, so it's all good.
I just hope we stay compatible... Sometimes I worry, with the way he seems to fear change.