Run-in with homophobic neighbor

[stargazer99]

One of our old biddy neighbors (who we'd never even met before today) rang our doorbell today and proceeded to lecture my husband about a sign we have in our yard. (I wasn't home at the time, so I don't know the full extent of what was said, just the particularly wacko stuff!)

Our yard sign says to vote against a proposed amendment to our state's constitution, which would define marraige as a "union between one man and one woman". The amendment also states that anything "resembling a marriage or identical to marriage" won't be recognized by the state. Mind you, we already had a "defense of marriage" act defining marriage this way pass 2 years ago. But that's not good enough for the homophobes. They feel the need to write bigotry into our state constitution to prevent any "activist, homo-loving" judges from overturning the ban on gay marriages. Furthermore, if this amendment passes, it will raise many questions about whether it would affect domestic partner benefits, etc., for gay couples.

So anyway, the old biddy rings our doorbell and when my husband answers the door, she tells him that our sign is wrong, and that it should say to "vote FOR" the amendment. She then proceeds to babble on about Sodom and Gomorrah (sp?), and about how gays are an abomination to God. She also tells him that she read about some letter that "the homosexuals" sent to congress, saying that they're going to come into hetero couples' homes and rape the husbands in their bathtubs, and that they're going to stalk kids in movie theatres and turn them gay! She ends her rambling by saying that "they're (gays) coming to get us"! :eek:

It never ceases to amaze me how ignorant and openly bigoted some people can be. The gall of her to actually try to come into our house to pass her moral judgments on us! I wonder how many more of these freaks I'll have to deal with over the next 2 weeks until election day?! (Or until someone runs down our sign, whichever comes first.) :mad:

[DavidMn]

One of our old biddy neighbors (who we'd never even met before today) rang our doorbell today and proceeded to lecture my husband about a sign we have in our yard. (I wasn't home at the time, so I don't know the full extent of what was said, just the particularly wacko stuff!)

Our yard sign says to vote against a proposed amendment to our state's constitution, which would define marraige as a "union between one man and one woman". The amendment also states that anything "resembling a marriage or identical to marriage" won't be recognized by the state. Mind you, we already had a "defense of marriage" act defining marriage this way pass 2 years ago. But that's not good enough for the homophobes. They feel the need to write bigotry into our state constitution to prevent any "activist, homo-loving" judges from overturning the ban on gay marriages. Furthermore, if this amendment passes, it will raise many questions about whether it would affect domestic partner benefits, etc., for gay couples.

So anyway, the old biddy rings our doorbell and when my husband answers the door, she tells him that our sign is wrong, and that it should say to "vote FOR" the amendment. She then proceeds to babble on about Sodom and Gomorrah (sp?), and about how gays are an abomination to God. She also tells him that she read about some letter that "the homosexuals" sent to congress, saying that they're going to come into hetero couples' homes and rape the husbands in their bathtubs, and that they're going to stalk kids in movie theatres and turn them gay! She ends her rambling by saying that "they're (gays) coming to get us"! :eek:

It never ceases to amaze me how ignorant and openly bigoted some people can be. The gall of her to actually try to come into our house to pass her moral judgments on us! I wonder how many more of these freaks I'll have to deal with over the next 2 weeks until election day?! (Or until someone runs down our sign, whichever comes first.) :mad:I would have told her if it was me, that this is who I am, and no matter how much you demonize me and spout your hate, I love who I am and am proud of it. Then I would've said "Now crawl back into that hole you came out of and stay there!!!"

[markolas]

And you stood there while she spouted all this? After her first sentence, I would've given her two seconds to get off my property before I beat her in the head with a baseball bat.

[DavidMn]

One of our old biddy neighbors (who we'd never even met before today) rang our doorbell today and proceeded to lecture my husband about a sign we have in our yard. (I wasn't home at the time, so I don't know the full extent of what was said, just the particularly wacko stuff!)

Our yard sign says to vote against a proposed amendment to our state's constitution, which would define marraige as a "union between one man and one woman". The amendment also states that anything "resembling a marriage or identical to marriage" won't be recognized by the state. Mind you, we already had a "defense of marriage" act defining marriage this way pass 2 years ago. But that's not good enough for the homophobes. They feel the need to write bigotry into our state constitution to prevent any "activist, homo-loving" judges from overturning the ban on gay marriages. Furthermore, if this amendment passes, it will raise many questions about whether it would affect domestic partner benefits, etc., for gay couples.

So anyway, the old biddy rings our doorbell and when my husband answers the door, she tells him that our sign is wrong, and that it should say to "vote FOR" the amendment. She then proceeds to babble on about Sodom and Gomorrah (sp?), and about how gays are an abomination to God. She also tells him that she read about some letter that "the homosexuals" sent to congress, saying that they're going to come into hetero couples' homes and rape the husbands in their bathtubs, and that they're going to stalk kids in movie theatres and turn them gay! She ends her rambling by saying that "they're (gays) coming to get us"! :eek:

It never ceases to amaze me how ignorant and openly bigoted some people can be. The gall of her to actually try to come into our house to pass her moral judgments on us! I wonder how many more of these freaks I'll have to deal with over the next 2 weeks until election day?! (Or until someone runs down our sign, whichever comes first.) :mad:I wouldnt be surprised if she's a follower of the Reverend Fred Phelps:mad:

[strandinthewind]

Bless your heart - I feel for ya living here in Georgia :eek:

[DavidMn]

Bless your heart - I feel for ya living here in Georgia :eek:Hey I got a funny story for you. When I was traveling too see Stevie this summer, I was driving through Mississippi, and I pulled into this gas station, and as I was leaving, this truck full of Jethroe's pulled up and I heard one of them say "Hey, look at that guys sticker on the back of his car, dont that mean he's queer?" I have a rainbow triangle on the back of my car. Needless to say I hightailed it outta there.....:nod:

[strandinthewind]

Hey I got a funny story for you. When I was traveling too see Stevie this summer, I was driving through Mississippi, and I pulled into this gas station, and as I was leaving, this truck full of Jethroe's pulled up and I heard one of them say "Hey, look at that guys sticker on the back of his car, dont that mean he's queer?" I have a rainbow triangle on the back of my car. Needless to say I hightailed it outta there.....:nod:

LOL - at least they knew what it meant.

[stargazer99]

And you stood there while she spouted all this? After her first sentence, I would've given her two seconds to get off my property before I beat her in the head with a baseball bat.

No, I didn't stand there... my husband did! I wasn't home at the time.

I had the same reaction as you... I would have told her to get the f*ck off of my property, and would have slammed the door in her face. My husband's reasoning, though, was that you should always listen to what your enemies have to say... so you can use it against them later! But I'd rather have the pleasure of telling them where to go!

[markolas]

Hey I got a funny story for you. When I was traveling too see Stevie this summer, I was driving through Mississippi, and I pulled into this gas station, and as I was leaving, this truck full of Jethroe's pulled up and I heard one of them say "Hey, look at that guys sticker on the back of his car, dont that mean he's queer?" I have a rainbow triangle on the back of my car. Needless to say I hightailed it outta there.....:nod:

Yet another reason why gay people should carry guns.

[DavidMn]

LOL - at least they knew what it meant.ONe of them was cute as hell too, too bad.:lol:

[stargazer99]

Bless your heart - I feel for ya living here in Georgia :eek:

How do you stand it?! :lol:

Seriously, though, we just moved here (Texas) from Chicago several months ago. I went from a very blue state to smack dab in the middle of Bush country! I also went from having Dick Durbin and Barack Obama as my senators to Kay Bailey Hutchinson and John Cornyn! :eek: It's been pretty much pure hell for this bleeding heart liberal!

[strandinthewind]

How do you stand it?! :lol:

Seriously, though, we just moved here (Texas) from Chicago several months ago. I went from a very blue state to smack dab in the middle of Bush country! I also went from having Dick Durbin and Barack Obama as my senators to Kay Bailey Hutchinson and John Cornyn! :eek: It's been pretty much pure hell for this bleeding heart liberal!

Well, as you probably noticed, few win in an oral argument with me :laugh:

Also, I live in Atlanta, which is mostly liberal in the application of its society if not its politics.

[DavidMn]

Well, as you probably noticed, few win in an oral argument with me :laugh:

Also, I live in Atlanta, which is mostly liberal in the application of its society if not its politics.Yeah, Atlanta is sort of an oasis of reason in that state isnt it? Didnt Oprah do a show in Forsyth county back in the 80's about some racist thing that went on there?

[stargazer99]

Hey I got a funny story for you. When I was traveling too see Stevie this summer, I was driving through Mississippi, and I pulled into this gas station, and as I was leaving, this truck full of Jethroe's pulled up and I heard one of them say "Hey, look at that guys sticker on the back of his car, dont that mean he's queer?" I have a rainbow triangle on the back of my car. Needless to say I hightailed it outta there.....:nod:

:laugh: :laugh:

Isn't it sad that in the year 2005, we have to be afraid of using our freedom of speech? I have some anti-Bush bumper stickers on the back of my car. I fear for my life everyday since I moved here, driving around with those on my car. This is a concealed weapons state, after all! If you're driving with your gun in your car, you have to have it in plain view on the seat next to you... and within quick reach when road rage overcomes ya! :eek:

[strandinthewind]

Yeah, Atlanta is sort of an oasis of reason in that state isnt it? Didnt Oprah do a show in Forsyth county back in the 80's about some racist thing that went on there?

Forsyth County used to have a sign that said "No Ni**ers Allowed" - Of course, the servants had a day pass. Nice and Christian weren't they :rolleyes:

[strandinthewind]

:laugh: :laugh:

Isn't it sad that in the year 2005, we have to be afraid of using our freedom of speech? I have some anti-Bush bumper stickers on the back of my car. I fear for my life everyday since I moved here, driving around with those on my car. This is a concealed weapons state, after all! If you're driving with your gun in your car, you have to have it in plain view on the seat next to you... and within quick reach when road rage overcomes ya! :eek:

Oh Honey - you should see me turn Julia Sugarker terminator on people. I made some poor Representative cry one time in a challenge of religious faith :laugh:

[RavenOfRhiannon]

You are not the only bleeding heart in Texas! But you need to learn the secret handshake and get the map to our secret base...

[stargazer99]

You are not the only bleeding heart in Texas! But you need to learn the secret handshake and get the map to our secret base...

That would definitely come in handy! Will you initiate me into your club... pretty please?

[DavidMn]

Forsyth County used to have a sign that said "No Ni**ers Allowed" - Of course, the servants had a day pass. Nice and Christian weren't they :rolleyes:That county isnt too far from Atlanta is it?

[markolas]

You are not the only bleeding heart in Texas! But you need to learn the secret handshake and get the map to our secret base...

I thought everyone knew Austin was our secret base. :lol:

[DavidMn]

:laugh: :laugh:

Isn't it sad that in the year 2005, we have to be afraid of using our freedom of speech? I have some anti-Bush bumper stickers on the back of my car. I fear for my life everyday since I moved here, driving around with those on my car. This is a concealed weapons state, after all! If you're driving with your gun in your car, you have to have it in plain view on the seat next to you... and within quick reach when road rage overcomes ya! :eek:That's like if there's something that I dont like on the radio or tv, I just turn it off or switch the station.

[stargazer99]

Forsyth County used to have a sign that said "No Ni**ers Allowed" - Of course, the servants had a day pass. Nice and Christian weren't they :rolleyes:

I really would have loved to see this woman's reaction if I'd been home when she came a callin'... my husband is black, and I'm white! Assuming her bigotry isn't only towards gays, she probably would have just shook her head, said "nevermind", and walked away, figuring it was a lost cause! :laugh: Either that, or she would have told us that mixing of the races is an abomination against God!

[DavidMn]

I really would have loved to see this woman's reaction if I'd been home when she came a callin'... my husband is black, and I'm white! Assuming her bigotry isn't only towards gays, she probably would have just shook her head, said "nevermind", and walked away, figuring it was a lost cause! :laugh: Either that, or she would have told us that mixing of the races is an abomination against God!She'd have soiled her depends I think.:lol:

[DavidMn]

I really would have loved to see this woman's reaction if I'd been home when she came a callin'... my husband is black, and I'm white! Assuming her bigotry isn't only towards gays, she probably would have just shook her head, said "nevermind", and walked away, figuring it was a lost cause! :laugh: Either that, or she would have told us that mixing of the races is an abomination against God!Then I would've brought up the name of that writer Honore De Balzac and she'd have thought I was talking dirty and said I was going to hell for that too!!.:laugh:

[RavenOfRhiannon]

I thought everyone knew Austin was our secret base. :lol:

You're right. Austin is our Batcave!!

Before I worked in the corporate offices, I worked as a book manager in one of the stores. During the 2004 election, I had a display of politically themed books, most were of a liberal slant, but that was because there were more books published against Bush than for. My poor staff and I got soooo many complaints. I would always counter with the argument that no matter who is in power, there will always be more opposition books and that no one complained when Clinton was in office and every other book was slandering him.

One guy had the nerve to call the radio and tv station and complain that I censored books because I was sold out of that Swift Boat book. There I was on the news holding up my reservation list to prove I was not keeping people from reading whatever they chose to.

[strandinthewind]

I really would have loved to see this woman's reaction if I'd been home when she came a callin'... my husband is black, and I'm white! Assuming her bigotry isn't only towards gays, she probably would have just shook her head, said "nevermind", and walked away, figuring it was a lost cause! :laugh: Either that, or she would have told us that mixing of the races is an abomination against God!

I think the next time she comes over, you should answer the door in a thong and pasties and exclaim while pulling her inside "are you my next client" :cool:

[stargazer99]

Oh Honey - you should see me turn Julia Sugarker terminator on people. I made some poor Representative cry one time in a challenge of religious faith :laugh:

I would love to see that!

Mind you, I'm not about to take the bumper stickers off my car. In fact, I may get some more! But I tend to shy away from being overly confrontational when I'm driving, especially after the time my car got hit with a slurpie by a rude driver that I had flipped her off! I'm afraid that with my luck, if I get too confrontational with a driver here, I'll get by a bullet rather than a slurpie!

[stargazer99]

Then I would've brought up the name of that writer Honore De Balzac and she'd have thought I was talking dirty and said I was going to hell for that too!!.:laugh:

:lol: :laugh: :lol: :laugh:

I'm actually surprised that when the big black man opened the front door, she didn't go running down the street screaming "They're ALL coming to get us now!"

[DavidMn]

:lol: :laugh: :lol: :laugh:

I'm actually surprised that when the big black man opened the front door, she didn't go running down the street screaming "They're ALL coming to get us now!"That is if she could have run that far with her walker....:laugh:

[bikerchic]

Hey, come to Canada, we love you gay's, eh! :xoxo:

[DavidMn]

Hey, come to Canada, we love you gay's, eh! :xoxo:I remember when I was in Montreal about 10 years ago, there was this really cute guy in the subway station. :thumbsup:

[stargazer99]

I think the next time she comes over, you should answer the door in a thong and pasties and exclaim while pulling her inside "are you my next client" :cool:

Okay, I just almost spit out my drink! :lol:

[strandinthewind]

Okay, I just almost spit out my drink! :lol:

Better yet - put your husband in the thong and pasties :eek:

Of course both of you at one time and something involving a leash and a sling in plain sight ought to do it as well.

[DavidMn]

Better yet - put your husband in the thong and pasties :eek:

Of course both of you at one time and something involving a leash and a sling in plain sight ought to do it as well.Well now, it looks like we have ourselves a tituation here...:lol:

[stargazer99]

Better yet - put your husband in the thong and pasties :eek:

Of course both of you at one time and something involving a leash and a sling in plain sight ought to do it as well.


Stop it! You're killing me, here!

Of course, many members of the "morality police" who like to tell others that they're deviants, have a closet full of whips, chains and ball gags in themselves! Maybe she would have actually asked us if she could join in! ;)

[DavidMn]

Stop it! You're killing me, here!

Of course, many members of the "morality police" who like to tell others that they're deviants, have a closet full of whips, chains and ball gags in themselves! Maybe she would have actually asked us if she could join in! ;)See Jimmy Swaggart, if you might remember.:nod:

[strandinthewind]

Stop it! You're killing me, here!

Of course, many members of the "morality police" who like to tell others that they're deviants, have a closet full of whips, chains and ball gags in themselves! Maybe she would have actually asked us if she could join in! ;)

Thus, FINALLY a good use for a ball gag :cool:

[wondergirl9847]

I'm sure she was raised in a totally different time era. My grandmother doesn't agree with mixed marriages or anything of that nature. When she tells me about family members or friends, I just nod because I don't wanna argue with my 82 year old Nanny. Of course, I don't believe what she does, but I know she was raised back in the teens-20's and 30's. She ain't gonna change her mind about anything. I love and respect her, but I don't have to agree with her.

I just cannot believe the balls that some people have in going to someone's home to say something like that.

[DavidMn]

I'm sure she was raised in a totally different time era. My grandmother doesn't agree with mixed marriages or anything of that nature. When she tells me about family members or friends, I just nod because I don't wanna argue with my 82 year old Nanny. Of course, I don't believe what she does, but I know she was raised back in the teens-20's and 30's. She ain't gonna change her mind about anything. I love and respect her, but I don't have to agree with her.

I just cannot believe the balls that some people have in going to someone's home to say something like that.My grandmother was like that too. But when I told her I was gay, she said "Well, I'm not happy about it, but you're still my grandson. Thank god for reason.:nod:

[stargazer99]

I'm sure she was raised in a totally different time era. My grandmother doesn't agree with mixed marriages or anything of that nature. When she tells me about family members or friends, I just nod because I don't wanna argue with my 82 year old Nanny. Of course, I don't believe what she does, but I know she was raised back in the teens-20's and 30's. She ain't gonna change her mind about anything. I love and respect her, but I don't have to agree with her.

I just cannot believe the balls that some people have in going to someone's home to say something like that.

My grandma was the same way. (She passed away a few years back, at the age of 92). She never met my husband, since by the time I was dating him, she was pretty senile and in a nursing home 800 miles away. But I'm sure if she had met him, considering her state of mind at the time, she probably would have thought he was a "servant" and asked him to bring her a glass of water or something. And if she'd met him while she still had her mind intact, she would have been totally disgusted. So yeah, I can definitely see your point.

The sad thing is that there are many people our age that feel that way as well. Unfortunately, some families continue to pass it down from generation to generation. Kind of like those girl singers in the other thread. :distress:

[dissention]

I'm sorry your husband had to listen to such trash. Kudos to you guys for putting that sign out in the first place.

[Livia]

I thought everyone knew Austin was our secret base. :lol:

:thumbsup:

[stargazer99]

I thought everyone knew Austin was our secret base. :lol:

So I've heard! I haven't been to Austin yet myself, but have heard nothing but good things about the city. I have a friend who lived their briefly, and loved it. Unfortunately, she lost her job and had to move for a new one. She wasn't too happy about leaving.

[markolas]

:thumbsup:

Well, you know...I thought it was great that the mayor (and I think almost everyone on the city council, if I heard right) came out against this amendment. :D

[ryan8472]

And you stood there while she spouted all this? After her first sentence, I would've given her two seconds to get off my property before I beat her in the head with a baseball bat.
My thoughts exactly. Except I would've told her that I had a shotgun in my closet. :nod: :mad:

The nerve of some people, I swear....Good for you for displaying the sign tho! :nod: :D

[Richard B]

I thought everyone knew Austin was our secret base. :lol:
Texas has always given me the whillies. But I heard Austin is downright cool and quite progressive. Certainly the hidden secret of Texas.

[SuzeQuze]

My grandma was the same way. (She passed away a few years back, at the age of 92). She never met my husband, since by the time I was dating him, she was pretty senile and in a nursing home 800 miles away. But I'm sure if she had met him, considering her state of mind at the time, she probably would have thought he was a "servant" and asked him to bring her a glass of water or something. And if she'd met him while she still had her mind intact, she would have been totally disgusted. So yeah, I can definitely see your point.

The sad thing is that there are many people our age that feel that way as well. Unfortunately, some families continue to pass it down from generation to generation. Kind of like those girl singers in the other thread. :distress:

Wow, bless you for sticking to your guns in Texas! No, that pun wasn't intended! :lol: I can't believe the nerve of that woman, ugh! And that story she told, do people really believe that BS? Jeez.

There is still plenty of resistance to interracial couples. It is very sad. The last guy I dated was black and he said that he hadn't met most of the fathers of the white girls he dated. We also got some very awful looks when we went to dinner one nite, some people are just jerks.

I don't know how I would do in a red state. I have that feeling the sky is falling already, I think I would figure it was the end of the world. :laugh:

[strandinthewind]

. . . There is still plenty of resistance to interracial couples. It is very sad . . . .

I agree. When I was growing up, my Dad and I were at the Waldorf Astoria (I have been going there for decades :laugh: ) and we saw this white guy holding this black girl's hand on the escalator. I thought nothing of it other than I had not seen that before - then, my Dad says "son you can screw your maid all you want at home, but don't bring her out in public" - I was horrified at the time and still am to this day. To his credit, my dad has come a very very long way since then -- and thank goodness.

[wondergirl9847]

Texas has always given me the whillies. But I heard Austin is downright cool and quite progressive. Certainly the hidden secret of Texas.

I live in Fort Worth...North Texas. Have you been to Texas? You should come on over and check it out. :)

[dissention]

I don't know how I would do in a red state. I have that feeling the sky is falling already, I think I would figure it was the end of the world. :laugh:

I'd make like Brit Hume's son and stick a gun in my mouth.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

I'd make like Brit Hume's son and stick a gun in my mouth.

Ok...does anyone else not find that a little offensive?

But I say "hateful" things and I am given the evil eye! :lol:

[Brwn_eyes0511]

I don't know how I would do in a red state. I have that feeling the sky is falling already, I think I would figure it was the end of the world. :laugh:


Red states aren't that bad! We aren't going around with six fingers and, what was Gore said about us..."double chromosomes"! There are a lot of stereotypes about the south and such. It really is a nice place to live. And beautiful country!

[dissention]

Ok...does anyone else not find that a little offensive?

Of course you find it offensive. And it probably is. But if it was a Democrat that I had made reference to, you wouldn't have said a peep.

But I say "hateful" things and I am given the evil eye! :lol:

You just gave me the "evil eye." We're even. :angel:

[dissention]

Red states aren't that bad!

Red state politics are some pretty huge humps to get over. :laugh:

[Moony]

Ok...does anyone else not find that a little offensive?

Nope. I'd do the same thing.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Red state politics are some pretty huge humps to get over. :laugh:

I'm talking about the actual STATES, the country, and believe it or not the people! We aren't all evil...

[dissention]

I'm talking about the actual STATES, the country, and believe it or not the people! We aren't all evil...

:shocked:

After the things you've said about "liberals"...

[Brwn_eyes0511]

:shocked:

After the things you've said about "liberals"...

Ok fine.

THEY aren't all evil! haha.

[dissention]

Nope. I'd do the same thing.

I see you haven't found Jesus yet, you heathen.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

I see you haven't found Jesus yet, you heathen.

Taking your life isn't funny stuff. It is serious. I know from personal experience.

[Moony]

I see you haven't found Jesus yet, you heathen.
Get out of my face Tammy Faye.

[dissention]

Get out of my face Tammy Faye.

Why? Afraid you'll get caught in my lashes? It would serve you right.

[Moony]

Why? Afraid you'll get caught in my lashes? It would serve you right.
Drowndin'
in the sea of mascara...
my face is stuck
inside the clumps...

[dissention]

Drowndin'
in the sea of mascara...
my face is stuck
inside the clumps...

She said "Maybelline, looks so pretty on my eyes
Never change, never clump..."

[Moony]

She said "Maybelline, looks so pretty on my eyes
Never change, never clump..."
But it's not waterproof
It's running down to the floor
And taking with it all
Of my rouge and lipstick!

[dissention]

But it's not waterproof
It's running down to the floor
And taking with it all
Of my rouge and lipstick!

Hold on, a tissue's comin'
Yet it stayed caked on for days
And I will stay up at night, all the time
I'll apply it anywhere - anyway - anyway

[Moony]

I suck at this, I concede to the lyrical master.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Hold on, a tissue's comin'
Yet it stayed caked on for days
And I will stay up at night, all the time
I'll apply it anywhere - anyway - anyway

Wasn’t the makeup surgically put on her face?

[crylove77]

She also tells him that she read about some letter that "the homosexuals" sent to congress, saying that they're going to come into hetero couples' homes and rape the husbands in their bathtubs, and that they're going to stalk kids in movie theatres and turn them gay! She ends her rambling by saying that "they're (gays) coming to get us"!
:lol: :lol: :lol: OMG!! I needed a good laugh. What the f*ck are these people thinking?!
We just hired a new guy at our restaurant, to work in the kitchen. Well, his first day, he came in wearing a rainbow bracelet. My God, you'd think he walked up to every guy in the kitchen and slipped them all the tongue! Of course, they all banded together in the corner eyeing him like he was a vampire or something. I'm sure the comments went a little like this, in redneck-ese: "Well, I'll tell ya one thang right now. The first time he grabs my ass, he's gonna know right damn quick I ain't no ****in' fag!"
(By the way, we don't all speak like this. There's a world of difference between a southerner/southern accent and a redneck!)

Forsyth County used to have a sign that said "No Ni**ers Allowed" - Of course, the servants had a day pass. Nice and Christian weren't they Never understood that philosophy that's it's OK to be served by a black person but they can't spend money there. Reminds me of that line from Fried Green Tomatos where Cicely Tyson is talking about the white sheriff: "Don't make no common sense, won't sit next to a colored child, but he eats eggs-shoot right out a chicken's ass!"

I'm sure she was raised in a totally different time era. My grandmother doesn't agree with mixed marriages or anything of that nature. When she tells me about family members or friends, I just nod because I don't wanna argue with my 82 year old Nanny. Of course, I don't believe what she does, but I know she was raised back in the teens-20's and 30's. She ain't gonna change her mind about anything. I love and respect her, but I don't have to agree with her.
My grandmother's like that too. I recently took her on a trip from North Carolina to her home state of Kentucky. It was a looooong ride. When she starts in on 'the blacks' and 'the gays', I gotta just toon her out. My mom told me the other day what she said: "You know, I don't think Angie likes some of the things I say. When I start to talk, she just keeps turning that radio up." I thought I was being more subtle than that.:shrug:
She also had high hopes that my uncle, my father's brother, would marry one of her daughters, so he could be an 'official' member of the family...until she found out he was gay. She still has high hopes though, that he will 'turn back', as she calls it.:shocked:

[sparky]

Wow. If my neighbor came at me like that, Katie bar the door. Your husband gets points for restraint. I wouldn't have used aggressive violent language. Never. But trust me, I have to tell people to go get themselves f*cked on the phone all the time. And they never know until they hung up what I really meant. A taped conversation would sound like I was the most polite, professional man on earth. Studio heads and expensive attorneys would have to listen to the tapes and I cannot incriminate myself. Your husband has the patience of Job.:thumbsup:

[markolas]

I live in Fort Worth...North Texas. Have you been to Texas? You should come on over and check it out. :)

I'm scared to leave Austin. :lol:

[markolas]

I'd make like Brit Hume's son and stick a gun in my mouth.

I continue to be amazed that I survived adolesence in North Louisiana without at least attempting suicide.

[stargazer99]

Wow, bless you for sticking to your guns in Texas! No, that pun wasn't intended! :lol: I can't believe the nerve of that woman, ugh! And that story she told, do people really believe that BS? Jeez.

There is still plenty of resistance to interracial couples. It is very sad. The last guy I dated was black and he said that he hadn't met most of the fathers of the white girls he dated. We also got some very awful looks when we went to dinner one nite, some people are just jerks.

I don't know how I would do in a red state. I have that feeling the sky is falling already, I think I would figure it was the end of the world. :laugh:

Thank you! :xoxo:

For the most part, people don't look twice at us. But we do definitely get our share of dirty looks. Unfortunately, there still are plenty of people who think interracial couples are disgusting. The last place we lived in the Chicago area had it's fair share of narrow minded people. One time, my husband was at the grocery store with our son, who was about 2 yrs old at the time. My son is very light skinned, so many people don't realize he's mixed. Some old guy came up to my husband and said something to the effect of "It's amazing, you can take a white child out of his natural environment, and put him in a Negro environment, and he will take on the characteristics of a Negro." :eek: My husband responded "Yes, it is all about the the environment you're raised in, isn't it?" Of course, that totally went over the guys head! My husband also has had teenagers in that same grocery store walk past him and sarcastically say to him "What's up, homey?" Unbelievable!

Just goes to show, though... as much as I bitch and moan about moving from a Blue state to a Red state, it can happen anywhere! We actually got more of that type of stuff up North than we do here. But overall, politically, it is definitely way more conservative where we are now. After what happened with the old biddy yesterday, we figure having the sign in our yard may show us who the most narrow-minded people in our neighborhood are. Then we won't associate with them!

[stargazer99]

I'd make like Brit Hume's son and stick a gun in my mouth.

Believe me, there are times I've been tempted! :lol:

Seriously, though, this has been a very ironic year for me...

First, Bush gets reelected, and I'm ready to pack up and move to Canada. Instead, we end up moving down here (the middle of Bush country) because my husband, who was laid off from his job 3 years ago, has been working a consulting contract down here for over a year, which he expects to last several more months. (He had been unable to find anything up North.) Since I was able to get a transfer with my job, we made the move. Then within 2 weeks after moving here, the project my husband is supposed to work on gets cancelled, and there's no other work for him, so the company ends his contract! We also discover, thanks to an article forwarded to us by a friend, that the town we chose to live in is one of the top 5 most conservative cities in the U.S.! :eek: So it's really no surprise to me that we were visited by the old biddy yesterday, and I fully expect plenty more of that before the election.

On the upside, I did find a Democrats group, and attended a meeting Saturday. I had to introduce myself during the meeting, and when I joked that I was at the meeting to meet the other 3 Democrats in the area, I was chastised and informed that there were actually 68,000 Dems in the county that had voted in the last election. Considering that I'm from Chicago, that doesn't sound like a lot. But, it was about 67,990 more than I thought there were in my county! :laugh: I also got to meet the Democratic Congressional candidate for my district, that will be running in 2006. I was pretty impressed, and think he may actually have a shot at winning.

[stargazer99]

Wow. If my neighbor came at me like that, Katie bar the door. Your husband gets points for restraint. I wouldn't have used aggressive violent language. Never. But trust me, I have to tell people to go get themselves f*cked on the phone all the time. And they never know until they hung up what I really meant. A taped conversation would sound like I was the most polite, professional man on earth. Studio heads and expensive attorneys would have to listen to the tapes and I cannot incriminate myself. Your husband has the patience of Job.:thumbsup:

Believe me, I wouldn't have been as restrained as my husband! But it was probably a good thing it was him rather than me who had to deal with her. I tend to get very emotional in situations like that, and she probably would have left there thinking I'd proved her point about nasty old liberals! My husband is used to dealing with people like that, and he doesn't want to give them the satisfaction of "proving their point" about "people like him".

[wondergirl9847]

Some old guy came up to my husband and said something to the effect of "It's amazing, you can take a white child out of his natural environment, and put him in a Negro environment, and he will take on the characteristics of a Negro." :eek: My husband responded "Yes, it is all about the the environment you're raised in, isn't it?"

Negro? LOL

Like I said before...some people have brass ones. I would never dare go up to anyone and say "When are you due?" and I certainly wouldn't say anything like that. Sheebus people.

[DavidMn]

Negro? LOL

Like I said before...some people have brass ones. I would never dare go up to anyone and say "When are you due?" and I certainly wouldn't say anything like that. Sheebus people.I know what youre talking about. I'm a bit overweight, and I've had people ask me that. I mean I dont have a massive beer gut or anything, but I could sure lose 50 or so. But it doesnt really bother me. Whenever someone asks me that, I usually tell them I'll be the first man to be able to bear my boyfriends child. That usually shuts em up.;)

[GateandGarden]

I'd make like Brit Hume's son and stick a gun in my mouth.No you wouldn't. Danny wouldn't either. I mean, yes, I really do hate so many things about the South but just living in the South is not the worst thing in the world. I have problems and some result from living here but there are many people out there who have far more severe problems than I do and have a hell of a lot more to whine about than I do. There are people who have reasons to think of putting guns to their heads; as someone who lives in the South, I don't. I don't know what it is that y'all imagine goes on. I doubt that my daily life differs that dramatically from yours. Sure, this is not the place for me or you, socially and politically, but don't you think you were being just a little presumptuous and melodramatic?

[Brwn_eyes0511]

No you wouldn't. Danny wouldn't either. I mean, yes, I really do hate so many things about the South but just living in the South is not the worst thing in the world. I have problems and some result from living here but there are many people out there who have far more severe problems than I do and have a hell of a lot more to whine about than I do. There are people who have reasons to think of putting guns to their heads; as someone who lives in the South, I don't. I don't know what it is that y'all imagine goes on. I doubt that my daily life differs that dramatically from yours. Sure, this is not the place for me or you, socially and politically, but don't you think you were being just a little presumptuous and melodramatic?


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Well said Hillary!

[BombaySapphire3]

No you wouldn't. Danny wouldn't either. I mean, yes, I really do hate so many things about the South but just living in the South is not the worst thing in the world. I have problems and some result from living here but there are many people out there who have far more severe problems than I do and have a hell of a lot more to whine about than I do. There are people who have reasons to think of putting guns to their heads; as someone who lives in the South, I don't. I don't know what it is that y'all imagine goes on. I doubt that my daily life differs that dramatically from yours. Sure, this is not the place for me or you, socially and politically, but don't you think you were being just a little presumptuous and melodramatic?
I agree they are being a little melodramatic .I'd simply wash down a bottle of Seconal with a fifth of Jack Daniels.

[sparky]

I agree they are being a little melodramatic .I'd simply wash down a bottle of Seconal with a fifth of Jack Daniels.


You ? Are totally Rock A Little ! :xoxo: