Appearantly I do not listen to myself. I get a date with a really cute girl and I am already searching on the web for how to perform an atheist wedding. I must write on the old pad of paper a thousand times “I will not plan my own weddings until after I know this person“. Maybe then I will get it into my head that I am supposed to get to know people before I start falling in love with them. But regardless, I am absolutely enamoured by this woman and I am so anxious to meet her. And of course, my rational mind has gone completely and hopelessly astray so that I can mentally dance among the tulips with this girl that I have never even met in person before. Is this a bad thing? In and of itself, no. But I have to mentally remind myself that we are not getting married or even moving in right now. We are just going on a date. Nothing more, nothing less. Continue reading ‘What Did I Say About Living in the Moment?!?’
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When going to Rainbow Alley, I first heard the concept of gender-neutral pronouns. While I have to say that I do not care for them to be used to refer to me, I can’t help but wonder how many people would take these as an alternative. So, I did a little bit of research and saw that there are quite a few combinations of gender neutral pronouns. I genuinely worry about whether or not I am seriously offending the people that I write about by using gender neutral pronouns. I have never written about anyone who has made any objections, even when seeing the posts, but I’d like to be a little more sensitive about other people’s gender identities and to respect them. Especially because I of all people am aware of the fact that there are not just two genders, there are many genders and even many combinations of sexes. So, I would like to recommend the research of gender neutral pronouns. While I know there are many guides about this on the Internet, and many are of very high quality, I would highly recommend this guide on gender neutral pronouns. Continue reading ‘Gender Neutral Pronouns’