I read an article in CNN.com today about how it is becoming fashionable for women to ditch male partners in favor of female partners. I was raised by gay men, you won't find a more pro-gay straight man in America than I am. My Dads are two of the greatest human beings I know. However, I also have a lesbian ex-wife. We were married at 20 and divorced at 23. What did we know, we were kids? I'm pretty sure she was attracted to my parents and not to me. They were the only gay people she knew.
So I'm a bit ahead of the fashion curve.
The problem I have with the Lesbian being the new chic is that men don't stand a chance. I mean when women and men are young and in our 20's we're all attractive and sex is fun! When we start having children and we turn dumpy and our careers take off and the children always have a need, life sometimes gets in the way of sex, and almost certainly gets in the way of the fun, off the hook, crazy sex you had a decade ago.
Now when we hit our late 30's and early 40's if women can then choose not to be bothered with surly men and smelly old shoes we're doomed! Men don't stand a chance.
What person of that 30something age group, male or female, wouldn't enjoy spending an evening with their best friend? Someone that understands you without having to explain it. Someone who gets your emotions. Or gets that hate you have for the New England Patriots. If this becomes a socially acceptable alternative men are doomed! Why would a woman choose a dumpy old man when she could have an attractive peer who understands she doesn't have problems and they most certainly don't need fixed.
How many times did we say "Honey, are you sure you don't want to try a threesome?"
Be careful what you wish for... she may say "yes."
