The other day I found out that someone I once knew was engaged to another woman. I sent my congratulations & asked how long they'd been together...the disappointing reply was that she was playing "Wedding Chicken" with her mate to see who would back out first.
I had thought that, perhaps, I wasn't understanding the situation, so I wasn't going to respond. I left it for a week or so but today (probably because of lack of sleep, which has therefore turned me into what is otherwise known as "a grotbag"), I couldn't resist any longer. Perhaps I was way too harsh, but for goodness sake...I really took the Civil Partnership seriously, more seriously than I would a wedding because of the politics, how it would effect relatives etc etc.
This was my response:
"Who'd have thought that 40 years worth of fighting for equal rights by victimised gay activists would have given straight people the opportunity to play wedding chicken with each other. And to think that ET and I took it as a serious commitment - one that still isn't equal to marriage, I may add."
The sarcasm is, I suppose, oozing from my words but I couldn't help myself. I'm still deciding whether it was the wrong thing to write.
Monday, 14 April 2008
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3 comments:
Good for you.
Many people are less than serious about relationships; whether gay or straight. A gay friend of mine is going through a civil partnership divorce at the moment, and it is clear that her ex had an equally frivolous approach to the commitment; but as we both know, there are many young couples who have a similarly light-harted approach to a committed partnership.
Good for you. I rang the registry office to book ours in yesterday, and it was the most nerve-wracking thing I've done since proposing! Unbelieveable that some people think that our only option of legal partnership is something to be taken so lightly. Hopefully your comment will make them think twice - but I guess that remains to be seen...
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