I have sat quietly reading this thread intending to respond to the story after I read every post.. until I came across this, your post. youshouldveknown has been pretty much the only person acting mature and civil on this thread- how on earth can you claim otherwise?
I am sickened by how some people have resonded to this story. I keep reading attempts to justify reactions and the main thing I am seeing is-"ewww, he, she, it, gross!" and then "I have gay, transgender friends and they are wonderful people and I find nothing wrong with it but... eww, he she it." Like having a transgender friend makes it OK to slam this couple. It's obvious what these people really think about their transgender "friends" and that is sad!
I am so surprised by the responses here.. many by people I have had a reasonable amount of respect for. This ain't the 50's no more, times are changing, people are changing. This isn't your world, it's ours and these people deserve respect too. "It", wtf?![/QUOTE]
IMO "No one is denying that, honey!" is condescending in nature and is not conducive to mature discussion. Hence the "If you disagree with another members point of view, do so in a mature and civil manner."
All my posts have been included in this post. Please point to where in my posts you see me making these statements:
ewww, he, she, it, gross!"
have gay, transgender friends and they are wonderful people
I find nothing wrong with it
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I did indeed write the following:
If my husband got pregnant......(yuck.....than double yuck as he's old).....he would be a pregnant man.
The yuck usage pertains to my husband.....you obviously weren't present during the sex-after-surgery discussion with the GYN Surgeon last week.....I love my husband but some of the 'here's-how-to' evoked numerous yucks from both of us....as well as laughter over the mental images of attempting such how-to's at our age.
My posts pertained to the physiological misrepresentation etc made by both Mr. Beatie and the media and physiological beliefs I hold. Not once did I use derogatory words to describe Mr. Beatie.
Please do not quote my posts unless you intend to address my words, and my words only, in a mature manner.