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I work at a hardware store. Naturally, this means I get to meet quite a few lesbians and very few gayboys. ^^; Although there was this one pair that I'm pretty sure was...

Anyway, today I saw three lesbian couples, one of them I found to my surprise contained a lady I work with. She introduced me to "her sweetheart", Sandy. It was so cute. <3 They were picking out yard lights. ^_^

What continues to baffle me, though, is one of the other pairs I saw. I really, really don't understand why some lesbians choose to look like boys. I thought she was a boy until she said something. @_@ I mean, the point of being a lesbian is that you like girls... so, er, why would you want to look like a boy? Unless your partner was bi, I guess? Best of both worlds or something?

And I don't mean casual wear either, cause girls can wear casual/grunge/grubbies and still look like girls. No, this was men's haircut, men's shirt, men's pants, may-as-well-have-been-a-man.

*still baffled*

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Ugh, butch lesbians. My sister is a butch lesbian - tame, but she still goes and buys a whole bunch of man shit. Let’s see *ticks off fingers* Man cologne – smells terrible. Man shampoo – smells horrible. Man underwear – wtf? Man shirts – uncomfortable, but that’s opinion. Man haircut – ugly as hell on her. Man jewelry – eh, who cares? Man shorts, shoes, attire – she looks horrible in it.

Honestly, I think it's disgusting and unattractive. (Maybe disgusting is too strong a word?) Well, then again, I'm not lesbian, so I can't see it. But to me... they're so very aesthetically unpleasing.

I have no problem with lesbians, but if you want to date a girl, why do you want to be a boy? People have said, that's not it, but... *shakes head*In the end it kind of is. You look like a guy.

I feel like there's a psychological phenomenon behind it. All the butch lesbians I seen and/or met have serious issues that need to be resolved. Too much emotional baggage. My sister included. Two of them (at least) have issues because of past problems *understatement* with men. 1 has it because of a mother... hmm... wonder about the rest. And 1 wants to be a man – which I don’t consider an exception because she wants to be a man. Man, I would totally do a study about that if I could.

I mean, yeah, you can be boyish. Hardcore Tomboy anyone? And I don't believe in the social conventions of girls = makeup, long hair, skirts, dresses, and crap (seriously, I nearly kill someone every time they say you have to wear a skirt to such and such event), but at the end of the day men's underwear is made for men. With balls. And I know there is girl boxer underwear, because I used to wear it, and it used to look ugly and manly as hell. (Damn, they were comfy though) Certain stuff if just made for women, and vice versa. My sister always smells so gross to me…

Eh, my two cents *ka-ching* but I don't really care. I just shove aside my discomfort at the end of it all, and thus I'm friends with some butch lesbians. Appearance is only appearance to me. XP If a person's a jerk, they're a jerk. Just cause I'm 'ugh' about it doesn't mean I'm a total prejudiced meanie about it. In fact, I've never even said anything but encouragement to my sister. Whatever makes her happy...

*sigh* And yeah. The apartment was a nightmare. They didn’t fumigate before we came, so it was filled with roaches. We had to leave at 1:00 AM and spend the night somewhere else. It was really a letdown.