Do you enjoy stepping directly in the path of a person in a wheelchair and then just sort of standing there vaguely?
In which I tell a woman to RUN RUN RUN from an infatuated Internet admirer.
Dear Bitter Butch,
I am newly single, and have just started playing the online dating game. So far, I’ve been having a blast. I love dating in my 40s, as I am older and wiser, and can weed out the drama so much better than when I was in my 20s.
I’ve been talking to several guys, and I’m actually making connections with some of them. Overall, it’s been a great experience. But I have one guy that I’m just not sure what to do with, and I’m looking for feedback.
Puppylove (my nickname for him) is completely infatuated with me. He’s 46, military, and from what I can tell, is the sweetest guy in the world. There is nothing that he says that I don’t think is genuine. But, he feels a chemistry that I don’t . . .
Read the rest of the letter and my answer at bitterempire.com.
Dear Bitter Butch,
I spent eight terrible years in a relationship with a crazy person. I mean she is certifiably batshit crazy. (I was in a bad place, what can I say?) We’ve been apart for four years now. I have a wonderful new partner who is perfectly sane. I often get threatening texts from the crazy ex-girlfriend. She even texted my new gal a few times. It’s very upsetting for me. I have a child with this crazy person, so I can’t make a total break from her, no matter how much I want to. Do you have any advice on how to deal with my crazy bitch ex?
– Baffled Boi
Dear Baffled Boi,
You don’t sound baffled to me.
You sound really, really, really angry. Read the rest at bitterempire.com.
“Your name is NOT Pocahantas. . . . despite everything that has happened to our people, and no matter what Donald Trump says: WE ARE STILL HERE.”
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4615831/state-representative-peggy-flanagan
Oh, Peggy I am so damn proud of you and your writing and your speaking and your hard work for all of us. I am so proud to know you.
Dear Bitter Butch,
One of the senior executives at my workplace is a bit of a skeeze in that he showers women at our workplace with ambiguously inappropriate attention. From what I’ve seen, the attention ranges from overly friendly hugs, to hands at the small of the back when opening doors, to fairly frequent office visits with small presents like pieces of chocolate.
. . . read the rest, and my answer, at bitterempire.com.
From their Facebook Page:
I need your help to save Trans Lifeline. We applied for grants aggressively this year but were turned down by everyone but the Trans Justice Funding Project and Horizons Foundation. Pride season was pretty much a bust for fundraising and now we are in dire straights. Members of our community have given so much to keep this going and I’m deeply humbled and moved by the sacrifices that trans people continue to make for each other. I’m writing this from a desert in Utah on the way to L.A. where we are hoping to make some fundraising progress. We’ve been driving out here and sleeping in our van for five days. We are nearing the end of what we can do personally to keep this going. Current events being what they are we are seeing repeated spikes in call volume. Your help is critical.
– Greta Gustava Martela ❤
http://www.translifeline.org/donate
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Haddayr again. I am so disheartened that foundations that supposedly are for GLBT communities are not funding this desperately-needed resource for the most vulnerable of us. Please donate if you can.
My kid never wants to go for a walk. He ‘hates’ bike riding. Being outside is basically an anathema.
Or I should say WAS an anathema.
In one week, he’s very close to reaching his 10K distance for evolving. Or hatching. Or . . . I don’t know what.
Now he goes for a long long walk, or multiple walks, every day. And he wants to take up bike riding.
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A few days ago, my partner, my sister and I were crossing Penn Ave and a huge truck was barrelling down toward us. My partner was like: “Oh no we are all going to die” but speeding to so much as a swift jog to avoid death seemed beyond his comprehension.
Today, I watched him SPRINT to catch a dratini. SPRINT.
#ilovepokemongo
Dear Darlings,
Bitter Butch is in need of more letters! Please send your questions about heartache, parenting, sex, work, disability, queerness, etiquette, or any old damn thing to bitterbutch@bitterempire.com and I will do my best to do it justice!
Bitterly,
Bitter Butch
Dear Bitter Butch,
I just got an email from my supervisor that says, in part, “We need to flush out the agenda area with this additional content.”
I need guidance. Is it appropriate to point out that the phrase is “flesh out,” not “flush out?” Or should I ask if she wants me to hunt for the agenda hidden in some shrubbery that she needs me to flush it out by startling it with additional content?
Haddayr Copley-Woods
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