[ SECRET POST #183 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #183 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Might have taken one from the recent submission post. Sorry about that!

PS - I hate HTML

Secrets Left to Post: 07 pages, 164 secrets from Secret Submission Post #026.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, [ 1 ] not!fandom.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Sunday, July 8th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

4, 6

[(Anonymous)]

4 - This inevitably happens in large groups, and I agree, it does suck. I think part of being a good friend is tolerating that they might like different things. But that goes for them, too. I wish I had good advice, but I don't, because I often find myself in the same situation.

6 - I only slightly agree with this one. Some people might not realize that they're going through a period where they're uninterested in sex. On the other hand, there are real asexuals, and it's pretty stupid to go around claiming there aren't. It's just like when people go around becoming 'fandom lesbians' - that doesn't mean real lesbians don't exist, in the fandom community or in general!

And you know what? There can be a lot of factors for someone to not be dating, and that can be everything from personal preference to a busy lifestyle to a lack of viable people to date in their community. I really don't understand why you're calling dateless people pathetic when some truly pathetic people are out there dating. Having a Significant Other doesn't define a person, thanks.

Re: 4, 6

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think either secret was saying that lesbians or asexuals don't exist. (I got the impression the lesbian secret was posted by a lesbian actually and who knows maybe this one was posted by an asexual.)

I think what the secrets were saying isn't that it's bad to be a lesbian or an asexual just that people who claim to be one when they aren't are irritating. personally i don't think that attitude is fair because sometimes people really are genuinely confused, but at the same time it's not the same as saying "lesbians and asexuals suck and none exist".

Re: 4, 6

[(Anonymous)]

Whoops, I must've spaced out and misread the secret. Sorry about that!

Still, I think they're being fairly harsh, for exactly the same reason you stated. A lot of people in fandom are in their teens or just entering college. Of course they're confused.