Letters to the Editor
marciat
Published Letters: 3
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She should tell him, because it's an issue for HER.
[Read the article: Should I tell my new man that I used to date women?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think the letter writer should tell her new man about her previous relationships with women because if she doesn't her entire relationship will be defined, NOT by whether she had sex with women but by the fact that she didn't trust this man enough to tell him. That may not be true for all women and all relationships, but it is true for this one. And I know that because she asked the question. If it wasn't a problem for her that she hasn't told him, she wouldn't have asked the question.
Letter writer, if this man is someone you plan to spend the entire rest of your life with, don't you need to know you don't have to withold anything about who you are or have been from him? Do you want to have to look over your shoulder your whole life for that person you will run into on the street from your past and worry that they might let something slip? And if this liberal Republican is a man who, if faced with that information, would let you go...don't you want to know that now, before you've invested all that time, effort, love?
But Cary's right. You can't just dump it in his lap. You have to condition how he listens to what you're saying. Even tell him why you feel you must tell him. And the most important reason is that you need to know what kind of man he is if you are to continue on in the relationship.
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I'm with Anonymous, here.
[Read the article: Campaigning while female]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I read your column, nodding all the while, until I got to the end, where you dismissed support for John Edwards as being nothing more than wimping out.
I am very aware of the historic nature of both Clinton's and Obama's campaigns. I am proud to be a Democrat in a time when these candidates can wage serious campaigns for the White House. And yet, I am a John Edwards supporter. Because I believe him to stand for what this country really needs in this very dangerous time for our nation, not because of Clinton's neck waddle or Obama's muslim relatives.
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Hasn't that always been the strategy?
[Read the article: What Obama really said in 2001]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Of course they've read it, and they understand that Obama didn't say what they say he said. But they're banking on the fact that very few people still listening to John McCain have read it or will read it. Don't forget, these people elected (TWICE!) a president who prided himself on, and bragged about, not doing nuance! Obama's thoughtful and nuanced comments will never be heard by McCain's audience. And those of us who bothered to read the actually text stopped listening to McCain eons ago.
But I'm with you...I can't wait for Tuesday.