Dear Diary

[darkest_diary]

I haven't been on Facebook in a few weeks but decided to go on it now. My friend Mat is on there and we got to talking about old times, geez I haven't seen him since Sacramento and it was some crazy times we went through. I miss him so much right now. We were never boyfriends or anything like that, just really good friends, even though he is

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[froganon]

That's a cool old picture. and the blue streak is a classic!

Old friends I miss some of mines. Some went away when I came out as not straight. Others fades. A few are still around. A couple are dead.

I'd give anything to see a few of them again.

[darkest_diary]

I love old pictures, it's great if I know the people in them, but I even if I don't know the people, I just love the old pictures. It is like looking at a glimpse from the past.

It's tough missing old friends. Some of them just seem to disappear over time, they take off their separate ways. Others just vanish from circumstances, and then it seems to take forever to find them again. A few of my friends died as well over the years. Some moved so far away that I only hear from them online.

It would be great to see some of them again. :)

[froganon]

~ nodding ~ I think so too.

[beauty_forashes]

Wow, your mom looks beautiful in that picture! I love old photos too, they fascinate me for some reason.

It is easier for women to marry women, does society expect less of them, and therefore its okay, but bisexual men need to marry women as well?

I think that's one area where women have always had it easier. In Victorian times, male homosexuality was outlawed, but not female homosexuality, for example.

[darkest_diary]

I always told her she was the prettiest of her siblings, she says I am showing favoritism. lol

I like looking at old pictures, even random ones that you can find in second hand stores. Old postcards too, those are fascinating, especially when someone wrote something on the back of them. It's a glimpse into the past of peoples lives.

I didn't know female homosexuality hadn't been outlawed in the Victorian times. I thought that they were equal opportunity prudes. I am just glad the world has come a long way in the 100+ years since then. I am glad some of my friends can marry each other, or change genders, or identify with who they feel they most are inside. It is still a struggle for some of them, but slowly the world is getting more open to accepting people for who they are.

[beauty_forashes]

I always told her she was the prettiest of her siblings, she says I am showing favoritism. lol

No, she really is, and I'm not biased. ;)

I thought that they were equal opportunity prudes.

Well they were. Queen Victoria didn't bother to pass a law banning female homosexuality because she couldn't imagine or believe there even was such a thing. On one hand I want to roll my eyes at her ignorance, on the other I'm glad her ignorance kept a lot of women out of trouble.

I am glad some of my friends can marry each other, or change genders, or identify with who they feel they most are inside. It is still a struggle for some of them, but slowly the world is getting more open to accepting people for who they are.

I'm very, very glad about that too. We still have a long way to go, but we've come far in the past few decades.

[darkest_diary]

Really? She didn't think that there was such a thing? She didn't read much did she? lol

It's true, misconceptions about things can be for the good. When it is needed. At least when people have to hide who they are. If the stereo type people are expecting doesn't often exist, those that don't fit that stereo type can safely stay undercover. A necessary evil of a sort.

[shampoo_neko02]

Yeah I don't know why most men don't get married. There are quite a few gay people at my job and all but one of the girls are married to another girl and the boys one of them are married. One of the men, Joey, has been with his husband (they are not married but he calls him his husband) for 6 years. He says they won't get married because he doesn't beleive in marriageand doesn't want the goverment involeved in their relationship.

[darkest_diary]

I had an aunt who didn't marry her 'boyfriend' of twenty plus years until their kids were grown and moved out.

I think some people are incredibly marriage shy. It is better safe, but six years, I am pretty sure they will stay together, kind of like my aunt and her 'boyfriend' that everyone just called her 'husband' anyways. lol