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MEA CULPA: Onely Commits Couplism February 18, 2009

Posted by Onely in Bad Onely Activities, Everyday Happenings, Food for Thought.
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Hailes Castle Confessional, from SSPIA

Hailes Castle Confessional, from SSPIA

Bless me, Copious Readers, for I have sinned. I have committed egregious acts of couplism and heteronormativity, of the kind that we here at Onely love to decry and make fun of when they are committed against us.

A security officer at my work, whom I knew to be divorced, was telling me about how his daughters got a Nintendo Wii for Christmas and how they spent his day off playing with it. I made some comment about how his girls won’t want to go home now–because I was assuming that they were staying at his house on vacation and lived with their mom the rest of their time. He corrected me right quick, saying “No, actually I have custody.” Um. (more…)