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Congrats man that's great news!

I'm older than Jack and have a few hairs on my chest, possibly not more than four. I can go a good 7 days without shaving and then I only shave because well it's kind of embarrassing that I could go another week without shaving and people would barely notice. My friend said once when I told him I hadn't shaved in over a week that I looked like a teenager who was about to have his first shave. I like chest hair. I like body hair on men. I can live with back hair, unless it's at the Robin Williams level of back hair. FYI, Paki is not really a term you would want to call a pakistani guy unless you wanted him to slug you in the face.

Oh no my very good friend was a gay guy in college and is now a lesbian, it's not rare at all. Some people remain gay, even when they change their gender. It's much more common than you think. Sexuality and gender are a wonderfully complex entities. I wouldn't assume someone's sexual orientation will change just because their gender changes.

Congrats Benji your posts are always something to look forward to.

I think people very early find out that there's something "wrong" with them, they may not be able to put a name to it, but they feel it. Often, not always, they'll find ways to express their true gender even if they don't realize they're doing it, much like many gays and lesbians do when they are in the closet. What I'm saying is that even if someone doesn't "figure out" what their true gender is, I don't think its something that anyone paying attention to their partner wouldn't notice in some way, even if they don't acknowledge it, much in the same way, some spouses in heterosexual relationships might see signs their partner is actually gay but may not know how to recognize it or name it. It's not like someone out of the blue starts acting like a different gender. So that's why I think, even if someone was transgendered and didn't know it, I think people would pick up on this confusion even before they started dating and either it wouldn't come as a surprise when their partner told them the truth or they would be comfortable with the idea. Another wrinkle, what if your partner realizes they are transgender and then realizes they are still gay and you're incompatible with them? That also happens in a few cases because gender and sexuality aren't as tightly linked as one may think. Would you want your partner to dump you because now you're the wrong gender?

I've pretty bad at saying it to almost anyone really, I freeze up really, although in certain contexts, like a letter, I find it easier to say. But if someone I care about a lot says it to me, I will definitely say it back to them.

Haha will you still be saying Go Habs go if the Habs make it to the finals against the Ducks? Law school has many social events, so I frequently find myself having to nurse a glass of wine or two to look respectable.

I'll have a glass of wine or two with dinner. I try to keep it to that, if I drink too much I get a little silly.

Yeah oops I meant more expensive not cheaper. Yeah I had no idea they were that pricey. Yeah they keep raising the taxes in New York as well, I think they want to raise it in New York to at least $8.50 or $9 a pack.

I think when people stop falling in love, then the romantic genre will die, until then, sure there may be peaks and valleys, but they won't go away.

I would assume that if your significant other was transgender, he or she would have brought it up earlier in the relationship, like before the two of you got serious, so you could make the choice of whether this is what you wanted. I mean that's the ideal. If someone couldn't trust their partner that they couldn't tell them they were transgender until well into the relationship, then I don't know if the relationship was healthy to begin with.

Happy Birthday Demetz, I hope you get everything you want in the coming year.

It really depends on the circumstance for me, I mean sure there are friends I've had for a very long time I wouldn't date. But on the other hand, I wouldn't rule anything out just because someone was a friend. But generally I'm not in favor of making rules of who you should and should not date. Sure you might get hurt, but that's the risk of any relationship and if you're not willing to get hurt, then you might miss out on something special as well.

How did my polite invitation to make yourself at home get so twisted? . Y'all are naughty.

Not if you happen to be in the water just enjoying the waves. No one would notice.

Haha agreed, that's a whole other topic that is also probably not appropriate for the forum.

Oh my that does count as getting caught doesn't it?

Welcome Brad, feel free to make yourself at home, heh.

Nope. Just going by the posts here.

I find that hard to believe .

Happy Birthday Rose! I hope you have a wonderful day.

Haha I don't know if we could have a dirty underwear topic, THAT might be too much.

I wonder if Earnhardt will get sales reports on his candy bar and wonder why it's selling briskly in places like West Hollywood, the Village and Boystown.

I would have passed out if I had learned you actually ate some fish.