One of the terms that really annoys me (while we're talking about the "gay community") is the term "gay lifestyle". What is that really supposed to mean?!

I'll share with you *my* gay lifestyle:

Wake up, get ready for work, get the kids up, help get them ready for school, kiss them and my sweetie pie good-bye and wish them a good day, feed the dogs.

Go to work, work a lot some days, not so much on other days, (depends on how many customers we have), kibbitz around with the people I work with (Yiddish non-sexual term which means chat, joke, chum with), eat lunch, more work.

Call the kids after school and remind them of their chores, come home, help with kids' homework, make dinner, do a myriad of activities from go to gym, play music, play basketball with the kids, play ping-pong with my sweetie, cruise the web, pay bills, watch a movie, help do more homework, visit with family or friends, go to school function, take dogs to the beach, etc., etc., etc.

I guess the point I'm trying to make is that there is no "gay lifestyle". There's life and there's people.

Rose