It's YOUR Choice

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Lulu and I went out on Saturday. We were originally supposed to go to the local baseball game but ended up seeing Rock of Ages instead. (Review to come.) So we parked half wayish in between the ball park and the restaurant where we were eating. Well Lulu and I were pleasantly surprised when we walked across the square downtown and came across a gay pride celebration. There were rainbows, glitter and drag queens everywhere. Instant love. We were hungry so we didn't stop to gander much and continued to the restaurant. As we're walking up to the restaurant's outdoor patio we can here the waitress talking to the couple she's serving. She says, "Oh, I would NEVER participate in anything like that." At this point Lulu and I are right next to them. She gives us the H to T once over as we walk by. Clearly assuming Lulu and I are a lesbian couple. Well we go inside and sit down and she ends up being our waitress. She was incredibly rude to us the entire time. (By the way, you may not want to be a bitch to the people who are supposed to tip you. You're lucky I was raised better than you were.) She perked up a little bit once Mr. Rogers showed up but that was minimally. I just couldn't get over the level of ignorance flowing out of this lady. Lulu and I are friends. Nothing more. We are both straight women who support equality, like sports, and don't dress like we are on My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. Lulu's been with her guy on and off for the better part of a decade. I played softball for ten years, the biggest lesbian sport ever, so if I were into the ladies, I'd be with a girl. But I'm not. I'm strictly dickly. It's just the way I was born. Much like how gay people are born that way. They didn't choose to be gay anymore than I chose to be straight. However; you can choose to not be an ignorant, judgmental, bigot. Too bad our waitress didn't get that memo.