Ask Miss Smartypants - July 2011 |
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| Written by Miss Smartypants |
| Monday, 18 July 2011 00:00 |
Art: Nina Charest
Dear Miss Smartypants, How do you apologize for heteronormativity? Earlier today I realized that I was heteronormative with a new acquaintance a couple months back (we were playing FMK). Though we're friend-ish now, I still don't know if I made the right call to begin with. Obviously it's not important, but I feel weird about assuming. What should I do about it? Not Assuming Anything About You Here Dear Mind Your Ps & Qs, Let it lie. Let it lie is pretty much the advice that everyone should take in most situations. Here's the thing: what could you do? When you were heteronormative (for the uninitiated, assuming that everything exists along your straight world axis), that was your acquaintance/friend-ish's chance to correct your assumption. So either this person didn't because you assumed correctly or because Friend-ish doesn't want to play the personals with an acquaintance. If you bring it up now, you are just going to look weird. Store this incident with a mental note not to do it again, and move on. Ambiguously, Miss Smartypants Got problems, etiquette-related or otherwise? Send 'em to Miss Smartypants: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Tags: advice, ask miss smartypants, boys&girls, etiquette, secret, you know what they say when you assume
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