*changes his name to Andrea real quick*
Oct. 24th, 2016 04:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cosmolinguistDue entirely to her saying "Minnesotan immigrants are extra awesome" and me clicking Like on the comment, I have made a new Facebook friend! From Minnesota, as the comment might suggest, but apparently she lives in Manchester too?!
So we're chatting as you do -- where we're from in Minnesota, she's got kids, I'm married, comparing accents -- and then she said "How did you meet your wife?"
It was the first time I've been asked that. First time I've had to correct the assumed gender of my spouse -- it's not the kind of misconception I have to correct when I'm married to someone so beardy! First time I felt a bit sheepish having to say "My husband, actually" before I went on to answer her question. Sort of good practice for me, in being mindful of what this feels like.
I'm really curious what made her assume I had a wife, though!
So we're chatting as you do -- where we're from in Minnesota, she's got kids, I'm married, comparing accents -- and then she said "How did you meet your wife?"
It was the first time I've been asked that. First time I've had to correct the assumed gender of my spouse -- it's not the kind of misconception I have to correct when I'm married to someone so beardy! First time I felt a bit sheepish having to say "My husband, actually" before I went on to answer her question. Sort of good practice for me, in being mindful of what this feels like.
I'm really curious what made her assume I had a wife, though!
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Date: 2016-10-24 04:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-10-25 12:00 pm (UTC)