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Last weekend, I was discussing getting together with a friend visiting from out of town, and emailed her to say that, since our original discussion, "a member of my chosen family" (meaning ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
roadnotes) had become ill, so everything was in the air.
On Wednesday, that friend called to see about meeting for lunch (which turned out not to be practical) and asked "how's your other?" I blinked for a moment, then parsed that she was asking about Roadnotes,and said "much better." I added that if "if she was a sweetie I'd have said so"--I'm not exactly shy about my beloveds--but the terminology gets fuzzier for the people we love and choose as family who aren't romantic partners. My partners are family by choice, but they aren't the only family I've chosen.
roadnotes) had become ill, so everything was in the air.On Wednesday, that friend called to see about meeting for lunch (which turned out not to be practical) and asked "how's your other?" I blinked for a moment, then parsed that she was asking about Roadnotes,and said "much better." I added that if "if she was a sweetie I'd have said so"--I'm not exactly shy about my beloveds--but the terminology gets fuzzier for the people we love and choose as family who aren't romantic partners. My partners are family by choice, but they aren't the only family I've chosen.
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