Welcome to Massachusetts

[redbird]

adrian_turtle and I just came back from a walk, with an assortment of groceries we probably don't need, from the Middle Eastern store downstairs.

There was no heat or hot water this morning; Adrian called the maintenance people about the problem before we went out, and it was fixed by the time we got back.

One of her neighbors was getting out of the elevator as we reached it. Sbe stopped us to talk about the hot water and such, and then as the door was closing, said "So, you're husband and wife?"

I said "Not actually married, but yes" rather than bothering to sort out genders, and as we went up in the elevator, Adrian said "Welcome to Massachusetts." I'm not actually sure whether she read one of us as male, or if "husband and wife" is her phrasing for "married."

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[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

I think there's a paragraph missing?

I'm often mistaken for male.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

In Georgia, everybody asked us what church we went to. Folks we talked to on the street.

[redbird]

I don't know how that happened; it's more or less restored now (rewritten, the text wasn't lurking behind bad HTML or anything).

We're both occasionally read as male, and Adrian thinks the woman read her that way.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Did I tell you that my ice cream shop lady pretty clearly thinks elisem is my girlfriend?

I am amused, but also pleased that it's a mistake she would think to make, rather than annoyed at her making it; elisem likewise.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

For people who don't know me, the amusement comes from, "My land, lady, not every person I bring in here is a romantic involvement!" rather than, "Haha, E. as a girlfriend how silly."