On Being a Woman Who Loves Women

Some of the great things about being a lesbian are that lesbians generally have a more egalitarian relationships than straight people, their partners are more often their best friends, and it’s the most amazing sex. Oh, and of course, when you’re a woman in a relationship with another woman, you end up with two wardrobes instead of one. Score.

There are, however, some downsides. The biggest issue being, in my opinion, that you have two periods to contend with instead of one.

Now, as many women know, when you get close to another woman, your hormone levels tend to match up, and your periods start to come at around the same time. And that’s not just lesbians – it’s mothers and daughters, best friends, roommates… That should mean that my girlfriend and I, after being together for a year and a half, and living together for a good deal of that time, would have our periods at pretty much the same time of the month.

Well, sometimes, things just don’t work out like that.

So, we have two weeks out of every month (instead of just one, like those lucky straight people) where we are forced into limited sexual activity. (Which, apparently, my girlfriend is thankful for because I wear her out. I don’t even know what to say to that.) And, there’s no other way to say this…

It just plain SUCKS.

Not to mention, we spend so much money on tampons.

But I guess we spend less money on condoms.

-see k[no]w