Anyone want to play a new "getting to know you" game?

[Duncan Grant]

The name of the game is "LIKE ME".

The object of "LIKE ME" is to post one true statement about yourself in a subject line. If other GLBT posters have that in common with you, they should hit the reply button and chime in with a "hello" or "me, too!". Feel free to say as much or as little as you like about the newly discovered commonality you share! You are encouraged to post as many "LIKE ME"'s as you want! :thumbsup:

For example, let's say I post "LIKE ME, you're a volunteer." If you volunteer, you can reply to my post and say a little about your experience, how long you've been a volunteer, etc. Get it?

"LIKE ME" is about discovering similarities/commonalities and it's a fun way to renew friendships here or build new ones! AND -- "LIKE ME" can be as silly or as serious as you choose to make it! :D

Here are a few possible "LIKE ME" ideas that may help launch this thread:

LIKE ME, you have children.

LIKE ME, your perfect first date includes...

LIKE ME, you have G, L, B, or T siblings.

Looking forward to hearing more about you and sharing a story or two!

p.s. This is my 4,000th post. :party: :hi:

[Duncan Grant]

1. LIKE ME, you've met other GLBT DUers.

I've met four GLBT DUers -- all are bright, generous and talented. :hi: How about you?

[davidinalameda]

6. I've gone to one Bay Area get together

and my ex also posts on here

[transeo]

10. Me too

I met Soleft in New York. She rocks. :hi:

[beyurslf]

2. Like me, your partner is in the active military, making a relationship

even tougher than it should be.

[EC]

3. Like me I have a gay Daughter

and I'm really happy she finally figured out what was going wrong in her life and followed her heart...

:loveya:

[Rowdyboy]

4. Like me, you've found the love of your life.....

Six weeks away from our 17th anniversary, still nuts about each other, and hoping for another 17. Life is like a very comfortable down pillow.

[terrya]

9. Me too!

After kissing a lot of frogs, so to speak, I've finally met my Prince.

Congratulations on 17 years of happiness together. May you have many, many more happy years together. :-)

[kweerwolf]

12. KISSING frogs?

Sheesh! So that's what I was doing wrong. I kept putting my lips too low. :spank:

[Duncan Grant]

14. Me too!

We're celebrating 10 years in August. I knew it would work out beautifully when we started singing together in the car (corny but true...). :D

Congrats to you and your partner Rowdyboy! :hi:

[davidinalameda]

5. LIKE ME you have cats

my darling Theodore is my avatar and I still have to post pics of my darling Elizabeth

[Uncle Zoloft]

7. LIKE ME, you're spent fighting for equality

Symptoms:
- Low energy
- Strapped financially
- are like "where are all the other glbt people?"
- know it's a long shot to defeat a state constitutional amendment in the deep South, but a fight for one's civil rights is a fight not to walk away from.
- Only donate to politicians who have my back.
- Can't watch "W" on TV at all.
- are p!ssed off at the government.
- are tired of working to educate others on why I should have the same freedoms and civil rights as they do.
- long for a vacation to Disney World or Amsterdam or Rome.... or Vancouver.
- looking for other states and countries to live in if things get worse.
- spending a lot more $ on my therapist.

[Duncan Grant]

15. I'm feeling less spent now.

Like you, I only donate to politicians who have my back. I never watch * on television -- ever. I'm pissed at the Republicans and the Democrats but I'm even more pissed at the failures of the media. Just to name a few... :)


Welcome to DU! Hope you'll enjoy posting here. :hi:

[terrya]

8. Like me, I enjoy reading about the history of GLBT folks.

Pioneers like Franklin Kameny, Barbara Gittings, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon. Organizations like the Daughters of Bilitis and the Mattachine Society.

I like reading about our common history as a community. I like knowing that when I go to a gay pride parade...that that's one reason why I'm happy and proud being gay.

[Duncan Grant]

16. Me too!

I've been reading up on fascism over the last year (imagine that!) and thought of a film you might want to put in your Netflix cue (I imagine you've probably seen it). It's called, "Paragraph 175" http://www.tellingpictures.com/films/5.html . If you love the history of GLBT people, this documentary will really touch you.

Also, let's trade a few book recommendations. I keep copies of a few books around for reference, you might like these:

"Greek Homosexuality" -K.J. Dover
"The Love of the Samurai" -Tsuneo Watanabe & Jun'ichi Iwata
"Homosexuality in History" -Colin Spencer

Always good to bump into you here! :hug:

[transeo]

11. Like me, you're single and enjoying it

Had a nasty breakup from my partner back in September. I have had no desire for a serious relationship since.

[Ally McLesbian]

18. That's me

Never had a serious relationship since early college. It's too much of a headache.

[beyurslf]

13. Like me. being queer is only part of how you define yourself and not the

beginning and end of who you are.

[Duncan Grant]

17. Me too but...

my queerness informs everything in my life. I'm interested in the role of 'class' as it affects identity construction, especially among GLBT people.

What other signifier(s) would you include as part of your identity? :hi: :thumbsup:

[beyurslf]

22. Uncle, brother, friend, son, worker, democrat, lover

the list goes on

[cboy4]

19. LIKE ME, you enjoy this post and would like to see

more of this DU Lounge-type interaction in our room!!

P.S. Screw Alito :mad: (sorry, I had to get that out)

[transeo]

24. Me too

Where is everybody? :hi:

[NMMNG]

20. LIKE ME, you are tired of the fundamentalists re-defining who you

are, what you are about, and what you do.


"It is a choice"

"You are a pervert"

"The Homosexual Agenda"

"It's all about sex"

"Abomination"

"Destroying the Sanctity of Marriage"

"Spreading Disease"

"Sinner"

etc,etc.

[Uncle Zoloft]

21. Like Me you wonder is there ....

a class action lawsuit we can put together against Dobson, Falwell, Terry et. al.
What they're putting out there is defamation of character ~ Where is their empirical evidence?

[NMMNG]

27. Indeed

And empirical evidence does not include anything by Paul Cameron, who has been discredited by all reputable associations, yet is the #1 resource for anti-gay slur artists.

[Chalice_Thunder]

23. ME TOO!

We are perfectly capable of defining ourselves.
Using God as a weapon is never right,
and I have grown weary of "christians" stealing the good Name and message of Jesus
and using it to hide their own fear and bigotry.

You GO, buffy! :loveya:

AND - like so many others of you, I'm lucky to have been coupled very happily for 21 years.
(not to put down being single, by any stretch!)

[gator_in_Ontario]

25. Like me,

you are legally married to your love. (My wife is Canadian)

[LittleOne]

26. Like Me You Can't Stand The Misuse Of The Word....

Lifestyle.

I can't stand it. Drives me nuts. Sends me over the edge.

Like me, you are a Canadian in living in Texas (OK only one of us can be that dumb :)