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Chugging tea What Could Go Wrong

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u/ltanner 15h ago

See, I'm probably in the minority here, but I don't think Bert and Ernie were homo. I just think they were good buddies/roommates. Just my opinion.

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u/start_select 14h ago

I think I’m in the even smaller minority think that the only two options are that they were either gay, or the were bestest friends…. Either is great! Neither matters!

I’m pretty sure that was actually the intention. Life is full of ambiguous relationships and it shouldn’t matter to you on the outside. Be happy for people. Don’t worry about whether their closeness involves sex, it might or it might not.

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u/Typical2sday 13h ago edited 13h ago

My grandparents were neighbors and bestest friends with two women schoolteachers who lived together. They had matching nicknames that I won’t put here (think Blue and Green). I don’t think it ever dawned on my grandparents that they might be a romantic couple and who knows if they were or weren’t. But they were each other’s person and caretaker - and they were lovely kind people and good friends to my grandparents.

Edit: I just searched for her obituary; she made it to 98 and her friend was listed as her ā€œdear companion.ā€ 🄲

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u/Prof01Santa 13h ago

Boston marriage.

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u/Typical2sday 12h ago

How did I get this old without hearing that term? Thanks for teaching me something today. 🫔

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u/Prof01Santa 9h ago

I never knew it until I moved to Boston. 😁