My college roommate got married in Boston this weekend to his boyfriend of 10 years. At the reception I found myself seated between two very attractive female lawyers -- the good news. The bad news -- they were both married. The on balance good news -- they were married to each other.

They told me they had gone to a law school where they were the only two lesbians in the class, and fortunately they liked each other. They both had checked off 'gay' on their applications and had no doubt it was important to their admissions chances.

When I jokingly called it a form of affirmative action, they assured me it was -- and added that they are frequently beneficiaries of a similar type of affirmative action in social situations, as nobody seems to have a hot, married lesbian couple among their friends. So, in their words, they "fill a gap."

As it turned out, their marriage last year had been the impetus for my roommate & his guy to 'make it legal' -- a form of peer pressure that straight people have endured through gritted teeth for decades, and now may start to grow through the gay population.

They asked if I was dating law school women. I said I was considering it. That got the most voluminous response of the evening, as they detailed the many, many reasons I really should not date law school females. I'm not sure they made that compelling a case, but ladies take note: certain lesbians are out there trash-talking you. In case you want to make something of it.

PS. Congratulations John & Stan!

14 Nov 05