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In the Milliseconds of that Exchange
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I never planned to get married.

Never played “Bride.”

So it was funny to find myself married at a very young age,
to a man far older than myself.

I married him, for all the “right” reasons. I love him,
his talent, his heart, soul. I recognize his “flaws”
and I also recognize him as my very best friend.
I married the man, not the concept of “marriage” or “wedding.”

Once we were married, (remember, I was SUPER YOUNG) …
I asked him to call me his “mistress,” not his “wife.”
Ok that’s hilarious – I totally don’t want to be called his mistress now …

But as we are creative / business partners, which is how we met, and which is the deepest aspect of our relationship, we call each other “Partners.”

My original request for the word “mistress” – not “wife,” –
was rooted in a “Truthy” Truth ( that expression is a “Colbertism”).

In addition to witnessing my parents’ horrendous marriage, and the “male dominance” under which my Mom continues to struggle with a “cheery lying lilt” in her voice, I had also noticed that no matter how young a woman is, she becomes (in varying degrees) socially/ professionally “invisible” once she is “in a relationship,” “taken” and – especially when she is “married.”

In other words, I had noticed, ever since I was a precocious teenager, that – no matter how young she is, – when a young woman is no longer “fuckable” … she simply ceases to “exist” in certain social / business settings.

This phenomenon manifests itself in various obvious and not-so-obvious ways.

One of the surprising ways, is … when one is engaged in a “social” discussion, whether it be at a party, a business meeting, – or a “chance” meeting in the grocery store, the “male” (or “butch”) in the relationship(especially if he is older) is generally the more “actively sought” participant in the exchange, due to the fact that when the girl/ “femme” speaks, it’s not quite as “authoritative,” her offerings to the conversation, often either politely swept away, or – ignored, brushed off, rushed into a changed subject.

This happened when we were merely business partners, before the marriage, but I was literally a kid at that point. I often get mistaken for my partners’ daughter … so I do realize that “young people” in general, sometimes experience that “speak when spoken to” mentality. But it’s oddest when it takes place in the presence of young men / guys in my age group ( far younger than my partner). My partner chimes in that, sometimes these guys are trying to indicate that they are not “hitting on me.” Ok point taken. But it still sucks.

It’s difficult to notice, without having experienced it yourself. Many would consider it “oversensitive” or worse … a “Feminist” interpretation of “no big deal.” I’ve dealt with it in various ways, and I am super-lucky to have a (male) partner who actually SEES it, but the worst aspect of this insidious social wormhole, is, it’s very invisibility.

My current Indie Feature Film and Album ________. deal with various aspects this topic through my work/art, but the phenomenon still takes place in “real life.”

My recent experience during the Holidays, not only affirmed, the presence of this phenomena, but also left both myself and my (male) Partner in a dumbstruck awe.

I recognize this is one of those “you had to be there,” stories,

but I am sharing it, in the hopes that it provides some solace / inspiration / warmth to anybody out there who might need “proof” of this phenomena in her/his own life/partnership.

During the “Holiday Season,” we were busily “gathering” fun items from a Health Food Store.

My Partner was approached by a man with whom he had struck up a conversation. At one point in the conversation, they shook hands.

As is the norm for my Partner, he introduced me to the man,
whom not only barely acknowledged me except for a quick glance at my face/body in that “checking me out” way … – before attempting to return to the conversation, but also, he did not shake my hand. This is not unusual.

Somewhere in the milliseconds of that exchange, both my Partner and I noticed and remarked upon the adorableness of the adorable little girl who was holding the hand of that man.

She was his daughter, or granddaughter, and she was clearly championing victory in her adorable life in the face of some form of health challenge(it was either Downs Syndrome, or something else) but she was literally “Glowing” with beauty, goodness, kindness and just plain “little-girlness.”

Well, somewhere in the milliseconds of that exchange, this adorable little girl, either read my mind, (carefully disguised under the folds of “Social Propriety and Politeness”) or she was simply on the same “feminist” wavelength, – and then –

– she powerfully grabbed hold of both her fathers’ hand, and pulled him, and his hand-shake hand …. toward my hand …

She gently picked up my hand … and brought our hands together … patching into the millisecond of that exchange ….

She formed a proper hand-shake, between his hand and mine, equally matching the hand-shake this man had offered to my (male) Partner.

She looked at me with the kind of beaming twinkle I am often blessed to experience around kids and babies, but her beam of light spoke larger volumes, as the flabbergasted and chagrined expression on her father/ grandfathers’ face displayed.

He was schooled and she was the teacher.

I was the grateful recipient of an amazing Holiday Gift.

My (male) Partner stood in the awe and, in witness.

We all came away from the milliseconds of that exchange…quite changed.

And ready for a new year.

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