YUCK. I mean it. Really. Yuck.

Dear anon,

Thanks for being so courageous and convinced in your beliefs that you refused to sign your name to your comment. My comment has NOTHING to do with my personal views on people’s preferences in love. You don’t know me at all and you don’t know my views on this. My comment comes from the fact that this Craiglist post is a solicitation or proposal for a hook up from a plumber who used the word “aroused” to describe a person he met in the Park Cities. As educated and as non judgmental as you claim to be, you jumped to an incorrect conclusion. Your feelings about “unkie” made you infer my comment as an insult and you are wrong.

Sincerely,

Kersten

Dear Kersten,

I chose to be anonymous primarily because I realize that a good number of people in the Park Cities are unfortunately very closed-minded and judgemental towards people who do not hold the same uber-conservative values as them. And all this, despite having one of the best public education systems in the country.

So yes, I am probably not as courageous as I should be. But it is my hope that someone or something gets people in the Park Cities (and elsewhere esp. in Texas) to be more open-minded and progessive about things. We need to be moving forward….let’s not forget that women were not allowed to vote 100 years ago, and that people of color were still segregated about 40 years ago.

With that said, I really appreciated your second comments, Kersten. (And I mean that seriously). In your second response, you explained what you meant with an intelligent response, rather than with a childish “yuck.”
I sincerely apologize if I took your comment in the wrong way, although I still disagree with writing down “yuck” with no further explanation.

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Dear Jethro,

We certainly don’t want the Park Cities to turn into a “hook up” zone for people who don’t live here…..

But I’m sorry to inform you that you can’t stop a certain type of person from entering or moving into your neighborhood……whether they are gay/lesbian (in this case), or if they’re a minority (Black, Hispanic, Asian)…..as long as they’re following the law, you can’t do much.

Case in point….let’s say a man driving a Porsche pulls up to his home on Beverly Drive and holds a bouquet of flowers. A few neighbors wave and assume the flowers are for his wife. They most probably are. But what if the significant other at home was another man? What they do in their home is their own business, and while the neighbors may not like it, they can’t do much about it……except the neighbors could move away, of course.

But to be honest, Jethro, maybe the Park Cities is not the place for you either, especially with “rap” like lyrics such as “dudes cruising our hood sporting wood”. Last time I checked, the Park Cities is an upper-crust community, not the “hood.” Maybe we should send all the wannabe rappers (with their luxury SUVs) from the Park Cities and nouveau-riche areas (Southlake)…..to the real “hood”, like Oak Cliff and South Dallas, and see how long you survive.

Thank you very much.

Anon, thanks for the followup but I still love the word yuck and will continue to use it liberally in my writing and public speaking.