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Of the Christians who follow my blog, how many turned out to be gay (but were closeted during your most active Tumblr years?)

I'll start. Me!

#queer Christians

taviacw

You can’t go to parties w your white friend man

That’s a great way to ruin your friendship.

Cuz they hit you up like

“Hey, dude, go to my bro’s party with me this weekend.”

And you think it’s a lil weird, and you like “oh ion know man, that’s not really-”

But they like

“No, man, trust me. It’ll be fun.”

So, you go.

You get to the lawn, and all you see is white folks, far as the eye can see.

So, now you standing on the sidewalk like

But your homie like

“What are we waiting for? Let’s go!”

So, yall go in. The music not that great, but they got bottles on bottles on bottles, so you cool. Yall ain’t even been there an hour, and you already kinda toasted.

And that’s when shit start going south.

So, you chillin on the couch with the only other black person there.

He seems cool enough. And that’s when it happens.

You just sitting there, shooting the shit, and you hear

“You don’t even know what you’re talking about, nigga”

And everything stops.

So, you sitting there like

And buddy next to you keeps talking like nothing happened.

So you’re like “whoa, whoa. did you hear what she said?”

And he’s like “Who her?”

“–Yeah man she cool though. She the homie.”

“Anyway–”

So now, you just sitting there like

You mad as hell, but you don’t see your homie nowhere, and she your ride.

So, you like ‘lemme get up and find her, I gotta get out of here.’

You walk around for a few minutes, and then you catch her eye

And then, the music changes

“We’re gonna skate to one song and one song only. Ball so hard mfs wanna fine me”

So they all screaming and fist pumping and you just looking around like

And your friend across the room, drunk af, lookin at you like

“i’m so sorry”

Luckily, they all too busy in the mosh pit to rap along to Jay Z part

So, you sitting there like

Then Ye part come on and they like

“What’s gucci, my nigga?”

“Got my niggas in Paris!”

“These other niggas is lyin’”

So, you had enough.

You get to your friend like

“Sober up, hoe, we goin’ home.”

So, now, you in the car with your newly ex homie like

She tryna apologize and shit.

“I’m just so sorry. I had no idea they–”

“Naw, just get me home, man.”

You get home and get to the front door like

“Never gon forgive that hoe for this.”

So , you see her at school the next day. She like

“Oh… Hey.”

You like

“Sup”

She like

“Omg, I tried to call you all night. I had no idea. That was not cool.”

And you flip like

“Bitch, you damn right that shit wasnt cool! Fuck you even have me in there for? These mfs in there sayin nigga this, nigga that. Knowin damn well the whole function looked like a mfn scantron w two of the fuckin bubbles filled in”

Now everybody in the hallway staring at you like

Now, you like

So, like yeah. I’m not saying I;m speaking from experience or whatever. But don’t ever go to a party w your white friend

the-afro-argonaut

What a gorgeous throw back

dateaboysuggestions

date a boy who brings out the best in you

Do any of my followers live in Los Angeles?

escapingfromtheordinary

quotethat

I love unmade beds. I love when people are drunk and crying and cannot be anything but honest in that moment. I love the look in people’s eyes when they realize they’re in love. I love the way people look when they first wake up and they have forgotten their surroundings. I love the gasp people take when their favorite character dies. I love when people close their eyes and drift to somewhere in the clouds. I fall in love with people and their honest moments all the time. I fall in love with their breakdowns and their smeared makeup and their daydreams. Honesty is just too beautiful to ever put into words.

(via acknaturallyy)

dateaboysuggestions

Date a boy whose smile makes your heart burst.

accras

“This video of this adorable little girl encouraging her Dad while he tries to do her hair, is just what we needed to brighten up our day.” [X]

startrekrenegades

[Dad: How’m I doing on your hair? Child: Good! Dad: Let’s see, do I need more grease? Child: Yes. You need more grease on there. Dad: More grease? And then what? Child: And then you gonna need to brush it, and then you put a band on there. Dad: A band on it? Child: Yeah! Dad: Aww.. Child: You’re getting it through! You’re almost done! You’re doing a good job! Dad: Aww, thank you, sweetheart, so much! Daddy’s trying, doing the best I can. Thank you so much. Child: You’re welcome! Dad: I’m almost done! Child: You been doing great! Dad: Aw baby, thank you so much, you’re so encouraging to Dad. Thank you. Child: You’re welcome. Dad: I really appreciate you so much. You’re so awesome. Daddy getting your ponytails ready for school.]

gardnerhill

Interrupting all the political ugliness to make you melt with cute.

sangrexderramada

Me as a father

black-to-the-bones-deactivated2

this is so pure

valerie1972

Kids that age are parrots of tone and phrasing. So the whole bit with “You’re getting it through! You’re almost done! You’re doing a good job!” means that there is at least one adult, if not more, in her life that regularly talks to her that way.

Everything about this video makes me happy.

We went to church today. You came with a bright smile and 85 degrees in hand. My favorite one, ham and cheese.

I showed you grand central market for the first time. We took lots of photos. You’re learning that life with me means lots and lots of photos.

You bring joy to my spirit.

everyone, meet bae 😍

dateaboysuggestions

date a boy who is a ray of comforting sunshine in a cold and brutal world

dateaboysuggestions

Date a boy who encourages and motivates you to do what you love

melindacarolinee

curly-bae

I told God how I was suffocating, and He breathed life back into my spirt.

powerful prayers (via curly-bae)

drinkpisspissblood

probably my favorite thing abt being a millennial is that i can lie on my resume abt shit like being proficient in excel bc i have the common sense to just google anything i dont know how to do which gives me a giant fucking edge over gen x in the job market bc somehow that strategy never occurs to employers and my underqualified ass looks like steve jobs every time i use a youtube tutorial to make a spreadsheet

jadelyn

Everyone in my office sings my praises for what I can do with excel for this exact reason, even though I joke with them that “I have no idea how to do that - but give me half an hour and an internet connection and I’ll figure something out for you.” I even once specifically said in response to my grandboss commenting on my excel skills, “You do realize that I just like…google stuff when you ask me to do something with excel that I don’t know how to do, right?”

But his praise didn’t change at all. There was no “Wait, that’s all it is?”

Instead, he said “Yes, but the fact that you think to do that - and that you know exactly how to phrase your searches and how to sift through the results to get the right answer, and you then integrate what you’ve learned and use it going forward - is still so much more than any of the rest of us [the other 5 ppl on my team are all mid-40s and up] can do. To you, it’s “just googling stuff,” but it’s still a unique and valuable skill you bring, so don’t shrug off the compliments so cavalierly, okay?“

And this was coming from an executive with an MBA. Don’t undervalue your googling skills, kids. It’s not lying if you know you can figure it out.