Beliefs, Assumptions, & Provincetown

Assumptions will get us in trouble faster than we can say . . . . "but I just assumed."

A visit to Provincetown, MA was a bit of an eye-opener in that regard. P-town is famous for the freedom it offers the glbt community. BUT, the degree to which people there seemed to be assuming that I was critical of them and/or their lifestyle was quite amazing.

I guess everyone has their own stuck places and the people in P-town have certainly come by theirs honestly, still, it was disappointing. Straight refers to more than sexuality I think.

Cancer and Relationships

Saw a report this morning on a paper presented by Norwegian researchers yesterday about divorce rates associated with different cancer diagnoses. They said people with cervical and testicular cancers had the highest divorce rates while breast cancer correlated with lower divorce rate.

Right now, of course, we don't know why, how, or even if this is true outside of the sample they were studying, but certainly more research will follow. It was noted that cervical and testicular cancers are likely to occur at younger ages than others.

If we are lucky, this and whatever follows from it will give more attention to the notion that there is not only a person, but usually more than one person, attached to every diagnosis.