Even I, just recently found out that my best friend and I had both been dumped by our girlfriends, in the same year, for the same woman! (You know this bi*ch gets around.)

It’s true, the bar scene is getting smaller and smaller in Orange County, and as a result, meeting people gets harder and harder. But ladies, please!

The scenario usually goes something like this:

I meet girl A at the bar. We start talking, asking questions about each other, and it turns out that she used to date girl B who lives with girl C, that just broke up with girl D. And to top it off, girl A is now living with girl D.

It’s close to impossible to keep it all straight.

It reminds me of seventh grade. Every day you’d go to school to find out who was “going around” with who. By the end of the year, the “popular” kids had all “gone around” with each other for at least a day.

But, that was junior high! This is the real adult world. All this “relationship hopping” is indicative of serious issues, in my opinion.

It bugs me because, seriously, how can we expect the powers that be to take  us seriously and grant us the same rights as the hetero’s when they see us acting like this?

On the other hand, can you imagine the money the county would make off of the lesbian divorces alone?

Maybe it’s the republican influence. I’m not sure, but it’s true. Our community is small. And believe it or not, in this case small means big drama.

Apparently when you’ve got a bunch of women sleeping with all of the same women, it creates a lot of drama.

When I first came out, about 9 years ago, there were 4 girl-bars in OC. You had a choice. But now, as of the writing of this post, there are none. Zero. Our last one, In Cahoots in Fullerton that gave us Sunday’s only, stopped about six months ago. And there is one in Anaheim, The Rio, that tolerates us on Karaoke night. There are a few in nearby Long Beach and the other way, in Riverside.

But somehow, whether by design or not, there are no more bars in OC.

And that makes it kinda hard, you know? I mean, it’s bad enough that even with the internet, gays and lesbians are forced to hang out in bars because they’re the only places we can be ourselves without running the risk of being beat up, or at the very least, having comments made by those around us. But, I digress…..

So, if you’re a lesbian in Orange County, you most likely hang out in bars in Long Beach or Riverside. And since there are so few of us, you’ve most likely met me, or at least seen me. And I’ve seen you. We may have even dated, or made out in the parking lot on a night at The Happy Hour when we both drank too much.

But, the interesting thing, the point that makes the “Real Lesbians Of Orange County” is the fact that there are so few of us that pretty much anyone you meet has slept with one of your exes. Or you’ve slept with one or two of hers. And because of this, things are never dull for long.

So, keep coming back and reading. I’ll be reporting on what goes on. Don’t be surprised if you read about yourself here. It could easily happen……