# Odd fallout from gay marriage **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662 "2014-12-08T15:26:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/1 "2014-12-08T15:26:05Z")
I was playing [The Game of Life](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_of_Life) with two of my daughters over the weekend, and my 10 year old declared herself the Keeper of the Pegs. She’d add pegs to your car when you got married or had a kid. In one game, when I reached the wedding spot, she pulled out a blue peg and said “You’re gay today Dad.” Then she and her 12 year old sister giggled a bit and asked “Do you want to be Cam or Mitch?” since the only popular culture married gay couple they’re aware of are from “Modern Family”. They helpfully pointed out that I’m a procedure-oriented uptight worrier like Mitch, but size-wise, I’m much more of a Cam. They finally decided on Cam, and have been calling me “Cam” ever since. So thank you for that, Margaret Marshall. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/2 "2014-12-08T15:56:07Z")
You could’ve been stuck with Bert or Ernie. Or Stadtler or Waldorf. Or Ace or Gary. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/3 "2014-12-08T15:58:50Z")
Waldorf isn’t gay - he’s married to Astoria! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/4 "2014-12-08T16:05:33Z")
Huh, if he was playing the Game of Life, I’m surprised the idea of threesomes wasn’t brought up. Oh, you mean _that_ Game of Life. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/5 "2014-12-08T16:12:01Z")
Speaking as a volunteer for Georgia Equality and Marriage Equality USA, and as a straight ally, this makes me very very happy. Good for your daughters - sounds like you’re raising them without exposure to homophobia. So good for you, too! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/6 "2014-12-08T19:27:49Z")
So, who won the game? ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/7 "2014-12-08T20:46:19Z")
What no Adam and Steve? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/8 "2014-12-08T20:52:30Z")
Or Adam and Yves… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/9 "2014-12-08T23:59:30Z")
I thought the story was going to go a different way (insert “pegging” joke here). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/10 "2014-12-09T00:01:10Z")
As an aside, I’ve never understood why you earn money for each child you have at the end of the game – makes it seem like you’re selling them all into slavery or something. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/11 "2014-12-09T00:13:49Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > You could’ve been stuck with Bert or Ernie. Or Stadtler or Waldorf. Or Ace or Gary. Or Maverick or Goose. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/12 "2014-12-09T00:29:48Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Waldorf isn’t gay - he’s married to Astoria! And they only exist from the waist up! ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/13 "2014-12-09T00:42:07Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > As an aside, I’ve never understood why you earn money for each child you have at the end of the game – makes it seem like you’re selling them all into slavery or something. :eek: Income tax refunds? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/14 "2014-12-09T03:47:49Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > As an aside, I’ve never understood why you earn money for each child you have at the end of the game – makes it seem like you’re selling them all into slavery or something. :eek: Especially since the real game of life, it’s pretty much exactly the opposite… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/15 "2014-12-09T05:56:23Z")
Or Gertrude and Alice. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/16 "2014-12-09T15:04:32Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > So, who won the game? The 10 year old thankfully. > [@buddha\_david](#): > > As an aside, I’ve never understood why you earn money for each child you have at the end of the game – makes it seem like you’re selling them all into slavery or something. :eek: The newest incarnation of Life changes that. There are certain spaces, including children, where you get “Life cards”. Each of these is a chip with some odd life event, like “Ran a marathon” or “Saved a forest” and a dollar amount ranging from $50,000 to $250,000. You’re not allowed to look at the card until you reach the final space. At the end of the game you add them to your cash amount. I think the intent is to (a) keep the game exciting so the person with the highest salary doesn’t win 90% of the time and (b) make the game not just about money - big life events are turned into a monetary value. Or something. There are also spaces where the children become the money drains they really are. Like “Annual Checkup - pay $5000 per family member”, or “College! Pay $50,000 per child.” The last one was quite a shocker for a gay couple with 5 adopted children, let me tell you. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/17 "2014-12-09T19:04:48Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I thought the story was going to go a different way (insert “pegging” joke here). 😃 Oh, good, I’m not the only one. I started reading the actual OP and thought, “Oh, a couple of little girls? And I thought of _ **THAT** _?!? Yup, I’m a-goin’ straight to hell.” ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/18 "2014-12-09T19:08:41Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Especially since the real game of life, it’s pretty much exactly the opposite… Your kids sell you into slavery? Well, sometimes it feels like that … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/19 "2014-12-10T14:47:56Z")
Your daughter has a great sense of humor! ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662/20 "2014-12-10T15:45:23Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > The newest incarnation of Life changes that. There are certain spaces, including children, where you get “Life cards”. Each of these is a chip with some odd life event, like “Ran a marathon” or “Saved a forest” and a dollar amount ranging from $50,000 to $250,000. You’re not allowed to look at the card until you reach the final space. At the end of the game you add them to your cash amount. I think the intent is to (a) keep the game exciting so the person with the highest salary doesn’t win 90% of the time and (b) make the game not just about money - big life events are turned into a monetary value. Or something. It’s just not Life without the “Poor Farm” - and the arguments over how much money you need to advance to Millionaire Acres that went with it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-fallout-from-gay-marriage/706662.md?page=2)