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DRAG HUSBANDS UNITE! DEAR RUTHIE, My boyfriend is a promising drag queen obsessed with appearing on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” While I support his dream, it’s getting to be too much. Our weekends are filled with going to drag shows, meeting queens, buying costumes, fixing wigs and the like. While this is fun, I’d like to do other things from time to time. He, however, has no desire to do anything outside the drag world. How can I support him while keeping our relationship moving forward? There’s got to be more to our life than drag.
FEELING FRUSTRATED,
Drag Husband
DEAR HUBBY, More to life than drag? Not in this town, sugar! Milwaukee has established itself as a hot spot for up-and-coming queens, so your honey is in the right city. The most prosperous people work toward their goals every day, and it sounds like your sugar is well on his way to success. That said, I can see how a life in the shadow of drag might become tiresome. Let him know that you support his goals but that you need some time outside the drag world. Explain that you believe this would be healthy for the longevity of your relationship. Suggest a date night once every week that doesn’t involve drag. Together, plan nights of theater, movies, restaurants and the like, sans drag. You might also want to befriend fellow drag husbands to see how they cope. Having a support team of sorts might help when you’re feeling stressed, tired or simply fed up. In the meantime, strut your supportive stuff on the runway of life.
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Ruthie
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