I have seen the fruits of abstinence education, and they’re bitter-and stupid. Noticed any sexual trends?ĭan Savage: Stupidity is a big trend. TOC: You’ve been writing your column for 18 years. Then you get out there and make sure I can get married.” He’s not your ‘boyfriend.’ ” I’m like, “Great. People say, “You’ve been together forever, and you have a kid. I almost feel like, when we use the word husband to refer to our partners and we’re not in Connecticut and Massachusetts, we’re alleviating the psychic burden on our straight allies. TOC: You say “boyfriend.” You haven’t gotten used to “husband”?ĭan Savage: I don’t want to round him up to husband in a country where he’s not. TOC: You might want to give him a heads-up: We’re definitely publishing that.ĭan Savage: He doesn’t read interviews with me, either. Just put something in his mouth to shut him up when he’s having it. But he doesn’t like to talk about sex that much-unless he’s having it. You should not be a douche bag, either.” He doesn’t read the column very often. TOC: Has being a sex columnist figured in your sex life? I wonder if it’s ever like a doctor diagnosing his own family.ĭan Savage: My boyfriend has waved my column in front of my face saying, “Yeah, you should do this. I don’t talk to my friends about rimming, and I certainly don’t speak of rimming in front of my child, and I don’t want to discuss rimming with strangers at O’Hare in loud voices when there’s other people with their children nearby. I’m much more freewheeling when I’m alone with my computer. One of my deepest dark secrets is I’m pretty sexually repressed. Time Out Chicago: Now that your punditry has put your face out there, do strangers approach you more?ĭan Savage: Yeah, people see you and go, Oh, he’s with his family I’m gonna ask him a question about anal sex in a loud voice in front of his ten-year-old.ĭan Savage: Yeah, they tend to be my fans. He guests at a live taping of This American Life later this month. Savage has also authored The Kid, relaying how he and his partner, Terry, adopted their son, D.J., and The Commitment, about Savage and Terry’s marriage. In the past year, fans of the shot-from-the-hip sex-advice column Savage Love have come to know the face behind the byline, as the Chicago native and editor of Seattle alt weekly The Stranger has turned pundit for Bill Maher and CNN. We left shortly after.“I don’t know where the fuck I am right now.” On a recent afternoon, we called a groggy-sounding Dan Savage after he’d just landed in “Greenburg or something, North or South Carolina” for a college speaking engagement.
Literally! It was truly uncomfortable and unenjoyable. The floor on the third level was so packed we could not move. When I asked he advised I would have to consult with the bar manager for change at the other end of the crowded bar. This process literally took 25 minutes and he just took the money without offering change. I relented and handed him my money despite severe dissatisfaction.
He didn't even top up the first glass to a full ounce before he handed me 2 warm drinks. One would think that's simple enough but after pouring less than once ounce in a glass he ran out so, without asking poured another type of vodka in the second glass and informed me I would be paying more even though that's not what I wanted not was it what I had asked for. The bartender took forever to pour two simple drinks. The building seems to be kept well and has a modern design but it's honestly the worst service I have ever received at any bar ever!