Alone and Unobserved

I was enjoying a delicious and nutritious late brunch at Village Inn this morning (I know, I was totally slumming) when I happened to catch part of the conversation going on in the booth behind me:

Man: “Say John is dating Jimmy. Jimmy stays at home, and he wants to get free insurance on the government’s dime. This means Jimmy can be under John’s insurance.”

Woman: “If John’s a city employee.”

Man: “Yeah, if he’s a city employee. It’s special treatment for special classes, is what it is.”

I love how a presumably married, presumably heterosexual couple can pronounce themselves so smugly on the subject of gay relationships and the “special” status gays demand. If we want to talk about “special treatment for special classes,” why don’t we discuss the special treatment heterosexual married couples get?

I was about to ask to be reseated when they got up and left. Maybe they sensed the simmering rage radiating from my table.