Date: May 3rd, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e (You = Privy to The Great Becumming™ & Yet You Recognize Nothing)
The New York Times
Modern Love | Guest Essay
By Evan39
May 3, 2025
Whose Ejaculate Is It, Anyway?
He said it during brunch.
Between an overripe mango Bellini and the cold, wet slap of self-awareness.
"My cum belongs to you."
I nodded, not out of agreement but inertia.
At 38, I have learned to let declaratives pass through me like sunlight through a dust-filled window in a Denver studio apartment.
There was a time I would’ve blushed.
A time I believed “belonging” meant something.
A time I hadn’t yet Googled whether sexual possessives could be enforced in mediation.
His name was Dylan.
Or Tyler.
Or perhaps a third man wearing a backward hat and oatmilk ambition.
He said it like a vow.
Like an offering.
Like a man who had never truly understood the implications of gift law.
I remember staring at the eggs.
They were cold.
He was warm.
The line between irony and intimacy had dissolved like a mint in spit.
And I realized:
He didn’t mean me.
He meant anyone.
Who would pretend to need it.
Who would pretend it mattered.
So I smiled.
And said,
“Great. I’ll invoice you quarterly.”
About the Author
Evan39 is currently in pre-litigation with his own reflection. His new book, “I’m Not Lonely, I’m Just Not Being Asked the Right Questions,” is forthcoming from Shambhala Legal Press.
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