Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee
"Private" to what degree? Olya used the proverb "У кого что болит, тот о том и говорит". I would respond to that: "Боль здесь ни при чем." And I would coin a new proverb: "У кого что радует, тот о том и говорит." That is the main reason homosexuals like me want the same social freedom to speak about our lives as heterosexuals are accustomed to: because romantic love, and the romantic yearning найти одного особенного спутника жизни, makes us happy, too.
Fair enough.