There has to be some kind of personal hygiene bar that a person needs to clear in order for a relationship to be successful.

We are all going to die, sometimes even in the middle of a lease.

You need to be able to express your resentment and sense of loss in a way that doesn't damage your partner.

You are allowed to draw lines even if your feelings are irrational. Part of the marvelous business of being an adult human is that you get to set your own boundaries for whatever reasons you like, without appending a sensible rationale to them.

Periodontal bacteria can easily slip into the bloodstream and cause infection elsewhere in the body.

It should go without saying that you are not doing anything wrong by having sex in your own home, and based on the care you've taken to keep things relatively quiet it's unlikely that you're violating any city noise ordinances.

To stop challenging someone from using anti-gay language simply because they persist in using anti-gay language strikes me as a defeatist approach.