Dan Savage

Really, really, I do, I do. Gay kids need their schmaltzy teen romances too. And I really don't want to piss off the show's fans and stans who can be really aggressive. But I got to say, for my perch here, in my professional opinion, sexual compatibility is important. One of the things we talk about a lot on the show. It's a good idea to establish it early. And three seasons in...

That's not early enough, in my opinion. And I feel like I have a right to that opinion and to share that opinion because I was a gay teenager once. And as a gay adult, I give sex advice for a living, which means I spend a lot of time helping couples who failed to establish sexual compatibility early. Not easy to do. And it's not always possible.

That's not early enough, in my opinion. And I feel like I have a right to that opinion and to share that opinion because I was a gay teenager once. And as a gay adult, I give sex advice for a living, which means I spend a lot of time helping couples who failed to establish sexual compatibility early. Not easy to do. And it's not always possible.

So look, it is wonderful that Charlie and Nick are in love and I'm glad they're finally gonna do it. And I'm sure the sex is gonna be magical and everything is gonna work out beautifully because they're fictional characters created by someone who was assigned female at birth and identifies now as asexual and aromantic.

So look, it is wonderful that Charlie and Nick are in love and I'm glad they're finally gonna do it. And I'm sure the sex is gonna be magical and everything is gonna work out beautifully because they're fictional characters created by someone who was assigned female at birth and identifies now as asexual and aromantic.

But if Charlie and Nick actually existed, if they were real boys and they had waited three seasons to have sex for the first time, Well, at this point, their balls probably would have disintegrated from the stress hormones.

But if Charlie and Nick actually existed, if they were real boys and they had waited three seasons to have sex for the first time, Well, at this point, their balls probably would have disintegrated from the stress hormones.

But if they existed and waited all that time and their balls didn't disintegrate and they didn't die, the first time they had sex, they would probably find out they were both bottoms or both tops or one is into bondage and the other can't tie knots or one is into diapers and the other just can't. All I'm saying is I want everybody to enjoy Charlie and Nick's idealized romance.

But if they existed and waited all that time and their balls didn't disintegrate and they didn't die, the first time they had sex, they would probably find out they were both bottoms or both tops or one is into bondage and the other can't tie knots or one is into diapers and the other just can't. All I'm saying is I want everybody to enjoy Charlie and Nick's idealized romance.

And I want everybody to enjoy, I want all the ladies out there to enjoy their first time having sex. But in your own romantic lives, don't wait three seasons to establish sexual compatibility. Oh, and on a serious note, my heart goes out to everyone affected by Hurricane Helene, especially people in North Carolina and Tennessee, which appear to be the hardest hit states.

And I want everybody to enjoy, I want all the ladies out there to enjoy their first time having sex. But in your own romantic lives, don't wait three seasons to establish sexual compatibility. Oh, and on a serious note, my heart goes out to everyone affected by Hurricane Helene, especially people in North Carolina and Tennessee, which appear to be the hardest hit states.

I made a donation to the Hurricane Relief Fund at GoFundMe and to MANA Food Bank, a local group in Asheville, North Carolina. Links for both are on the show page.

I made a donation to the Hurricane Relief Fund at GoFundMe and to MANA Food Bank, a local group in Asheville, North Carolina. Links for both are on the show page.

All right, coming up on today's show on the micro free-for-all Savage Lovecast, tons of your cues, lots of my A's, and joining me for the Magnum Savage Lovecast that you can subscribe to right now at savage.love, comedian Caleb Herron joins me to talk comedy, growing up gay in Missouri, and what young gay boys like Charlie and Nick are calling their assholes these days.

All right, coming up on today's show on the micro free-for-all Savage Lovecast, tons of your cues, lots of my A's, and joining me for the Magnum Savage Lovecast that you can subscribe to right now at savage.love, comedian Caleb Herron joins me to talk comedy, growing up gay in Missouri, and what young gay boys like Charlie and Nick are calling their assholes these days.

All that coming up on today's show. Now, let's get to that first call.

All that coming up on today's show. Now, let's get to that first call.

Telling your kid that you love them and you support them for themselves, for whoever they are, and you always will love and support them, whoever they are, is enough. Beyond that... It's not even extra credit beyond that. You really don't need to do more than that right now. I remember when I was a gay teenager in Chicago, I went to a gay teen support group for five minutes.

Telling your kid that you love them and you support them for themselves, for whoever they are, and you always will love and support them, whoever they are, is enough. Beyond that... It's not even extra credit beyond that. You really don't need to do more than that right now. I remember when I was a gay teenager in Chicago, I went to a gay teen support group for five minutes.

It had a kind of predatory vibe. I didn't go back. But I met a few gay teens that I hung out with, and a few of them had parents that they were out to, which was a miracle at that time, decades ago. And there was, you know, one or two whose parents were really aggressively invested in their kids gayness, but also in their identity as parents who were loving and supporting their gay kid.