Just found out my son is experimenting with other boys

ViolaLass

I have to say, I'd be more concerned about my husband being in a war zone than learning about my son being gay.

meer53

jetplane wrote: »

Oh I wish no really I do, I would love to draw my pension and go off in a campervan and I'm not even an old hippy :rotfl:

Me too one day, (in about 20 years) but i want to do it in this one :

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2206718/The-1-2million-motorhome-state-art-kitchen-luxury-entertainment-storage-supercar.html

Cat501

meer53 wrote: »

Me too one day, (in about 20 years) but i want to do it in this one :

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2206718/The-1-2million-motorhome-state-art-kitchen-luxury-entertainment-storage-supercar.html

Gawd I'd like to do it right now and I'm not quite 40!:eek::D

roy62

fatou256 wrote: »

being gay does not mean that he will have a difficult life, far from it !

Apart from a sore bottom:rotfl:

jetplane

meer53 wrote: »

Me too one day, (in about 20 years) but i want to do it in this one :

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2206718/The-1-2million-motorhome-state-art-kitchen-luxury-entertainment-storage-supercar.html

:eek: Hmm now I can just see me trying to get this one round the scottish highlands :cool:

Person_one

ViolaLass wrote: »

You might, I don't. Maybe it's an age thing (I'm in my 20s).

Well, I don't either actually (I'm also in my twenties, shockingly) but 'society' at large does unless you fit a very exact stereotype.

There's a fair bit of 'straight privilege' on this thread.

barbarawright

Person_one wrote: »

Well, I don't either actually (I'm also in my twenties, shockingly) but 'society' at large does unless you fit a very exact stereotype.

There's a fair bit of 'straight privilege' on this thread.

Not from me. I haven't worn a skirt since about 1985 and most people who meet me assume I'm gay. Not something I bother to correct people about unless it's relevant and I can't remember it ever causing me problems. And it's definitely helped me avoid some unwanted attention :rotfl:

ViolaLass

Person_one wrote: »

Well, I don't either actually (I'm also in my twenties, shockingly) but 'society' at large does unless you fit a very exact stereotype.

There's a fair bit of 'straight privilege' on this thread.

I'm not even sure what 'straight privilege' is so you've lost me there.

Person_one

ViolaLass wrote: »

I'm not even sure what 'straight privilege' is so you've lost me there.

Ever heard of white privilege? Its the same concept basically.

http://www.cs.earlham.edu/~hyrax/personal/files/student_res/straightprivilege.htm

Fire_Fox

Troubled_mum wrote: »

I understand when people say that they are proud when their children come out because they feel they are relieved that they have a good relationship with their children. But nobody can tell me that when your child tells you they are gay that you would punch the air and go yes, great.

The problem is that happiness or unhappiness are not appropriate emotional responses to someone's sexuality, and not an automatic response by many of us. Change it to "But nobody can tell me that when your daughter tells you they are seeing a black man that you would punch the air and go yes, great." And maybe you will see why yours is is an inappropriate statement. What if this parent was also wanting to sob their heart out, feeling sick and traumatised?

That sort of statement IS made by some people and is usually accompanied by "I am not racist ... some of my friends are black". They might not be BNP racist but they ARE bigoted and secretly they don't want 'that' in their family.