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Thanksgiving
Well it has been a LONG time since I have been to this site and even longer since I posted anything. But I wanted to give kudos to my partner Sandy for standing up to her mom.
Here's the story...Sandy's parents are NOT accepting/tolerant/civil with the whole lesbian thing. For all her life she has kept her personal life with her girlfriends separate from her life with her parents. They know she is a lesbian but think it's an abomination, brings shame to the family, etc etc. Her dad's a preacher and a bit of a zealot with it...so you can imagine.
She talks to her mom and dad and goes over just occasionally to visit. Well Thanksgiving is coming up and she was talking on the phone to her mom. Mom asked if she was coming to Aunt Linda's for thanksgiving. Sandy says...well, I just don't think it's fair to leave Kim sitting home by herself on a holiday. Her mom says, well, you know how I feel about that. Sandy replies...and you know how I feel about that so I guess we will have to agree to disagree. I still love you but Kim is my family too.
They went on to discuss other stuff but Sandy was so proud of herself for standing up and telling her mom the truth instead of making some excuse about why she couldn't come to the gathering. The rest of Sandy's family is pretty accepting but her parents are just not capable of even mild tolerance.
My mom is being a real butt and so we haven't even had the option of going to something on MY side of the family. So it's just the 2 of us. Then Friday we get my son from my ex and we are all going camping for the 3 day weekend.
I'm really proud of her for being brave. She is really a passive person so this was a BIG step for her. I am also saddened by the fact that we both have large families and we will be alone on the holiday. It's a shame how families can be. Oh well. As long as we have each other, we can get through anything.
I guess I just wanted to vent a bit on my disappointment with people but my happiness in my girl standing up (gently) to her mom.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! May your turkeys be moist and your wine glasses full! 
Kim (n Sandy)
Re: Thanksgiving
That's great that she was able to stand up to her mom! Dealing with unsupportive family is the worst.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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