but be strong. In my experience, they eventually come around, blood being thicker than water and all.
It was two weeks before my dad died when he finally sought to make peace with me. He said, "I tried every way I knew how to get you to admit being gay. I tried to irritate you, embarrass you, to make you lose your cool. You never broke."
I replied, "All that did was piss me off. We're way too alike, you and me, for that kind of thing to work and you know it. This is how *I* feel right now: If you had asked like a man, I'd have told you like a man. Either way, I've been content in my skin."
The tension finally left, all at once. He'd been trying to say he was cool, but being very clumsy with it. But you'd have to understand my complicated dad.
Have faith that some need to open their minds, some need to find a way to admit being ok, and a few may never grow that much. Either way, be content in your own skin. Love your partner and love yourself.
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