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MarianJack

(10,237 posts)

9. My mother, good woman that she was,...

Reply to Betty Karlson (Reply #8)

Sun Sep 6, 2015, 12:40 PM

Sep 2015

...could suck the joy out of Mardi Gras. She was an ultra puritanical Irish Catholic who probably hoped that I'd marry a girl from Dublin who had no vagina. She almost had a fit when I married a Puerto Rican woman. She believed that My sister married a Jewish man and I married a Hispanic woman just to spite her! She did, however, eventually grow to love and respect my wife.

Again, I wish you nothing but Joy!

PEACE!

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I have a question for my LGBT friends. [View all] MarianJack Sep 2015 OP

I think I was 15 going on 16 when I first realised I was gay. Betty Karlson Sep 2015 #1

I'm sorry about your father's reaction, but... MarianJack Sep 2015 #3

No, we leave that to the good folks in Hillary's campaign videos Betty Karlson Sep 2015 #8

My mother, good woman that she was,... MarianJack Sep 2015 #9

Thanks! And the same to you! n/t Betty Karlson Sep 2015 #11

If you don't mind me asking, when was this? And what state (again, you don't have to answer)? nomorenomore08 Sep 2015 #12

About 14. But it was an extended hair-rasing realization, at first, for me. nightscanner59 Sep 2015 #2

Thank you for sharing this touching story! MarianJack Sep 2015 #4

4th grade? Prism Sep 2015 #5

I'm sorry that you had such a difficult time. MarianJack Sep 2015 #6

The chorus I am in did a concert with this theme a couple of years ago dsc Sep 2015 #7

I'm glad... MarianJack Sep 2015 #10