When my daughter was born, I held her in my arms and looked at her. No preconceived ideas of what she would be, no desires to see her be one person or another, I just loved her. Shes now 14, taller than me, cute as a button and has a wicked sense of humour. Shes smart, sensible and dedicated to becoming a forensic psychologist. Shes also gay. This is not an issue for me. I am very proud to be her parent, and even prouder that, at 14, she can know herself as well as she does. No amount of people telling her its just a phase or youre too young to know what you like will deter her. She is as proud of herself as I am. What I dont understand is why my daughters choices seem to affect other people. Shes not going to try and turn people, shes not out to drag them, kicking and screaming into sin and Ill be honest, is more interested in getting good grades at school than she is in dating. So why her choices in life should affect anyone else, I just dont understand! I hate seeing that hint of doubt creep into her eyes when people tell her that she cant know shes gay at 14. Yes. YES she can. Because she embraces herself, and chooses not to go along with the flow for an easy ride. If she changes her mind later, thats her choice and is allowed, but should be HER choice, not a choice forced onto her by people that have no say whatsoever in what SHE does with HER life. Back out of my daughters business, and by relation, my business. If I choose to acknowledge Beths choices, and support her in them, it is of NO consequence to anyone outside of my house. If you, personally, are offended by my duaghters life choices, then you can go screw yourself. Because the last thing my wonderful, proud of herself daughter needs is people around her who are going to fill her full of negativity. Her life, her choice, nothing to do with anyone but her. My daughter was not put on this planet to conform to anybodys standards but her own, and if anyone on my facebook thinks that I am wrong, well feel free to remove yourself from my friends list, because I dont wish to assosciate with homophobic bigots, any more than she does.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 16:44:34 +0000
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