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Midnight Writer

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5. A friend of mine was shunned by his mother when he came out as gay.

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Thu Nov 9, 2023, 01:39 PM

Nov 2023

She didn't speak to him for years.

Now, she has Alzheimer's and he is caring for her.

And they get along great.

It took dementia to renew a mother's love.

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My mom was a homophobe. I am a Dyke. Straights do not get this grief [View all] irisblue Nov 2023 OP

No, we don't. No one who hasn't experienced such anguish themselves can fully understand. Mister Ed Nov 2023 #1

my late mom knew all along. but i did not dare tell my late right wing wacko dad this AllaN01Bear Nov 2023 #2

True cate94 Nov 2023 #3

No Laurelin Nov 2023 #4

A friend of mine was shunned by his mother when he came out as gay. Midnight Writer Nov 2023 #5

My mother called me every thing in the book ggma Nov 2023 #6

Oh honey, your own babies?! What in the living hell? I am so sorry. I experienced many friends in during The_REAL_Ecumenist Nov 2023 #8

Thank you so much - I didn't mean ggma Nov 2023 #9

I didn't take it that way. Your children will live to regret shunning you, trust me, if they don't use a little The_REAL_Ecumenist Nov 2023 #10

Sweetie, you did not steal from me, you proved my point irisblue Nov 2023 #12

This is why so many of us in the LGBT community do have our own 'families' and some of us (my other half did) SWBTATTReg Nov 2023 #7

The list of horror stories I've heard keeps getting longer. Dave Bowman Nov 2023 #11