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This is a real parent

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by mbanema, Nov 7, 2014.

  1. mbanema

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    We see so many stories about awful parents who abandon their kids when they find out they're LGBT but I absolutely love reading about the ones on the other end of the spectrum -- the ones who understand that the most important thing they can do is love and support their kids.

    I saw the original post on Reddit a few days ago. A fairly young single dad found out his son is gay from Google's auto-complete on his iPad. Instead of being angry or disappointed, he just wanted to know what he should do to support his son and wondered if he should ask him about it. There's some really great comments on there -- I particularly like the most up-voted one:

    Today, he finally got a resolution. I think it's worth reading the actual thread, but he decided to hint at his acceptance without directly confronting his son. He started by trying to strike up a conversation about Tim Cook coming out and was surprised when he got a meaningful response. The next day he asked him if he had any crushes after picking him up from school using neutral pronouns but didn't get very far. At dinner that same night his son finally came out:

    Anyways, reading the story made me smile a whole lot so I thought I'd share. :slight_smile:
     
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    I'm not crying! I just have something in my eye! :tears:
     
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    Love the story :slight_smile:.


    Also, I have to be careful with this new Apple predictive algorithm. Certain letters apparently think I'm going to a certain porn site :lol:.
     
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    Real parent indeed!
     
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    :tears::tears::tears:What a wonderful father!!:tears::tears:
     
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    Heh, this didn't turn out to be a popular thread. I guess that's why I go months between creating them. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

    For anyone interested, this guy just did an AMA. Not a ton of stuff in it, but this guy rocks.
     
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    I can only hope that this is the way I would handle this type of situation if either of my daughters were/are gay. Its an amazing story... thanks so much for sharing. We always here the bad... so nice to see the good!
     
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    Haha. Yeah. Funny thing is though. I love seeing good news like this, but I never have as much to say about them. Nothing to really help lead to a good discussion. When I see a negative news story, I will talk about how horrible it is, and I will usually have a fair bit to say. But something like this... it makes me happy, But what's there to really say other then... "This is good" "It makes me happy". Just little things like that, lol. Perhaps that's what a lot of other people thought too. And just didn't bother.

    It may not have brought much discussion. But I do thank you for sharing it. And even if I didn't have much to say. It really did make me very happy reading it. :slight_smile:
     
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    I read this story and I almost cried, it was so beautiful and sweet, what an amazing father.
     
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    Made me smile! :slight_smile: That's so sweet, I love happy stories.
     
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    just goes to show that there are some good people in the world
     
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    This just makes me teary, this parent is so good to his son. It makes me very happy. I just hope more parents follow his lead.
     
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    It's great reading and an example of how best to handle such a situation. :slight_smile:
     
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    Yay for happy endings and be accepted
     
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    Wow, this parent should win the gold medal for parenting!! :grin: (!) (!) (!)
     
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    This is so... happy...!!! :tears:
     
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    Stories like this give me hope that the whole world will end up this accepting one day.

    It really does make me happy to see some parents be so good and accepting of their children.