My daughter came out as lesbian about a week ago. I was very surprised, but she is the girl I carried and I love, respect and accept her for the individual woman she now is.
What really gobsmacks me is that she hid her relationship from us for 3 months. We thought they were just friends.
Her girlfriends parents did not see it the same way, and they kicked their daughter onto the streets. As her girlfriend only has a part time, poorly paid job, the best she could get was odd nights in various bed and breakfast/hostel accomodation, subsidised by the state.
I asked my daughter if she wanted to move her in to our home temporarily, until we created a 'studio flat' from the garage and games room, which they could share until they were ready to buy something. (There would be very little building work involved, just a matter of bricking up the garage door and putting a front door in it, then laying a floor and plastering and decorating the walls).
Have I done the right thing?
2007-09-27
11:24:25
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