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Sunday, November 8, 2009

True Motherhood Confession: "I Wish My Sons Weren't Straight. I'd Love a Gay Son"

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A few readers have shared their true confessions, such as "My boyfriend has no friends" and "When I visit my parents, I sleep in their bed."

Today, a woman reveals that she has always wanted a gay son...

Judith Newman has two young sons, Henry and Gus. (Cute names, right?) She adores them madly, but as she wrote this month for Cookie Magazine, she just has one pang of regret: She wishes one of them were gay.

"I don't mean to stereotype," she says. "Maybe with a gay boy I wouldn't be better dressed and accessorized, and maybe my home wouldn't have exquisite window treatments. But let me ask you one question: Have you ever met a gay man who didn't understand the importance of good lighting? I would always look 10 years younger in my own home."

Read her full story here. It's definitely tongue-in-cheek, but I'd love to hear what you think...

Tell me your thoughts! And fyi, we have a bunch of wonderfully romantic posts about falling in love with people of the same sex, coming up!

P.S. Read 23 more true confessions, including "I've never waxed down there" and "My boyfriend is much, much shorter than me."

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  • Chookie's Avatar
    Posted by Chookie Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:44am PDT

    WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU.?

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  • MiLLY's Avatar
    Posted by MiLLY Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:07am PDT

    Lol!! ツ

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  • mamakenzi's Avatar
    Posted by mamakenzi Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:39am PDT

    What happened to loving your children just the way they are?!?! This woman is sick for many reasons. This is the same as wishing ur gay child straight, Horrible!

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  • MistressMinx's Avatar
    Posted by MistressMinx Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:24pm PDT

    mamakenzi - did you read the article? It was all very tongue-in-cheek, i.e., a joke.

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  • HotCrossBuns's Avatar
    Posted by HotCrossBuns Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:57pm PDT

    So funny on so many levels here. My BFF and I have always said every woman should have at least one gay man in their life! The ones I know seem to be more in tune with my womanhood than I am some days.

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  • Beth's Avatar
    Posted by Beth Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:43pm PDT

    Haha, my friend is a stand-up comedian and he jokes about his uber-liberal mom being disappointed when he "came out as straight". chookieboo and mamakenzi need to take a chill pill though. Seriously, gals.

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  • Christa's Avatar
    Posted by Christa Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:40am PDT

    As the sister of a gay man, and the more-then-likely mother of one, this made me giggle!

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  • Audrey's Avatar
    Posted by Audrey Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:26am PDT

    LOL, that is so funny. My BF is extremely metro-sexual, and we have total role reversal. I cannot decorate a room to save my life, but he knows what to do. He loves shopping and I hate it. He picks out my clothes and does a nice job, I get complianment on everything he picks. Except he doesnt cook. Gay men love him.

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  • kimberlyc's Avatar
    Posted by kimberlyc Thu Apr 2, 2009 2:53pm PDT

    You want you son to go to hell ! Gay is wrong and is wrong in gods eyes, you disgust me wanting that poor boy to be gay, you need freaking help. What is wrong with the world we live in. Gay people need to stay away from public and stop giving bad examples to our children! God bless all the straight people and I hope the gays will see the light and change their ways because it's so wrong!

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