Parenting
Friday, November 27, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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