Let's Talk About Love

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I was listening to Shaun T’s podcast this morning, and he said that he posted of him and his husband Scott kissing on Instagram.  He also said that it probably cost him about 1,000 followers.  This prompted the conversation about how people feel about two gay men raising children. People in this life are so ridiculous.  Love is love…or at least it should be.  There are people in heterosexual relationships that are getting their asses BEAT on a daily basis by the people that supposedly love them, and all some people can focus on is the fact that two individuals may have the same genitalia for their sole reason to not raise a family?  Don’t get me wrong, I know that domestic violence can (and does) happen in any household, but why is the male/female household the only acceptable one?

My mother raised me by herself.  Sure, we had my grandparents, and they helped a lot, but she was a single mother.  My father died when I was 3, but she would’ve still been a single mother had that not been the case.  People frown upon single moms to this day, especially if that mom is raising a son. Single dads are looked down upon in the same way.  Can’t we just focus on the fact that there are people out there willing to live and die by their children, who want to be there for them?  Can't we focus on people who want to raise “good humans” as Shaun put it?

There was a TV show in the 80’s called My Two Dads.  It was about two guys awarded joint custody of a girl that was the daughter of a woman for which they had competing affections.  One of them was the father, but they didn’t know who.  The show was on for three seasons…why wasn’t it controversial?  It was about two men raising a child.  Two men, mind you, who couldn’t get along, although they were best friends before their love for the child’s mother tore their friendship apart.  They eventually got it together, but it’s TV…they always did back in those days.

My point is this…there are so many dysfunctional relationships out there - let’s praise and uplift the good ones, okay?  Let’s make them the models of love, affection, and happiness that we want to see in our lives and the world around us.  Life is too short and too hard to not recognize love in all its forms.

Comments

JonWil said…
Thanks for sharing. Well said. His relationship with his man has never made it any easier, or anymore
difficult to get thru Insanity. Well he just gained a follower because of your post. Thanks

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