Funny Thing We Learned Today...Feb 4th...

To give you some background...Michele and I have always been annoyed by the feeling you get from some people...even family at times, when you are gay. Somehow, most people cannot come to terms with our sexuality, either due to their religious convictions and upbringing, or prejudice or whatever. When I say "our" I am speaking in broad terms as in all gay people. Homosexuality in general if you will. She and I have deep conversations about how annoying it is that some people tolerate us. That, at times, it is even worse than the ones who blatantly speak out against our sexuality because "the tolerators" do not agree with it and/or do not feel comfortable around us. They just keep quiet about it. Unfortunately their body language normally speaks volumes. They just try to fake it as best they can until the next time/encounter. hahahaaaaaa That being said, we were watching cartoons with Greyson this am and his cartoon Barnyard came on. One of the characters is a ferret who is a vegetarian. Well...ferrets eat meat normally. The ferret, Freddie was having a birthday so his parents decided to come for a surprise visit. None of his barnyard buddies knew his secret about being a "meat eater" or coming from a "meat eating" family. Freddie's best friend is "Peck" the chicken, which would normally be Freddie's meal of choice if he were not a vegetarian. His parents come, grab Peck, when no one is looking, and start cooking him up for Freddie's birthday dinner. Freddie finally tells his other buddies "the secret", (his parents are chicken eaters and they think he still is too). In a panic they all go to find Peck. Once they find him this happens... they grab Peck out of the stemming pot of stew and Freddie yells, "Mom, Dad...I have a confession! I am a vegetarian and if you cannot deal with that then Goodbye! The father screams..."Get over here right now...........and give me a hug!" Freddie says, "You mean you aren't ashamed of me?" They say, "Well of course we are ashamed. We are also disgraced, humiliated and we will probably have to change our names. Not to mention the neighbors will probably judge us and we may have to move, but as long as you're happy dear, I GUESS we can learn to live with it!" Michele burst out laughing and said, "That's how our families probably feel and the other people who tolerate us!" I died laughing as well because....I was thinking...how true! Oh my God....it was soooo funny! Well to us it was....and it probably will be to those of you who truly get it. I can think of several of our followers who will get a good laugh from this. Enjoy guys...we love you and we love the fact that you love us, our family as is, and life in general. Remember..."Time is much too short to be living somebody else's life." Deseree'