Reply #8: I think marriages like ours can really open up awareness... [View All]

[bliss_eternal]

when people are open to it, of course. Some people just aren't, and tend to make all sorts of assumptions about why we're even together. :eyes:

My dh was shocked to find the people he called his extended family were bigots.

He was also kind of taken aback by some of his immediate family's behavior. My all time favorite moment was having to explain the subtleties of racism to his mother. :eyes:

She got pissed off, when dh told her he didn't want to hear about her bigoted friends anymore, (after a particularly painful, horrible experience with them) that of course SHE said didn't mean what we thought. :eyes: As if she would recognize discrimination if it bit her in the ass. She got angry and blamed me for dh's stance :eyes: and tried to dress me down with comments like, "Well Bliss...Surely you had to expect such things when you decided to have this kind of marriage."

:wtf: As if we should run around apologizing for our marriage or expect to be treated like shit because other people are ignorant assholes. :mad::grr: Such.Total.Bullshit.

Dh still get's a kick out of recalling the reading I gave her over that one. :rofl: Thinking back, it was pretty good. :spray: So glad dh doesn't deal with her anymore, she really sucked.