...Alright. The kids at my school aren't very...accepting. Niether, really, are MOST of the teachers. There's always some issue or another with somebody, and no one's letting me and my girlfriend alone. We're either being harrassed, prodded, or pitied. It was easy enough to ignore everything and everyone in the beginning, but I'm starting to snap and I don't think I'll be able to last much longer before I completely lose my temper. I need some advice. A lot of it.
What do you do when:
1) Your mother, who loves you and wants you to be happy, is trying to convince you to just "be friends" with the person you've just celebrated your anniversary with a day ago? Who happens to make you the happiest living being on the planet?
2) Your father has no idea of your sexuality or your relationship, and you want to tell him badly but are afraid to because he's a pretty controversal Republican?
3) You were already socially awkward except for a few close friends, and now people are steering clear of you more often than before? (This would not bother me too much, except none of my friends take any of my classes with me--even lunch. I'm always surrounded by those who'd just rather walk away.)
4) A new girl you've met only 4 days before is preaching to you, telling you that God created a man and a woman, and that God made you a woman (in my case), and that I shouldn't let science or the media influence me in any way, and that God will forgive me for my sin? (This was an annoying and sad experience. I thought she might understand.)
5) You burst out crying in front of your girlfriend, who wants to help you but doesn't know how, and you, not wanting to worry her, try to stay away?
6) Your teachers harshly jugde you when they watch you hug excesivley in the hallway?
7) Your younger brother, whom you have been best friends with since you were in diapers, is pulling you away from your partner and saying awful, mean things about her, both to her and in front of you?
Seems the logical thing would be to stand up for myself, isn't it? ...I'm not very good at that. *sigh* Seems everyone's very opinionated about this subject...
I think I may also post this in the thread. What do you think?
What do you do when:
1) Your mother, who loves you and wants you to be happy, is trying to convince you to just "be friends" with the person you've just celebrated your anniversary with a day ago? Who happens to make you the happiest living being on the planet?
2) Your father has no idea of your sexuality or your relationship, and you want to tell him badly but are afraid to because he's a pretty controversal Republican?
3) You were already socially awkward except for a few close friends, and now people are steering clear of you more often than before? (This would not bother me too much, except none of my friends take any of my classes with me--even lunch. I'm always surrounded by those who'd just rather walk away.)
4) A new girl you've met only 4 days before is preaching to you, telling you that God created a man and a woman, and that God made you a woman (in my case), and that I shouldn't let science or the media influence me in any way, and that God will forgive me for my sin? (This was an annoying and sad experience. I thought she might understand.)
5) You burst out crying in front of your girlfriend, who wants to help you but doesn't know how, and you, not wanting to worry her, try to stay away?
6) Your teachers harshly jugde you when they watch you hug excesivley in the hallway?
7) Your younger brother, whom you have been best friends with since you were in diapers, is pulling you away from your partner and saying awful, mean things about her, both to her and in front of you?
Seems the logical thing would be to stand up for myself, isn't it? ...I'm not very good at that. *sigh* Seems everyone's very opinionated about this subject...
I think I may also post this in the thread. What do you think?
