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A Good Dad

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[Image Description: Screenshots of a Reddit post titled “I [45M] Walked in on son [16M] having gay sex and he’s become quite awkward and distant”

The post reads: “So a week ago my son had one of his really good friends over for a sleepover, and I went up to his room to ask them if they wanted any dessert. Normally if it’s just my son I knock, because well privacy, but it was him and his friend so I figured I didn’t really need to. It was an hour or so later that I would normally go up and ask them so that’s probably why they let their “guard down.

Anyway I open the door and my son’s getting bonked by his friend. I don’t know if reacted that well - but not badly either, I just said something like “oh f*ck” and shut the door again. I waited downstairs for maybe 20 minutes to see if they would come say anything but they didn’t so I went to bed.

When I woke up the next morning his friend was gone and my son looked so scared and tired, I don’t think he slept that much, not that I can blame him. It was kind of awkward, but eventually he was like yeah dad I’m gay and [friend] is my boyfriend of 2 years (surprised by that but in a nice way i guess) - him being gay wasn’t a surprise as I’ve always suspected to be honest, but I didn’t say that of course and was like okay cool love you no matter what, I don’t care who you like.

Since then he’s been very awkward and barely said a word to me or even looked at me. I’ve tried to talk but it’s always ends up a very short and awkward conversation. Is it just natural awkward and embarrassment? Hell, I’m just if my dad had saw me having sex I would’ve faked my death and moved to mexico or something. Today I asked him if he wanted to bring his boyfriend for dinner/sleepover in a more official “boyfriend” capacity and he seemed to perk up at that a little and said “sure that’d be cool” - so maybe things are getting a little less awkward. Is this awkwardness natural or should I be doing something different?

I’m also going to buy him a lock for his door and tell him that I want him to feel comfortable “doing it” in the house with his boyfriend (I’d rather here than some dark alley with heroin needs and serial killers or anything like that) - but I’m not sure how to word it well, and also make the conversation as least awkward as possible.

Any advice is greatly appreciated :)”

A response image posted by another user is of a cat looking at a phone looking like they have tears in their eyes. End Image Description.]

baileywilson013

Maybe misusing the name of God isn’t so much about saying the shallow words, “Oh my God,” as it is about using the name of God to justify discrimination, oppression, injustice, racism, slavery, xenophobia, poverty, sexism, islamophobia, ableism, homophobia, war, & the list can go on.

questions-within-questions

Amen

gaslightgallows

When I was a wee little Gaslight attending Catholic Sunday schools, and then later in college when I was taking a Bible as Literature class, both my stolid neighborhood deacon and my dapper Protestant professor said almost the exact same thing:

“Taking the Lord’s name in vain isn’t when someone says ‘God damn it.’ It’s when a mortal, fallible human being presumes to put words in God’s mouth and say ‘This is what God wants you to do.’“

thewitchverena

Time to reblog again. Holy shit.

kitchenwitchupinthisbitch

Interesting. I never knew this

emijott

See, that’s what the app is perfect for.