I adore being a Mum (mostly!) My DW and I are in a very happy loving and stable marriage and our DC (DD 9, twin DS 7) are happy, bright, cheeky kids. However, I am really in turmoil and desperately want to know how you cope with (or do you encounter) hetro parents being difficult? This all stemmed from our DD wanting a friend to come over. It was all sorted until we had a Mothers Day tea at my DC school on Thursday which my DW and I attended, usually my DW just does the School run. Our DD came home from school the day after and said that her friends Mum wouldn't let him come over because his Mum 'had to go somewhere' I may be reading too much into it, but we live in quite a rural part of Mid Wales and all the parents at our DC school seem to have quite a (trying to find the words) um 'traditional' outlook. We don't want to be welcomed into what my DW calls the 'Playground Mafia' or to be the centre of attention and for the other parents to be all 'ooh ooh ooh I want to be friends with the Queer Parents' We just don't want our DC to have to 'pay' for their same sex parents. I have spoken to my DW about this and she rightly points out that our DC have never mentioned they've been teased or anything about having 2 Mums. DW's attitude is 'Meh, fuck em' AND I would love to think that, but I am wracked with guilt that our DC will be ostracised because they have gay parents. Gah even as I write that I can't believe I am writing that in 2015! Then I start asking myself, is this just my problem? I mean I believe I am utterly fab and comfortable with being a very out gay woman, but maybe part of me is still what, afraid? Who knows? OMG help me PLEASE! Any advice/experience at all. Thank you xxx
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