Apologies in advance if this offends any snowflakes.
So, it's Bank Holiday weekend and half term for most children in England. My 11 year old daughter asked if her primary school friend could come over to play today. When I say play... it just consists of them on their Ipads and chilling.
Anyway, getting to the point... I cooked the girls some pizza, shouted them downstairs, "Girls, your pizza is ready!" They come downstairs, sit at the dining table, everything fine, until my daughter comes into the lounge and says mum Rebecca (name changed) is crying. I go in and try to comfort her, I have always called my daughter princess so I naturally said "oh princess, what's the matter?" Trying to comfort her, I was mortified that a child is crying at my home, especially when she's 10 years old. My daughter had no clue either what was going on.
She continued to be upset, so she asked to go home, she messaged her mum and she came to collect her.
1 hour later, the mum returned to my house, a knock on the door like she's some sort of bailiff ready to take all my stuff...
I answered the door and she was raging! Saying her daughter is still crying and it was me that has made her so upset. I was mortified, but still didn't know why. I adore all children and any child that comes to my home, I treat them just like I would my own. Then another women appears, I then find out this was also her mum. I wasn't aware she had 2 mums, kids don't ask those sort of questions and it makes no difference anyway. However, the 2nd raging mum, is screaming outside my house like a fish wife, that I'm homophobic! Like all over the street! I'm horrified, never been called that in my life, I didnt even know she had lesbian parents so I was so confused how I've been homophobic.
Eventually, we got to the issue... they do not refer to themselves, as a collective family, as females, they are all non binary, they have raised their daughter to be non binary since she was a baby and when I shouted my child and her (female) friend downstairs by calling "girls".... then I innocently called her "princess" when she was upset, I made her cry.
I immediately went on the defensive... How the F was I supposed to know?! I asked the mothers this question... apparently, I'm not to supposed to assume anything with anyone, I should always refer to everyone as they or them always! What is this wokery nonsense?!
I told them both straight, if their daughter gets so upset by being referred to as a girl, then she should wear a flipping T Shirt so people don't make her cry! I got scolded for calling their daughter 'her' again! Screaming that I'm homophobic like a broken record and they will let all of social media know... bring it on ladies (oops I said ladies)... to be fair by the end of all the shouting from them, I got a little petty and purposely referred to them as ladies but how dare they come to my house shouting the odds and I did refuse to apologise, so maybe that's bad on my part, but WTF?!
I've never had such a headache over something so stupid in my life! They have brought their daughter up to be gender neutral, that's fine, their choice, I raised my daughter to be Catholic. Each to their own...but to jump on me for something so innocent, I basically told them get the F away from house and to wear a T Shirt or a sign so people are aware!
Am I in the wrong for my response to these parents?! A friend of mine is concerned this could blow up into this big dramatic thing that it isn't!
My daughter has explicitly said, she didn't know and she's been going to school with this child for 8 years!!
Call me homophobic, call me whatever names you want for my response to this woke stupidness! I've had enough, people like these mothers expect the world to conform to their beliefs, if you fail to do so you are homophobic....?! I'm done!