Feb 07, 2009 7:53 PM GMT
We're about to leave for a "family day" with my partner's family. But when I just called for driving directions, nobody was aware we were coming.
"Oh, aren't you coming tomorrow?" (Sunday) Which is when the more distant relatives and unrelated friends are invited for day two.
My partner is the second oldest of the family members, his elder brother convening this thing. But, it's the brother's children who are actually hosting it, and they apparently don't want their gay uncle there. Yet the brother himself told me to say we had been invited by him. His kids and their extended family are evidently not on the same sheet of music. Oh my! And they've never met me before.
So we're about to depart for it, about 25 miles away, no idea what we'll face. The "patriarch" of the family, my partner's older brother, wants us there, and he & I get along great, despite his being straight. Apparently other younger members of the family are not so happy with our coming, especially me.
This should be interesting. But I have no fear, I can face anything. I'll let you all know how it goes.
"Oh, aren't you coming tomorrow?" (Sunday) Which is when the more distant relatives and unrelated friends are invited for day two.
My partner is the second oldest of the family members, his elder brother convening this thing. But, it's the brother's children who are actually hosting it, and they apparently don't want their gay uncle there. Yet the brother himself told me to say we had been invited by him. His kids and their extended family are evidently not on the same sheet of music. Oh my! And they've never met me before.
So we're about to depart for it, about 25 miles away, no idea what we'll face. The "patriarch" of the family, my partner's older brother, wants us there, and he & I get along great, despite his being straight. Apparently other younger members of the family are not so happy with our coming, especially me.
This should be interesting. But I have no fear, I can face anything. I'll let you all know how it goes.
