Surviving the Domestic Jungle

Last night I was working on the event planning course I am taking and I am at the part where they give you scenarios and you are supposed to figure out the best way to fix it. The answers are in the back of the book but one of the scenarios was the most ridiculous thing I have ever read. It was about a gay couple who were planning a commitment ceremony (should be called a wedding! If someone wants to enter into the hell that is marriage, there shouldn’t be a law stopping them!) and one of the grooms hadn’t come out to his aunts, uncles and cousins but he wanted them to come to his wedding. The answers in the back said he should call each family member and give them a heads up that he was gay and then send the invitation. I couldn’t believe this! Who calls their family to tell them about their sex life? I certainly didn’t call my aunts and uncles to tell them I have sex with men! I don’t think that anyone should ever feel like they have to explain what they do behind closed doors. Call me a weirdo but I don’t think it is any of my business who anyone sleeps with regardless of whether they are gay or straight. It is time this country and world move beyond all this nonsense! Gay people have been here since the dawn of time and they aren’t going anywhere. They are human beings who deserve respect and the same right to a miserable existence as the rest of us! To be honest it is the straight people sex that scares me way more than gay people sex! I was pretty angry when I filled out my response to the assignment. I put that you send the invitations to your family members and whoever shows up shows up! It was just so crazy to me that they suggested a phone call to explain their sexuality. Ugh I am so over ignorance on this topic.