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What is the worst thing your parents ever did to you? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago by callouscomic@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

You can have gay kids and still grieve for the life you expected them to have. That doesn't mean you dont love them. What matters is you support who they actually are, not who you thought they would be. But sprinkle in some disordered thinking and I can see how that could go awry.