My husband and I were having a conversation the other day about what we do if our son was gay. My brother is gay and my son is very similar to my brother as a child. He doesnt play with cars or trains and has a toy pink dog and an imaginary friend who is a butterfly called Annabell (after baby Annabel. He is only 4.5 and wouldn't worry me one way or another if he was gay or not. My DH on the other hand would be fuming and he said if he was gay then he would be extremely dissappointed and his reaction would not be a good one. He worries as he doesn't play the traditional male games but DH doesnt help by not wanting to spend any time with him as he is always busy with his own hobbies. Just wondered is this a normal reaction for a father to have it seems to me the mothers are just happy if their child is happy but the dads find it more of an issue.
My parents were initially devestated when my bro came out but have slowly come round to it, and my dad and my bro have a far better relationship now than when he was a kid as my dad was constantly telling him to man up and now he accepts him for who he is!!
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peppajay · 12/10/2012 20:45
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