I always love reading your comics. As someone who grew up in the church, in a very conservative family as well, your experiences are exceptionally relatable.
I found that even after I came out, I still wanted to be married, still because that was something that had been expected and somewhat planned in my mind that it was 100% going to ha…
I always love reading your comics. As someone who grew up in the church, in a very conservative family as well, your experiences are exceptionally relatable.
I found that even after I came out, I still wanted to be married, still because that was something that had been expected and somewhat planned in my mind that it was 100% going to happen someday. Even though my parents weren't supportive of my being gay AT ALL, there were still a lot of things ingrained in me that didn't really make sense anymore. Like the NEED for marriage, even to someone my parents were never going to like. Even the feeling of needing to have children at some point. Despite the fact that neither my parents nor the church would approve of either for us. My brain was just like, "Okay, yeah, but this is what I've psyched myself up for my whole life."
And it took breaking away from those ideals to come back around to deciding if I ever get married it'll be for ME (and my partner). And that I have no interest in an actual baby. And that's all okay.
I always love reading your comics. As someone who grew up in the church, in a very conservative family as well, your experiences are exceptionally relatable.
I found that even after I came out, I still wanted to be married, still because that was something that had been expected and somewhat planned in my mind that it was 100% going to happen someday. Even though my parents weren't supportive of my being gay AT ALL, there were still a lot of things ingrained in me that didn't really make sense anymore. Like the NEED for marriage, even to someone my parents were never going to like. Even the feeling of needing to have children at some point. Despite the fact that neither my parents nor the church would approve of either for us. My brain was just like, "Okay, yeah, but this is what I've psyched myself up for my whole life."
And it took breaking away from those ideals to come back around to deciding if I ever get married it'll be for ME (and my partner). And that I have no interest in an actual baby. And that's all okay.