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kitarouSo yeah, I'm home now. I'm pleased to see my parents for the most part.
On the truck ride, my Dad and I debated Canadian politics. I grant that University courses bias one towards the textbook often (unless it's a research-based course...), but still it was interesting to talk with him.
While home, my mom and I did a lot of talking. I hate to say it, but dammit, I wish my parents knew :P That way I'd feel less silly getting into the conversations I get into (like hair dyeing >_>)
The other amusing thing is, my parents and I were briefly talking about marriage/finding someone (it came up. I don't know if they brought it up or not...) -- ie, how maybe I'll meet a foreigner in Japan. Hehehe.
Also amusing, they bring up how race doesn't matter to them (I knew this already, and never cared) -- but also brought up (well, mom did) that religion matters -- I agree with this to a good extent.
They also brought it up at some point that I have to live my own life, not for your parents (which was cool. Again, I knew they felt this way -- from early stories about Mom's parents' opinion of Dad...)
So yeah, I'm glad to not be shocked by my parents.
Pity I can't tell them I'm gay. I want to, but I know that anything they put me through would be nothing compared to what they would go through. So I'm not going to be so selfish as to open up that box of worms, just because I want to share the fact that I'm struggling to them.
.... It's just going to suck when I finally find the person I want to spend my life with :P
Oh, another amusing thing -- they miss Brampton St. Andrew's as much as I do. (Not to say I think that Brampton St. Andrew's is affirming or anything, just... so much nicer. I don't really view myself as a Presbyterian, despite the fact I joined a Presbyterian church.)
On the truck ride, my Dad and I debated Canadian politics. I grant that University courses bias one towards the textbook often (unless it's a research-based course...), but still it was interesting to talk with him.
While home, my mom and I did a lot of talking. I hate to say it, but dammit, I wish my parents knew :P That way I'd feel less silly getting into the conversations I get into (like hair dyeing >_>)
The other amusing thing is, my parents and I were briefly talking about marriage/finding someone (it came up. I don't know if they brought it up or not...) -- ie, how maybe I'll meet a foreigner in Japan. Hehehe.
Also amusing, they bring up how race doesn't matter to them (I knew this already, and never cared) -- but also brought up (well, mom did) that religion matters -- I agree with this to a good extent.
They also brought it up at some point that I have to live my own life, not for your parents (which was cool. Again, I knew they felt this way -- from early stories about Mom's parents' opinion of Dad...)
So yeah, I'm glad to not be shocked by my parents.
Pity I can't tell them I'm gay. I want to, but I know that anything they put me through would be nothing compared to what they would go through. So I'm not going to be so selfish as to open up that box of worms, just because I want to share the fact that I'm struggling to them.
.... It's just going to suck when I finally find the person I want to spend my life with :P
Oh, another amusing thing -- they miss Brampton St. Andrew's as much as I do. (Not to say I think that Brampton St. Andrew's is affirming or anything, just... so much nicer. I don't really view myself as a Presbyterian, despite the fact I joined a Presbyterian church.)
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Date: 2004-08-20 01:45 pm (UTC).... It's just going to suck when I finally find the person I want to spend my life with :P
No it will be marvelous.