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When your parents accept your sexuality but erase your relationship

My parents said they accept me being gay but they still introduce me as their son without mentioning my husband of three years, and I do not know if I am being too sensitive or if this actually matters.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You are experiencing the gap between conditional acceptance and true integration of your identity into family systems.

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