I'm gay and my partner of ten years isn't considered family by my relatives so he couldn't participate in my mother's funeral rites and I feel like I had to choose between honoring her and honoring our relationship.
More people experience this than they realize.
Love finds itself divided when chosen family and birth family operate under different definitions of kinship and belonging.
“Where Are You with Hindu grief practices — antyesti and shraddha?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.