This thread makes me feel honored to call GetBig my home. While we don't always see eye-to-eye, I think as a collective, the GetBig family is strong and only growing stronger as the days/years go by.
I feel accepted here and I've always been very accepting of all my GetBig Brethren.
Reminds me of an an amazing story involving my father and his accepting of my ways...
My father died over 20 years ago. During his time, I had not been open to him regarding my choice and never really sat down to discuss his feelings regarding the matter. He was of the old country (Greek Orthodox & Israeli roots), you see, and those men knew nothing more than to appreciate hard work, money and the joy of family.
Anyhow, on his last day, while he rested in that intensive care unit bed with a respirator tube deep within his trachea, being his healthcare proxy, I was given the choice by his medical provider to either stop the respirator and life support or to keep him attached to over 20 different tubes and IV lines. I decided that to simply keep a human being vegetating there on a bed would be cruel and selfish (since we would only keep the flesh alive for the sole purpose of viewing him day to day with no actual interaction) and that pulling the plug would be the right thing to do.
The medical team went ahead, with my permission and upon my sole presence, and pulled the plugs out and removed the tube from deep within his windpipe.
Right as they removed that tube, for a split second, my father looked me directly in the eyes with a look of clarity and muttered out, "You fucking faggot!".... as he took his last breath.
That's when I knew that he was happy with my decision.
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