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The trip to Italy was short and uneventful.
I spent most of the time at my parents' (my childhood home) but, as always, we didn't really have that much to talk about.
Since my coming out and their reaction that consisted in saying evil and untrue things about Adrian and then in never mentioning his name again, my relationship with them has definitely been cooler, especially with my mother; though, on the other hand, I just cannot stop caring about them.
We never discuss the "issue" of me being gay these days: we are in a state of permanent truce.
It's just as if Adrian didn't exist: they never ask after him or send their best, though on the other hand I keep talking about him and they see him in my holiday pictures.
My mother's only concern is to make sure that their neighbours and relations will not find out about me/us, so the only time the "issue" was mentioned, indirectly, was when she was talking about a cousin of mine visiting London at the end of the month and she asked me to take off my rings to prevent my crafty cousin from guessing the truth!!!
At the week-end there was lots of media coverage of the political protests in Rome and around Italy to support rights for gay couples and unwed couples (the law is about to be discussed in Parliament, but faces a very strong opposition).
But they just totally ignored that too...
I know I should have used it to bring up the subject of our upcoming civil partnership, but really what's the point in upsetting them and myself? :-(
I spent most of the time at my parents' (my childhood home) but, as always, we didn't really have that much to talk about.
Since my coming out and their reaction that consisted in saying evil and untrue things about Adrian and then in never mentioning his name again, my relationship with them has definitely been cooler, especially with my mother; though, on the other hand, I just cannot stop caring about them.
We never discuss the "issue" of me being gay these days: we are in a state of permanent truce.
It's just as if Adrian didn't exist: they never ask after him or send their best, though on the other hand I keep talking about him and they see him in my holiday pictures.
My mother's only concern is to make sure that their neighbours and relations will not find out about me/us, so the only time the "issue" was mentioned, indirectly, was when she was talking about a cousin of mine visiting London at the end of the month and she asked me to take off my rings to prevent my crafty cousin from guessing the truth!!!
At the week-end there was lots of media coverage of the political protests in Rome and around Italy to support rights for gay couples and unwed couples (the law is about to be discussed in Parliament, but faces a very strong opposition).
But they just totally ignored that too...
I know I should have used it to bring up the subject of our upcoming civil partnership, but really what's the point in upsetting them and myself? :-(
