Trying to be happy

Regardless of my views on homosexuality, the way to approach this is the way you should approach any past relationship, any lost love. Don't fall into the trap of thinking you need to "get over it." Thinking that you need to get over something this significant in your life is probably half of what's tearing you up inside, and you may not even know it. Instead, learn to accept that it happened, accept that life changes, and accept one or two things.
1. If you don't believe in God (well, even if you do) accept that you and only you have control over YOU. Find the positive things about you, and stop dwelling on this other person. You have your life to live, so live it, and find yourself irresistible - half of how others see you is how you see yourself. [/cliche]
2. If you do believe in God, accept that He has your best interests at heart and will do what He can for you, as long as you do what you can for yourself.

And, what Sass said.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I hate to be the first one to do this, but... you say you've done your research, so let's see it. I myself have seen plenty of posts from other people saying "oh yeah it's a chemical imbalance" "yeah it's a genetic defect" "yeah aliens made him this way" but it doesn't make any of that TRUE. I'm not disagreeing with you, since I've argued against homosexuality my fair share of times, but I'm not agreeing with you either until you stop using weasel words and start showing some goods. At least quote someone, cite their name, profession, anything.

By the way, do you ever ask a retarded person to live like they weren't retarded? Do you tell them to force themselves to be with someone not mentally challenged? Do you tell the "normal" person to force themselves to stay with the retard? If you're going to use that as an analogy, I need to see how it would work in this context.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Being a Christian, I do care, but at the same time, people interpret the Bible different ways, and a lot of religions (even within Christianity) have different versions of the Bible than others. So it really doesn't work. I meant for you to cite some reliable sources for your claims about it being unnatural from a scientific point of view.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

WTB link please. But at least you gave us something. Now that we know there could possibly be a genetic component to it, what makes you so sure it's a DEFECT? Scientifically speaking, what makes you say it is WRONG? Even retardation isn't WRONG from a moral sense, it's just a defect that they live with, and retards aren't told that they're evil. It just happens, and telling them to act like they aren't retarded is basically the same as telling a homosexual not to act like they're a homosexual - if you continue to use that analogy.

However if you'd like to abandon that analogy, just tell me simply, how do you discern that it is a genetic DEFECT, and not just a genetic difference? People have plenty of genetic differences one from the other, many share the same differences with certain groups of people, especially ethnicities. But scientifically, what makes this wrong?

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To get back on the real topic, Ms. Hot Pink Lesbian here should be honest with herself, and with her parents. Your parents no longer control who you are. If they disapprove, that's their own problem, not yours. You can continue to be civil to them, and invite them over for dinner or anything of the sort. They may refuse if your girlfriend happens to be there, or something, but more often than not if you're positive and show that you'll act like a decent human being, they'll do the same.

(Edit for thread's sake)

I was speaking idiomatically.

Apologies, nadienne. My last post has been edited so that it's only totally on-topic now. May I has a cookie now?

Oh and another thing, Hot Pink... if this pseudo-depression over your ex continues, you may want to consider a psychologist (one who doesn't prescribe medication.) Some people really are good at talking you out of despair.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?