A touching letter from a gay son to his homophobic parents.

[Rick Munroe]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/mom-and-dad-im-gay-and-also-stronger-than-both-of,21017/

[Guest ChgoBoy]

meh. less is more. It got pretty old, pretty fast.

 

But I did stay at a holiday Inn Express last night and their work-out room was fabu-licious.

[leigh.bess.toad]

I like the sentiment but I think ChgoBoy is right. A few fewer paragraphs and the point would still have been driven home. Or into the ground. Or the china cabinet.

[Guest ChgoBoy]

the point would still have been driven home. Or into the ground. Or the china cabinet.

 

Or, into an Orange County, Florida swamp, where angry children have been known to deposit the things that annoy them the most.

[seeker630]

meh. less is more. It got pretty old, pretty fast.

 

 

Agreed! After the first few times, the threats ceased to be funny.

[Epigonos]

Frankly I think it is a horrible, mean, nasty letter and I find absolutely NOTHING touching in it. In my opinion he and his parents are flip sides of the same coin.

[Juan Vancouver]

Frankly I think it is a horrible, mean, nasty letter and I find absolutely NOTHING touching in it. In my opinion he and his parents are flip sides of the same coin.

 

I'm with you there.

[orbital sander]

Well it is The Onion after all...pretty much what I would expect

[+ deej]

Frankly I think it is a horrible, mean, nasty letter and I find absolutely NOTHING touching in it. In my opinion he and his parents are flip sides of the same coin.

 

You do realize it's The Onion, right? It's satire.

 

Not particularly funny satire, but it's satire.

[Epigonos]

Satire it might be but that doesn't make it any less horrible, mean, and nasty.

[Phil_musc]

I enjoyed it - thanks, Rick.

 

Maybe it was a little long, but there isn't so much going on in my life right now that I couldn't wait to get to the end to do something else of real importance. Lighten up, guys, and enjoy the satire.

[MsGuy]

Satire it might be but that doesn't make it any less horrible, mean, and nasty.

 

Deej, does you desk have room for one more head?

[+ deej]

Deej, does you desk have room for one more head?

 

For you, sure. You just have to promise not to tell who's hiding under there.

[Rick Munroe]

Frankly I think it is a horrible, mean, nasty letter and I find absolutely NOTHING touching in it. In my opinion he and his parents are flip sides of the same coin.

I'm with you there.

 

I thought the Onion piece was cute (and yes, it could have used a little editing), but these two responses are hilarious.

[Rick Munroe]

Maybe it was a little long, but there isn't so much going on in my life right now that I couldn't wait to get to the end to do something else of real importance. Lighten up, guys, and enjoy the satire.

 

Personally, I enjoy things that are a little long! (thanks, Phil)

[rvwnsd]

I thought it was a hilarious piece of satire. The writing style is similar to many real "coming out" letters I have read from men who used a letter as a means to come out to their families. Several men described themselves as having rambled when they came out. Not everyone is as succinct as Ellen DeGeneres was when she stated "Yep, I'm Gay" on the cover of Time magazine.

[Guest ChgoBoy]

Several men described themselves as having rambled when they came out.

 

I'd suggest here that those that rambled when they finally came out - had probably already rambled many times previously (and often) and should have probably been a bit more prepared for getting quickly, to their point. This particular article will work nicely for me when there are no more Ambien left in the bottom of my Rx. But I appreciate the attempt!

[Rick Munroe]

last edited by chgoboy; 1 hour ago at 10:18 pm. Reason: Corrected some rambling.

 

lol!!