Don't wait for the world

Some people think they need to understand others or relate to them to be able to accept them which is pure idiocy. 

I don't need to be able to relate to the exact experience of someone who has been assaulted to have empathy for them. Just as I also don't need to understand why my niece is a lesbian to accept her. 

If we wait for the world to come to its senses we will be waiting a long time because it will never happen. You need to claim your space and live within its constraints. 

My mother wondered aloud what the bride's extended family might think of this woman they don't know (referring to me) at the coming wedding of my nephew in August. 

I told her that what people think of me is none of my business or my concern.