by Jennifer | Feb 3, 2025 | Panama, South Korea, The Latest
A thread from Katy Faust originally on X Everywhere gay marriage is legalized, children’s rights to their biological parents are weakened or outright obliterated. No country has legalized same-sex marriage and strengthened children’s relationships with their...
by Them Before Us | Nov 2, 2023 | Stories |
I had a different childhood as my father was 41 and my mom 18. After they were married for 10 years my mother started seeing a woman behind my dad’s back. One weekend, me, this woman, an old family friend a few years older than me who was visiting from the UK,...
by Them Before Us | Sep 26, 2023 | Stories
(Originally published on MadMommaBear Blog) From a Guest Author, a letter shared from a son to an absent father about the experience of losing a father: Hello, I am fine. Sorry I haven’t reached out to you in a while. I’m doing very well in school; I have a 4.0 GPA....
by Them Before Us | Jul 5, 2023 | Stories
My mom came out as gay in 2017 and ended my parents’ marriage of 33 years. She had been cheating on my dad with her mistress she met through a church group. I’m not sure how long their relationship had been like that, but we had known the other woman for...
by Them Before Us | Feb 8, 2023 | Stories |
My name is Blake, and I am a victim of adults putting their desires before their responsibilities as parents. I was born into a middle-class family that I thought was secure. We had no financial need that we could not meet, my mother took a very active role in raising...