Do you act/Will you be Discreet?

[clearlyhere]

    Recently my mother and father met my boyfriend of a year and a half for the second time.  The first time they met was just past our first year anniversary, my family, my boyfriend and I met in a restaurant so we could eat dinner and flee if it became too uncomfortable.  It was uncomfortable, but we got through it.  Next meeting.  After being

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[clearlyhere]

Your advise reminds me of an incident in Dan Savage's book. At the rehearsal dinner they go around explaining this is Blah Blah's cousin who also was his roommate his freshman year of college, Auntie Ann who lives in New Jersey with her husband Jack and two children... and this is Dan.

This is Tim. Like Prince or Madonna. No need to explain, right?

They exist on a higher plain of knowledge. I am not fooling anyone so who fucking cares.

I maybe should remove Tim from family activities unless they can acknowledge who he is. I don't know.

[clearlyhere]

Fine, Tim is Oprah.

"Hey, everyone this is Oprah... I mean Tim. He is here for some unknown reason."

Don't be "discreet"

[anonymous]

I would either go to Easter brunch and introduce "my boyfriend" or not go at all

Re: Don't be "discreet"

[clearlyhere]

I don't think people would be upset. Except for maybe my mother. She told the whole family so I don't even know what the big deal is. It is about her baby steps.