My partner and I have told our respective parents about the upcoming marriage.

Mine cried because they won't be able to fly over from Portugal due to everything going on and they'll miss it. My partner's parents cried because he's gay and marrying a man. Priorities, right? 1/3

Countless parents who lost their children to illness or an accident would give everything to see them grow up and marry a decent person who loves them passionately.

My partner's parents have a good, healthy and much loved son. Yet they're wallowing in pointless self-pity. 2/3

You can't change certain cards that are dealt to you in life. I'm very lucky to have the family that I have, and I'm proud that my family has taken my partner in like one of their own.

Your child is gay? So fucking what? There are real problems in the world. This isn't one. 3/3