Can't Say Goodbye

by Eden Finley

They can’t see that growing up in a nurturing environment where we were not only encouraged to live our truths but were pushed to explore them meant that we were free to be who we are. The world is a lot gayer than people like to think.

“I’m going to maybe suggest something radical here,” Dad says. “You could talk to them and see how they feel about being in a permanent thing.

Real families don’t turn their backs on each other.

If the three of us are going to give this relationship a real shot, we actually have to spend time together. Radical thought, but there it is.

“I’ve heard communication is supposedly healthy in relationships or whatever.”

“Is it weird I want to have this conversation, but at the same time, the thought of being a fully functioning and communicative adult sounds like the worst possible hell I could go through?

Instead, they have to be all supportive and shit. How dare they, honestly.