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[–]funk_transcender 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm 25 and in the UK.

Mum wasn't okay with it at first. I told her I was seeing a girl and she just said 'Oh for God's sakes', and kept referring to my girlfriend as my friend for the whole 3 years we were together. Towards the end she was open to possibly meeting her.

My dad was a lot more positive and accepting about it, and I think kind of always knew. He actually met my first girlfriend and was really nice to her.

When I got into my 2nd relationship my mum really liked my girlfriend and was completely fine with it. She would always ask to bring my gf along whenever we would be meeting up.

My extended family I'm not very close too anymore for reasons outside of that, but they're Irish Catholic and honestly very behind the times. AFAIK my Mum has told one uncle and aunt, who will have told everyone else (barring my grandparents). Not sure what they would think about it. My relationship is so damaged with my extended family it would be really hard to tell if that even would've made much of a dent despite their religious views.