The teenagers, I can understand because everything is a big deal to them. Most teenagers have nothing else to worry about besides things like who is dating whom. That I understand. I can even understand my BIL and ESN, who are just bigoted and hateful. My sister on the other hand, she's the one that really gets me. She would say that she would be worried because of the prejudice that he would face if he was gay or bi, but it's just that kind of thinking that enables bigoted assholes to have such prejudices. I know that she doesn't want her son to have to face any kind of prejudice, but I have found that in life, there is always going to be a reason that someone else will choose to not like you. As long as some people have something that other people don't there will be inequality and prejudice. She can't protect him from it. However, I think the underlying issue is that she knows that she will have to listen to her husband bad-mouth her son if it were true. Heaven knows that she would never stand up to her husband and tell him to take his slurs and hate and stuff them where the sun doesn't shine. She would sit there and listen to it all. Sorry. Ranting and rambling. My sister and her husband are a serious point of anger for me, especially when it causes problems for and spills over on my nephew.