When I was over at my friend’s house, her mother called my friend out of the room for a chat. When my friend returned, she asked my girlfriend and I to not sit next to each other because it made her mother uncomfortable, and then returned to cuddling in her boyfriend’s lap
An entire room of people I considered close friends heard her say this and no one said a word. I made a half-hearted attempt to say, “but that’s ridiculous,” and still everyone stared silently at the floor.
The mom is a bigot and an asshole, and the OP’s friends should have stuck up for her(?) and her girlfriend.
However, since it is apparently the mom’s house that everyone is hanging out at, I wonder if the OP and her friends are teenagers. It’s hard to go up against an authority figure and it’s hard to walk out in support of a friend when you don’t have your own transportation.
Not excusing their behavior - we are all responsible for our own words and actions - but wondering if their mistake is fixable with time.
(Source: microaggressions)
