I'm not a 'magazine person', but occasionally Spouse brings home magazine's from his personal trainer. Recently he brought home an issue of "House Beautiful", which brought back old memories.
I remember my parents getting me a subscription to "Boys Life" magazine when I was an early teenager. I think it was sponsored by the Boy Scouts because the magazine's contents had a lot to do with camping and being an honorable citizen. I had little interest in camping or the magazine.
A few years later I asked my parents for a subscription to "House Beautiful" magazine.
What teenage boy asks for a subscription to a home decorating magazine?? A gay one. But my parents' highly-religious minds would never allow them to consider that possibility. No, I imagine they thought their teenage son was interested in architecture, or possibly building, and that's why he asked for a subscription to "House Beautiful". They probably hoped for that.
But in reality it just another of many early signs my parents chose to ignore that their son was gay.
and you and spouse
ReplyDeletekeep a FABULOUS house!