[Boulderbabe]

Meh, I think straight people overestimate how hard it is to be gay. It used to be terrible. Today, it's not such a big deal. As an adult, you gravitate to social circles where people really don't care much about it. At my job or among my friends, it's about as meaningful as being left-handed or brunette. People know, but it's not really very significant.

The biggest hurts to gay people often come from their families, and particularly their parents. So being the kind of mom who will love her son for just who he is will help your son, no matter how he turns out! Sounds like you're on the right path. Good luck!

[Crissy011]

Thanks Boulderbabe!

[akcskye]

I concur...at 7 years old...he probably just doesn't know what "hot" means...

Even if he does...I can remember when I was a little girl, that I used to tell my mom all the time that I LOVED Olivia Newton-John (yeah, dating myself here haha), and that I had every intention of marrying her.

When my mom told me that I could not marry her because I was a woman, I told her that I would become a man and marry her.

Well, I am STRAIGHT as an arrow, and have been married to my husband for a month shy of 14 years, and have been completely happy.

I think little kids get the ideas of "love" and "LOVE" mixed up. I know that's what it was for me.

They don't understand the concept of love being anything other than that fluttery feeling in their little hearts when they see their friends at school or getting a new cat or dog...and so they use the vocabulary of the time to express this love.