“People would, ‘Do you feel closer to your biological mom?’ They’re random people I barely know.” “People often feel like they have a weird to ask really invasive family questions that you would never ask of a more nuclear family,” Bernstein said. Bernstein said since some people perceive her birth story and family as unusual, they sometimes feel justified in asking her inappropriate questions. One of Bernstein’s mothers gave birth to her with the help of a sperm donor.
It’s just something I’m so used to saying, and I don’t even realize how often I say it, but it just comes up so often.” “I don’t think I’ve ever felt weird about saying I have two moms. “When you’re talking to someone else, people just assume you have one mom and one dad,” Bernstein said. “There’s not supposed to be an ‘s’ there,” the teacher said.Īs the daughter of same-sex parents, Bernstein said misunderstandings like this one occur frequently, and she often finds herself having to explain her family structure to strangers.
The teacher, assuming Bernstein had made a spelling error, told her to change the word “moms” to “mom.”
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