Lookie Loos

Crazytown has relocated for the week...in other words, we are on vacation.

On our second day of vacation, we met up with some members of my family for lunch and a trip to the local zoo.  We decided on McDonalds for lunch and due to the warm weather, decided to eat inside.

There were 7 of us:
myself, Rob, Abby, Lucy
a new friend who is a 7 year old girl, and
my aunt and uncle.

We ate lunch rather quietly for such a large group.  When we were leaving, I noticed that nearly every person in the room was openly staring at us.  (Rob noticed too)

I have had people look at us before, sometimes they think Rob is someone famous (he's been accused of being a former professional athlete) or sometimes when one of the kids is disruptive, but I ABSOLUTELY believe we were being stared at because we were with a biracial couple.  I asked my aunt, who said that in the neighborhood we were in, that was likely the case.  Sad.

Get over it, people.  My aunt and uncle have been married for nearly 40 years and have been living in your town for 24 years.

If I had a few more days, I would organize a flash mob of gay couples (some of them with different skin colors too) in the parking lot to really freak out the lookie-loos from McDonalds.

Tolerance and acceptance for everyone.  Get on board.