Because we are human, we are bound to get sick. I was sick at home with a little flu. When my mother calls from home, my voice is groggy and she can tell that I am sick. It is well known that I live alone and my family thought that there was no one around me to care for me and this really worried them. My mother in particular was very worried and she asked me to come home.

I have a wife here who takes care of me. I live with her. But it is not known that I am married, and to a woman at that. Sometimes I wonder how much easier things would be if they knew this fact, it would make everything so much easier. As soon as I went to my mother’s house and rested, I also missed my wife. What worried me more than being sick was missing my mother. My appetite had decreased because I was away from my wife and it was difficult to explain this to my family.

Our inability to speak up makes us life harder. Those who follow the lifestyles our society thinks are right can speak about their life situation much easier. For us, it makes our lives difficult. After the time and struggle it takes to accept ourselves, our biggest struggle begins when we get married and live a happy life.

How can we give our family a place in our lives? Apart from our illness, we begin to worry about how we can unite the various aspects of our life: Wife, mother, father, sister…. I experience the pain and was reminded about the struggle to live in this society. But life goes on. We will live in hope until good things come or all our families accept us and start supporting each other in front of the family like any straight husband and wife.