New York has just become the sixth state to legally allow gays and lesbians to marry. I kind of got into an argument with my dad about this last night. My girlfriend is bi-sexual. My dad doesn't "believe" in bi-sexuals, or the marriage between two people of the same sex for that matter. I felt a little crushed, partly because he's always an asshole but also because he's very intelligent and usually right.

I also feel a little ashamed as a son because most boys (who have the blessing of knowing their father) tend to have very good relationships with their dad, but I'm sort of a non-conformist myself and my father is really conservative. He's never taught me much and is pretty anti-social, probably because he feels like he doesn't need to waste his time with younger generations. I don't think he really likes the way me and my friends think -not that we're punks getting into trouble or anything, he just... doesn't like us.

I just felt like I needed to write that. My relationship with my dad was getting better lately but it always gets torn apart like last night, when he thinks it's his job to tell me how to think and how to live. He's gotten into a few arguments with me about my girlfriend and he hasn't even met her yet. I think he's going to be put off by the fact that she's black when he learns this. Are your parents ever like this?

P.S. Is anyone else glad gays are being recognized more and more now? What's your stance on this?