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Jun. 18th, 2008 09:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kippurbirdGay marriage being made legal yesterday reminded me of a family member.
His name was "Cousin Charlie" and he was in my grandfather's generation. My mom knew him when she was little and loved him dearly. Whenever he would come over, my grandfather would run around going "Where's my bathrobe! Where's my bathrobe! Charlie's coming over!" and my bubbie would roll her eyes at this.
Charlie, my mom says, committed suicide.
With this law having passed, I started to wonder what it would have been like for him, if he lived now. Or didn't kill himself.
I honestly don't know.
But I've been thinking about it.
His name was "Cousin Charlie" and he was in my grandfather's generation. My mom knew him when she was little and loved him dearly. Whenever he would come over, my grandfather would run around going "Where's my bathrobe! Where's my bathrobe! Charlie's coming over!" and my bubbie would roll her eyes at this.
Charlie, my mom says, committed suicide.
With this law having passed, I started to wonder what it would have been like for him, if he lived now. Or didn't kill himself.
I honestly don't know.
But I've been thinking about it.
