Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

When my partner Adam and I first told our family that we were getting married, they were all extremely excited. One of the highlights of our destination wedding to Puerto Morelos, Mexico is that we have a lot of nieces and nephews that are going to participate. But some of them, yes the children, had the most negative reactions. I remember hearing from my eight year old niece "Ewwwww. Boys can't marry boys. That's just gross. You need to find a girlfriend or you'll never be happy." Her mother is by no means conservative (they live in Massachusetts of all places) and was horrified that that is how her daughter thought. This is my eight-year-old niece who I love telling me that I can't get married because it's to a boy. I was devastated ... Yes, by what an eight year old girl thought about us getting married but more about our movement, our fight for equality. I was naive to think this generation growing up now would think that being gay was different, but certainly not gross or abnormal. Over the next few months, I tried to explain to her that I love Adam. That regardless of him being a boy and me being a boy that we deserved to be happy and have the same opportunities as a boy and a girl getting married. While her reactions have softened, she still thinks that a boy and a girl getting married is the "right thing to do." When I ask where this is coming from, she tells me that that's what she sees in life, whether it's at school, in movies, on TV, in stores, etc. It's Boys and Girls Together not boys and boys or girls and girls. I am extremely grateful to John Oliver and his team for putting this book together. My soon-to-be husband (we get married on November 5th, 2018) and I have purchased a copy for every family with children that are attending our wedding. We hope to use this as an educational tool so that they can see, finally, in something that is made for them, that two men getting married is anything but gross. I look forward to updating my review on how it goes. Thanks again John, et al. Sincerely, Justin & Adam