Sunday, 16 January 2022

Princess marriage

 


A story went viral last year because it demonstrated how attitudes towards marriage and families have changed for the better.

When Bea and Emma got married, they walked through a park in Glasgow together holding hands to take photos. A little boy gasped when he saw them together and exclaimed, "Look at those princesses!"

The couple walked over to the boy to say hello and he asked if one of them had just got married. Emma said, "Yes, to each other." Emma says she could see the kid's "mind seemed blown in the most delightful way," and his mum then said, "Yes, two princesses can marry each other."

Emma said later, "We were both delighted that the boys mother didn't hesitate and just stepped right in and normalised same sex marriage. It was something we will never forget and it made our day a bit more magical."

Bea said, "Big appreciation for that boy's mum who straight up tells him, 'yeah, this is a thing that happens'.

When the story was shared on twitter it went viral. One comment was, "That lad will turn out alright." 

- why did the boy think Bea and Emma were princesses?
- why did he assume one of them had got married?
- why do you think it didn't occur to him that the princesses had married each other?
- why did Mum step in and explain, why didn't she stop the conversation?
- When he was told the princesses had married each other, "You could see the kids mind seemed blown in the most delightful way." - what does Bea mean by this?
- why were Bea and Emma delighted with the reaction from Mum?
- what does normalised mean?
- why did the event make the day 'even more magical' for Bea and Emma?
- "That lad will turn out alright" - why did someone say that? What do they mean?
- what can we learn from the Mum in this story? What can we learn from Bea and Emma?
- why is this about No Outsiders? 


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