You never realize....

...How wonderful something is till its gone.

But good things do come to those who wait, and patience is a virtue - a hard one - but one nonetheless.

However, I must note something that I have seen. Something that my buddy 2 has been dead on about for many years:
http://ranting-gryphon.com/Audio/Rants/2rant-badbehavior.mp3
http://ranting-gryphon.com/Audio/Rants/2rant-psychology.mp3
http://ranting-gryphon.com/Audio/Rants/2rant-parents.mp3

Now he has since gone on to say that there are parents who will make the lives of their gay children a living hell.

Now something that was once touched upon by him - Manipulation (Hence the Psychology Rant):

There are parents out there that have such a hard time accepting their kids for who they are that they will manipulate them in an attempt to make them be what the parent wants them to be.
This is unhealthy for the kid, disrespects them, and is not providing the true unconditional love that parents are supposed to provide.

Or even deciding to manipulate your kid because they are gay, and you really cannot accept it.

Oh sure, you can lie to yourself and everyone else right to their faces and say that you have learned to accept it.
Then turn around and start trying to manipulate things so that the relationship fails.

And yes, you can find ways to manipulate things into action that would not have happened otherwise.
Making your kid and/or their lover do things to each other that would be out of character for both, hurtful to both, and lead to them breaking up.

Or trying to make your kid interested in people of the opposite gender. (Or both)

Being gay is not a choice, and it is not a "mistake" (One I heard spoken to me directly.)

Matter of fact, I have seen many more gay couple be a lot more loving and caring for their partners (and ex-partners) than many straight couples.

This sort of behavour is childish, selfish, and stupid.
This is why you have kids who may call you out on it from time to time - and/or have kids that have nothing to do with you and anyone around you.
Why can you not just fully accept your kid for who they are?

Let your kid make their own decisions. There will be a time when they will do it anyways and do exactly what they want.
They will learn what is going on, and will learn how to break free of that control.

Trying to run your kids life, even into adulthood, is just plain wrong.

We should all just love one another for who we are, and stop sweating the small stuff.

This is coming from someone who has not only witnessed this from the outside, but was a victom of it himself.