Una remember sey, the billionaire man, Cecil Chao wey dey 77
years talk last week seey him don double reward for any man wey go make him daughter
leave her lesbian lover, mary her and give am grandchildren.
Anyways, the daughter wey dem dey call Gigi Chao, 34 wey dey
live for france with him gay partner don write her papa open letter. For the
letter she beg her papa make him accept her as she be.
Dem publish the letter today for Chinese newspaper, South
China Morning Post.
Make una read am and comment on the matter.
Dear Daddy,
I thought the timing
was right for us to have a candid conversation.
You are one of the
most mentally astute, energetic yet well mannered and hard-working people this
humble earth has ever known.
Your confidence, quick
wit, and charisma brightens any room you enter.
I love you very much,
and I think I can speak for my brothers also, that we have the utmost respect
for you as a father and role model in business.
I am sorry that people
have been saying insensitive things about you lately. The truth is, they don’t
understand that I will always forgive you for thinking the way you do, because
I know you think you are acting in my best interests. And we both don’t care if
anybody else understands.
As your daughter, I
would want nothing more than to make you happy. But in terms of relationships,
your expectations of me and the reality of who I am, are not coherent.
I am responsible for
some of this misplaced expectation, because I must have misled you to hope
there were other options for me. You know I’ve had male lovers in the past, and
I’ve had happy, albeit short-lived, relationships. I found myself temporarily
happy, buoyed by the freshness, the attention, the interest, of someone
physically stronger than myself.
But it was always
short-lived, as I quickly lost patience, and felt an indescribable discomfort
in their presence. It usually made me frustrated, and I would yearn for my
freedom again. I’ve broken a few hearts, hearts of good, honest and loving men,
and I’m sorry that it had to be so.
But with Sean, a
woman, somehow it was different. I am comfortable and satisfied with my life
and completely at ease with her. I know it’s difficult for you to understand
how I could feel romantically attracted to a woman; I suppose I can’t really
explain it either. It just happens, peacefully and gently, and after so many
years, we still love each other very much.
My regret is that you
have no idea how happy I am with my life, and there are aspects of my life that
you don’t share. I suppose we don’t need each other’s approval for our romantic
relationships, and I am sure your relationships are really fantastic too.
However, I do love my
partner Sean, who does a good job of looking after me, ensuring I am fed,
bathed and warm enough every day, and generally cheering me up to be a happy,
jolly girl. She is a large part of my life, and I am a better person because of
her.
Now, I’m not asking
you to be best of friends; however, it would mean the world to me if you could
just not be so terrified of her, and treat her like a normal, dignified human
being.
I understand it is
difficult for you to understand, let alone accept this truth.
I’ve spent a lot of
time figuring out who I am, what is important in my life, who I love and how
best to live life, as an expression of all these questions. I am proud of my
life, and I would not choose to live it any other way (except also figuring out
how to be gentler on the planet).
I’m sorry to mislead
you to think I was only in a lesbian relationship because there was a shortage
of good, suitable men in Hong Kong.
There are plenty of
good men, they are just not for me.
Wishing you happiness.
Patiently yours,
Your daughter, Gigi.
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