Eric and Neto
19/03/10 11:17 Filed in: Living In
Fear
We dont know what we will do at the end of the Student Visa. Croatia doesn't offer gay marriage and neither does the US. So we talked last week for the first time about whether or not we might have to end our relationship. We usually have held on to the hope of the Diversity Visa or Federal Marriage. I guess, we must explore all the things that could happen...even though we mostly try to just live for today.
I am hoping that if there is a Gay loving God that he knows how amazing this is for us and how good we are and that we deserve to be together just like anybody else. (photo; personal; Eric and Neto in Utah)
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