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[quote=Anonymous]This sucks, OP. It's sad there are so many people who are perfectly happy with your job until they find out you love someone they don't approve of. What doubly sucks is that if you were in an abusive relationship with an asshole, they'd be fine with it - or at least they wouldn't fire you over it - but no, god forbid you're in a relationship with a woman. Screw them.

When I was just starting out in early 2000s, I worked for an absolutely unreasonable woman. I realise now she was probably suffering from PPD, had no support from her husband whatsoever and just had no idea what to do with the baby, but back then I was hoping I would get hit by a bus every time I was going to their house.

She had a male cleaner who was very friendly and played peek-a-boo with the little boy and she was perfectly happy with his services. One day I came in and there was a new cleaner.

Me: Oh, is Mark on holiday?
MB: Oh no, I had to let him go because it turns out he's gay... I'm just so afraid with my little boy.

I don't remember what I said, but now, if I were in that situation again, I would absolutely have been like 'you know I'm gay, too, right?' Tbh I should have told her there and then, she would have fired me, and I would have been spared the next four awful months of working for her.

The moral of this story is, fuck those people. Now you can find someone who won't think you're an inappropriate influence on their children and would appreciate you for who you are. But if I were you, I would ask a couple of probing questions during interviews to find out their views. Life is too short to work for bigots. [/quote]

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