A bit of brief back story to set the scene. I was setting my birthday of Jan 19th to come out to my wife but shortly before then she got some unsettling news from her brother in the US. He had a swelling on the side of his neck which had the doctors worried. We all thought the worst and it was the big C. He'd seen his GP and got a referral to the hospital and a specialist.
Well these things take time, which is never good for the patient or loved ones. Finally got the biopsy results back and it turns out to be benign sebaceous cyst (a big bugger). We all breathed a huge sigh of relief. A quick trip to the doctors, a quick procedure which he told us in gory detail
and all is well. 
Mark is the only family she has left and this scared her being so far away so we're contemplating heading back to the US and her home town of St. Louis. However she's not sure how tolerant the locals are to us. Her family is old money country club set and the never accepted, just paid lip service to me because I'm not a doctor, lawyer, bank manager, stockbroker etc which the girls of her family are supposed to marry for status not love. So as you can imagine the looks on their faces if Joanne shows up a Strathalbyn arm in arm with Michelle and god forbid we should sneak a kiss.
Anyone here from St Louis and know anything about the scene? any CD/TG friendly shops, salons, coffee houses etc.
As always thanks for any input.
Love and hugs,
Michelle.
) Besides after looking at "People of Walmart" there's more interesting people there than me.