"Even though we've been in a relationship for two years, we decided to tell my mother together that we were getting married. Honestly, she was otherwise conservative and I didn't know if she would accept my marriage to a woman with two children. When we said, she asked her to come out and talk to me and said, "You know she has children and from the day of the wedding you agree to love them as your own?" When I confirmed, she said, "Once I hear you just say it's not your kids, I'll give you up." Then she invited her in and said she couldn't wait to meet her grandchildren. Her reaction wouldn't change my decision , but I'm overjoyed that she accepted it nicely. "