have a few more years.
“Well, some people think only a man and a woman should fall in love and have a family. They don’t understand how two men could fall in love with each other, so they try to fit them into categories that they understand. Does that make sense?”
“Kinda. So which one are you?”
“Neither. Kent is my partner. That means we share things equally like putting you to bed, cleaning the house, doing the million other things that need to be done. It’s my opinion, that in a lot of ways, two men can live together more easily because we don’t assign duties according to gender. Like some people believe women should do all the cooking and cleaning. I think if people treated marriage more like a partnership both sides would be happier.”
Marco could tell he was starting to lose his sister with his ongoing monologue. “Basically, Kent and I love each other. We work together because we want to and it makes both of us happy. Does that answer your question?”
“I know you can’t have babies, I learned that in health class, but do you have sex?”
Marco almost swallowed his tongue. “What do you know about sex?”
Maria rolled her eyes. “I’m almost eleven, Marco. I’ve heard plenty of kids talk about sex.”
Despite what she said, Marco had a feeling his baby sister wasn’t as educated as she proclaimed. He grinned. Which is just the way he wanted it to stay, at least for now. “Ask me again in about five years and maybe we’ll discuss it.”