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- Genna Alperin (GA): How has your life been different
than what you thought it was gonna to be?
- MJ Seide (MS): I thought that my life was probably not
one that was gonna be worth living.
There was this hole that I had all of my life because
I never thought I'd be able to walk along the beach
and hold somebody's hand, because I'm gay.
But, you know, when I fell in love with Mamommy,
I knew that she was my soul mate.
Do you know what I mean by that?
- GA: Yeah.
- MS: I'd never felt that way about anyone before.
And, um, after she had gotten her divorce from Grandpa Jim,
she was very up front with your mom.
She told your mom that she was in love,
and it was with a woman.
And that was the first time that anyone was proud to say
that they loved me.
That made me the happiest I'd ever been in my life.
And then, when I got to know your Mom and Uncle Justin,
I knew that I had hit paradise
because I now have a family
that I can wrap my arms around.
- GA: Is there anything that you've never told me
that you wanna tell me now?
- MS: You know, you and I talk about most things.
But this is the first time that we've ever talked
about the fact that I'm gay.
And I guess what I wanna ask you is,
does it embarrass you to have a gay grandma?
- GA: No. - MS: No?
- GA: It doesn't really matter. - MS: It doesn't.
It just matters my relationship with you.
- MS: I always tell you how much I love you,
but I don't know that you can really understand
the depth of it.
Because you're someone that I never thought
would be in my life.
And I can't imagine my life without you.
You have always been a child that makes up her own mind.
And I am so, so proud of you.
- GA: Well, um.
You're one of my favorite grandmas. [starting to cry]
You do, like, a lot of things with me like ride rollercoasters
and play poker. [GA & MS laugh]
I don't know what life would be like without you here.
- MS: I love you, sweetheart
- GA: Love you too.
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