[reformedliberal]

so that they can live happily ever after, in public, without recrimination and without negative feedback.

But they cannot, even within their own communities. These are the folks from whom we have the term *drama queen*. They are never happy. Nothing lasts forever. *Public* is where they parade their hysteria. They are full of recrimination for each other and unsolicited negative feedback.

I have known many of both biological genders, back forty years ago and right this moment. Not one is stable. Relationships I once thought of as * old marrieds* turn out to be full of insecurity and fraud.

It is truly sad what these lifestyles do to people. It is just like the worst cases of heterosexual spousal abuse.

[wouldntbprudent]

Yes, the reason it is never enough is that no amount of societal "approval" or "empowerment" or "normalization" is going to convince most down in their souls that their behavior is, in fact, normal.

If they were convinced it was normal and right, they wouldn't obsess over whether anyone else agreed with them.

When I'm convinced that I am doing the morally right thing, I don't feel the need to seek the approval of others--not to mention not an entire society---for me to feel comfortable doing the morally right thing.

No one seeks society's stamp of approval for their private behavior unless they feel they have something to prove---to THEMSELVES.