Conversation with my parents

I meant to post this awhile ago because this conversation with my parents happened last month, but better late than never! And it’s still interesting I think…Basically I discussed the nature of special friendships with my parents after we watched the movie “The Favourite” which depicted a seemingly special friendship scenario between Queen Anne of Great Britain and her adviser, the Duchess of Marlborough, during the early 1700s. My parents were skeptical of the lesbian relationship and felt that it was an anachronistic representation of modern-day relationships. However, I informed them of the historical evidence of same-sex special friendships and how they are different from same-sex couples today, and how this movie might not have been completely fiction. Although when I researched it, there does not seem to be any historical evidence for Queen Anne and the Duchess of Marlborough engaging in a sexual relationship, or constituting what we called special friendships, it nevertheless could have been possible for the time period and circumstances and I really enjoyed having the knowledge I have from this class and bringing it to the conversation with my parents.