They may or may not be there because of historical factors of us reclaiming our understanding and experience of being in a relationship. Relationships for us are harder than they are for other people because we've been removed from our families. We've been isolated generationally. I'm only first generation of a residential school survivor, and that is the reality still of many people. My mother went to residential school, and there are a lot of things that go with that.
On February 15th, 2017. See this statement in context.