The Just Thought I'd Share Thread

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Originally Posted by ButterCookie

I hear ya. My parents think Rachel is a friend from college. I can't tell them that she's my girlfriend because my Mum is a big mouth and will tell my Gran. I'd rather an A bomb landed on the village than than happening. Yet I'm open about it with some friends and online.

Last night, Rach came round for a bbq and I mentioned that I was going to a house party tomorrow at a friend called Joe's. My parents went on to have a massive conversation about how he was totally my boyfriend. Then they decided that I'd tell them if he was my boyfriend. She and I just sat there going gradually redder. It was AWFUL.

We'll be okay, though, you and I

Originally Posted by RickRobert

Funny thing is, I never even tried hiding it either, but when I came out to my friends they were all like "OMG SO SUPRISING THOUGHT YOU WERE JOKING" As for my family I figure they don't even need to know unless I get a boyfriend, with girlfriends they can just assume I'm straight and be done with it. That's fine by me really, but I wonder if they've even noticed the Adam Lambert and Adam Levine posters in my room

Boy, I'm so glad I don't have to deal with all of that anymore. It's just so much less stressful to me to just be upfront with everyone about who I am. There was definitely an adjustment period when I came out to my family. But it's wonderful now that that's over. I've been taking my boyfriends to meet my parents for years... we stay over at their house in my old room, I drag all my gay friends to meet my parents and party at their lake house, etc. Now, my Mom and her crazy biker friends are sad when I visit and DON'T bring my entire gay posse! Yeah, coming out was a tough pill to swallow at first, but now that I've been out for a decade, life is so much better than when I kept hidden who I was .