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So I really never forced the issue, but after several years my mother couldn't ignore it anymore.

Mom: "Honey, I don't want you to take this the wrong way... I've been meaning to ask you this for some times now, but I just wasn't comfortable doing so...
Are you gay?"

Me: "Umm... yeah, mom I am..."

Mom: "I couldn't ignore the signs any longer... I'm sorry if I'm making up uncomfortable, but I want you to know that I love you very much. Nothing will ever change that."

Then-
Apparantly one of my three younger Bro.s decided to read my journal one day. He never mentioned anything to me, but he asked my mom if I was really gay. He never acted different around me. And now he know that I know he knows!

Finally, my sister... This one was the hardest...
We were sitting around wrapping Christmas presents. She was home for the holidays and we were spending some quality time together.

Beth (my sis): "Ummm... I... was talking to mom..." -my mother can't seem to keep a secret! LOL- "And... well... She says that you might... be attracted.. to ... other men..."

Me: "Yes... Beth, I am... I'm gay..."

Beth: "Oh... *sigh* are you ...sure... that you're gay?" I mean... Can't you be normal?"
This is the part where she gets up and leavs to go cry in the bathroom.

My family still loves me, but I have one more person to come out to. My best friend from HS... She knows it, but as long as she doesn't hear it from me, she finds comfort in denying it...

i told my mom, after talking to three people, and she didn't care, but i'm not going to say unless some one asks me. *shrugs* i'm not ashamed, i'm just not going to go off and tell the whole world.

I am 1 of 5 children (1 girl and 4 boys) but who knows if any of my sibbies are gay too! wink

im not out - mainly because i dont know what I am.

whoa.... something to write about!!!!

my sister just saw the forum and was like - what is that

me: a forum
Manda: whats it about?
Me: sexuality
Manda; y r u reading that?
Me; because its interesting
Manda; are you a lesbian
Me; no
Manda : are you bi?
Me; ******** off
Manda; liza....
Me; ******** off!
Manda ; you didint answer my question
Me; why should i , what does it matter?
Manda; you havent answered my question
Me; crying - ******** off
Manda: whats wrong
Me ; go away, i dont know, i dont know
Manda; laughing - its okay, everyone gets confused (hugging me)

and thats how it continued , manda laughing at me , me crying, trying to control myslef, then i called my friend who recently told me hes gay and we talked about it. thats it. oh, and b4 i called him manda came in and said something about geneva on big brother getting upset because the new girl who came into the house said she was bi , and she was suposed to be the bi one in the hous...i know form previous knowled that manda deems bis to be people who want attention - im an introvert! soooo not me.....

sigh, so theres my story

i was hurased so i went back into the closet about being bi. pm me please.

Yeah, slight update here. The one person I came out to here ended up as my boyfriend not long after. Things just sort of built up from there ^^;

I've also come out to one of my best friends (online, but going to meet hopefully soon), and he's about as supportive as someone can be.

Eventually, I ended up coming out to an entire website on which I administrate; before that, some people found out through accidental hints in conversations, but most of them either don't care or just ignore it.

A good friend of mine offline that I've had for 8 years probably suspects, and probably wouldn't care, but it's never come up and so I have no reason to confirm any suspicions. A lot of my friends at school joke that I act gay, so I have no idea what they'd think. sweatdrop

As for my parents and sister...not likely that I'll tell them. I don't think they'd appreciate my boyfriend and I making out on the floor of our office. xd

I didn't really 'come out', per se, because as I've stated before I don't feel that I really have anything to come out about. I identify as straight, but open-minded. But when I had a girlfriend, my parents and family and friends knew. They weren't totally sure at first but eventually they figured it out, and they were cool with it. I'm lucky to live in a big city and be surrounded by progressive people.

So yeah. People know I'm open to being with a woman. It's not really talked about but I know those closest to me understand and respect my choices. If I ended up in a long term relationship with a woman, or ended up spending my life with one, I don't think anybody would be all that surprised. But I don't really see my life going that way. Actually, I don't see myself being in any sort of relationship for a very long time, if ever. But only time will tell. ^^