Coming out

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by Asher
I decided to come out as gay. Coming out as bi would be just too complicated, they'd wonder why I don't just get a girlfriend if I can swing both ways, and if I ever just never get a girlfriend they think I was being dishonest to them.

So I thought I'd come out as gay, and then if I get a girlfriend, it would be a "bonus" to them.

I think that was the better decision for now. Maybe you can tell them that you're bi leaning to gay in a few days, but not now. It's awkward enough as it is.


But more importantly, do they know that you are 12 years older than you look? And that you like "interesting technical manuals?"

[Apocalypse]

Good for you, Asher. I haven't even been able to tell my parents I'm straight yet.

[Ted Striker]

So how are you feeling in general Ash?

[Asher]

Originally posted by Jaguar Warrior
But more importantly, do they know that you are 12 years older than you look?

The pictures really do make me look younger than I really am. And more pale.

I'm serious. I don't care if no one believes me.

And that you like "interesting technical manuals?"

Who do you think buys them for me?

[Asher]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
So how are you feeling in general Ash?

Highly anxious still.

I'm on meds now for an anxiety disorder (it's actually an SSRI, so it deals with depression too), but the dosage isn't high enough for me to feel anything aside from the insomnia and headaches it causes as my body adapts to it.

[Ted Striker]

Yuck.

I hope you are feeling better. I'm sure getting that monkey off of your back is going to help tremendously.

[Jon Miller]

cool

Jon Miller

[Skanky Burns]

Good work.

[Gatekeeper]

Well, hopefully your parents' initial response won't change into something less civil in the future. Best of luck with it all, Asher.

Gatekeeper

[Bosh]

Good that things worked out for the best, must be hellish being in the closet it really hit me when a friend was talking about how she'd have to "deslesbianize" her room (which would have a LOT of work) when her aunt was coming by...

[Skanky Burns]

I think you will be feeling much better when you see how your parents really react to the news - how they treat you from now on. But so far the indications are good.

[MRT144]

i had a similar experience...except i told them i was bi. they were kind of confused as to what that means. so i had to literally draw them a venn diagram explaining that i like girls and guys.

but my parents are pretty cool and laidback, so they didnt go ape**** over it.

[Seeker]

Umm....I must confess I had you confused with Red Jon, and I though 'What, again?'

What do people give you for Coming Out Day?

Something pink?

[Asher]

Originally posted by Seeker
Umm....I must confess I had you confused with Red Jon, and I though 'What, again?'

What do people give you for Coming Out Day?

Something pink?

A riding crop and the address of a nearby rest stop...

[Seeker]

"riding crop"

confirming the typical conservative stereotype as closet leather fetishists......