I came out at 20 to my brother, 21 to my best friend, & a month after I turned 22 to my parents.
My story is actually ****ing hilarious. I came out to my parents while sitting in the hot tub with them. What kind of
first world stress?!
I’d decided it was the perfect opportunity to do it because my parents & I were all immersed in hot water & the outside air was cold as ****, so they were going to be trapped with me for a while.
Eventually, my mom asked me some STUPID question like “So what’s going on with you & that girl in your class you were ogling”
I replied louder than I meant to: “THERE IS NO GIRL, MOM. THAT’S BECAUSE I’M GAY, MOM.” (I really was not here for that dragging-it-out process...)
She said “WELL, WE’VE KNOWN THAT FOR FOREVER NOW, TELL ME SOMETHING NEW”
And then everything went silent. And it was awesome.
Then I just completely word vomited how I met this guy (John, who I’m dating) & how he knows my ex-roommate J———- & how J———- doesn’t want us to be together & how I talked **** about her on Twitter & now she’s talking to my manager at work how “coercive” & “physically threatening” I am & how I might lose my job
Like, literally rambling loudly, letting it ALL come out.
My mom supportively just kept saying “Yep… yep… yep…” throughout all of it, desperately trying to latch on to any part of it. My dad just sat there, bewildered.
Then my parents started **** talking my ex-roommate, saying that she’s toxic and miserable and sad, and long story short, they said they have my back 100%, they’ll defend me to the death & if anything, this is all going to bring us closer.
Then they tried not to laugh when I told them how I took scissors to her high heel & destroyed the **** out of it.
If anything, they were most mad about how long it took for me to tell them. My mom was like “We’ve been waiting for you to tell us for forever now… it got so boring, so I just said, whatever, he’ll tell us when he wants to”
My dad said “We love you, buddy. No matter what. And we’re here for you.”
They said that if I ever got married they’d totally be there & they want me to essentially beat the **** out of my ex-roommate for being such an ungrateful bitch. And they want to meet my boyfriend.
Then we went inside and ate dinner.
I was so worried, because they're super conservative & religious, but my mom basically said "having a gay child in the family changes everything," including their mindsets. I've lost no friends, I still maintain healthy relationships with the people at my former church, & I feel so incredibly blessed to have such a positive reception.