07-08-2013, 09:03 PM
Maybe this is not the right forum or I should ask a doctor, but if you have any advice, please let me know.
I'm a mom and my son is 15 and told me he is gay about 6 months ago.
I have no problem with him being gay. My concern is that he has mild Aspergers, dyslexia and ADHD- on meds for ADHD. Where we live it is completely accepted. He lost no friends and some of his friends are football jocks. Most are not gay.
My concern is that he has a hard time reading people and understanding human interaction because of some of his problems. It's perfectly normal when you are at a sleepover and be attracted to the same sex. I worry that happened and between his issues and the acceptance of our school (not complaining) it seemed like an easy explanation to him. I have 2 older sons who have none of the medical issues and are not gay. He acts no different from them and is not interested in anything that remotely gave me a clue that this was coming.
All I want is for him to be happy in life and I am not sure he fully understands. I guess the part you all can help me with would be the sleepovers as a 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th grader combined with acceptance now. When I was in 5th grade, I had a sexual attraction to a girl at a sleepover and I guess it confused me a bit, but I never thought I was gay. Back then you didn't jump to that conclusion I think.
Thanks so much!
I'm a mom and my son is 15 and told me he is gay about 6 months ago.
I have no problem with him being gay. My concern is that he has mild Aspergers, dyslexia and ADHD- on meds for ADHD. Where we live it is completely accepted. He lost no friends and some of his friends are football jocks. Most are not gay.
My concern is that he has a hard time reading people and understanding human interaction because of some of his problems. It's perfectly normal when you are at a sleepover and be attracted to the same sex. I worry that happened and between his issues and the acceptance of our school (not complaining) it seemed like an easy explanation to him. I have 2 older sons who have none of the medical issues and are not gay. He acts no different from them and is not interested in anything that remotely gave me a clue that this was coming.
All I want is for him to be happy in life and I am not sure he fully understands. I guess the part you all can help me with would be the sleepovers as a 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th grader combined with acceptance now. When I was in 5th grade, I had a sexual attraction to a girl at a sleepover and I guess it confused me a bit, but I never thought I was gay. Back then you didn't jump to that conclusion I think.
Thanks so much!