So I believe I'm ready to tell my parents more my mom than my dad. But I have a good relationship with both of them, so they both deserve to know.
Idk how to tell them. They are pretty much the last ones I need to tell. Plus I have a strong feeling that my mom knows. I just don't know how to go about coming out to them. It still scared me to tell them, just fear that I'll get kicked out or disowned or idk. I feel ready but still scared.
Any advice on what I could/should do?
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How old are you? If you are really concerned about being kicked out and are not financially able to support yourself, now might not be the right time, no matter how you feel. Whatcha think?
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Like MikeW said, you should work with what you know about your parents. I think telling one at a time is best, probably starting with your mother. Don't make it a big production. Just find a time when it would make sense to be having a personal discussion, when there aren't distractions, when they aren't busy dealing with something else. (Some people try to make it a special event, but I think the casual approach is better because the point is that it's a perfectly normal thing to be.)
My father and I were quite close, and I just brought it up one day when we were alone. I was fairly certain he'd be okay with it and my mother wouldn't. He said, "I like girls too!" He also told me my mother had read my mail and already knew (which, I realized, had given him time to think about his response). We talked about how to deal with her. She never really got over it, not until I started dating men much later. I still don't talk to her about anything personal, never told her I'm still interested in women (but I did tell my father).
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