05-29-2011, 09:54 PM
Last month, the first person I came out to was a gay guy I play online with. I guess he already knew I was. I've basically been acting [straight] for a long time, and it wasn't fun at all. Then the next week I told my step mom that I was and she said "You think I didn't know that already?"
The end of April brought my biggest challenge, telling my dad and brothers (my mom knew way way before and took that to her grave). I was so nervous, but I did it and they said "We already knew that." That's not what I was expecting at all. -_-
Yesterday, I told all of my friends and all of them said "I don't care, you're still my bud" , the one even told me he'd make someone pay if they tried to harm me because of me being gay. They were a little shocked to find out I was though. The large group of people I play online with also figured out I was, and they even throw in stuff I'd want to hear, instead of what they normally talk about.
So if you're struggling with coming out, there's a big chance that those people already know. But it seems like it's a process that doesn't really stop, you have to keep telling people.
The end of April brought my biggest challenge, telling my dad and brothers (my mom knew way way before and took that to her grave). I was so nervous, but I did it and they said "We already knew that." That's not what I was expecting at all. -_-
Yesterday, I told all of my friends and all of them said "I don't care, you're still my bud" , the one even told me he'd make someone pay if they tried to harm me because of me being gay. They were a little shocked to find out I was though. The large group of people I play online with also figured out I was, and they even throw in stuff I'd want to hear, instead of what they normally talk about.
So if you're struggling with coming out, there's a big chance that those people already know. But it seems like it's a process that doesn't really stop, you have to keep telling people.