11-05-2007, 05:30 PM
But then again isn't the person that does choose to play it safe all the time and never take a chance - never set a foot out of line and never rock the apple cart, rather akin to the closeted homosexual who kinda toys with the idea of coming out, but ultimately never does ?
That sounds really harsh and I really really do not mean it to for any and all of you that may be reading this that ARE closeted, but the point I'm making in saying that is that it goes back to my original comment ... YOU have to choose to play the coming out card (unless you're either extremely lucky and everybody knows and makes it really easy for you, or tragically unlucky and that you're outed by somebody and it all goes pear-shaped).
For me, coming out was one of the rare moments in my life certainly where I have really had to have balls of steel, as I really thought it would turn out awfully, and I just had to suck it up and convince myself I was strong enough to roll with the punches if there were any, but wise enough to appreciate that there might not BE any ...
I don't pity people that are closeted - not at all ... that would be condescending of me, but I do strongly empathise with them, which is why I would be really upset if I thought I'd offended anybody by my train of thought on this ... it's really just an idea mile:.
!?!?! Shadow !?!?!
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That sounds really harsh and I really really do not mean it to for any and all of you that may be reading this that ARE closeted, but the point I'm making in saying that is that it goes back to my original comment ... YOU have to choose to play the coming out card (unless you're either extremely lucky and everybody knows and makes it really easy for you, or tragically unlucky and that you're outed by somebody and it all goes pear-shaped).
For me, coming out was one of the rare moments in my life certainly where I have really had to have balls of steel, as I really thought it would turn out awfully, and I just had to suck it up and convince myself I was strong enough to roll with the punches if there were any, but wise enough to appreciate that there might not BE any ...
I don't pity people that are closeted - not at all ... that would be condescending of me, but I do strongly empathise with them, which is why I would be really upset if I thought I'd offended anybody by my train of thought on this ... it's really just an idea mile:.
!?!?! Shadow !?!?!
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