Did you ever suspect that your kid wasn't straight?

Well I'm fairly new to this but I think I suspected my son was gay at times. I did flat out ask a couple times when for example I noticed he always ran with guy groups. There was a couple friends he'd be super intense with and I suspect that those where crushes. Now he's come out as a adult. (he struggled but I think he now knows we love and support him no matter what) I have talked to a couple other moms and they mentioned similar things with their children, but I feel that it's really a individual thing.

 

Not a clue. My mom is deceased so all I can do is speculate. Deep deep down I highly suspect she knew I was gay but was in hyper denial. There's just to many clues for me to analyze to say, "na she never knew."

 

My mom knew since I was little. My dad did not know but both are accepting.

 

I don't believe my mom ever thought much of it and just assumed I was totally straight and a late bloomer. You see, I never, ever talked about boys . . . ever. I was a pretty intense tomboy when I was younger. My dad would at times get drunk and say that if he were gay he'd just come out with it (which I realize is a bit problematic, but it was his way of encouraging me to talk to him). I do remember a time in my preteen / early teen years when he was drunk and told me he "knew" that I was lesbian.

As it turns out he wasn't quite right anyway But still, he knew something was up . . . just for the wrong reasons.