People are constantly asking "how can I tell my parents?" I wanted to post a few resources to help! http://www.4therapy.com/consumer/conditions/item.php?uniqueid=5532&categoryid=442 http://www.outproud.org/brochure_coming_out.html Find out if there is a PFLAG chapter near you! www.pflag.org
http://www.hrc.org/documents/resourceguide_co.pdf the HRC has a nice little pdf. that gives you a sort of game plan for coming out aswell
yeah, i live w. my mom and she knows that i go out every thursday night and that i stay ourt really really late and she always asks like who i'm with and stuff. and i've been dating my girlfriend for a while now. and i don't know what to.
You say: "Mom and Dad.............. I have something very important to tell you. This is very hard and its very scary. I'm really afraid that it might somehow change your feelings for me in some way but I want you to know that I love you very much. I never want to hurt you in any way. I'm telling you this because I love you and I want you to know the truth about me. This is not something that happened overnight. It is something that I've known for a long time. It is something that I've struggled with for a long time. It is not a phase. It is who I am. It is what makes me happy and whole inside. I am still the same person but I am gay. I promise that I will always take care of my health. I will answer any questions that you have of me. I will find you resources and support if you need that. I want you to understand me and who I am and that is why I'm telling you this. (*hug*) " Something like that.....does that help?
im having a really hard time trying to tell my dad. he's in the marines and has that marine mentality. we're close and i don't want him to hate me. he freaks out if i wear the color pink or put bows in my hair. ahh, help.
You can print some of the PFLAG publications for him under Support and Advice. Your Daughters and Sons is a good one. Or if you want, I can mail them to you to give to him.
can't i just print the "our daughters and sons" thing out and leave it for my mom to find and hope she figures it out?
i have never very close with anybody in my family. i have an amazing group of friends that over the years have become my family and i'm really close with them. but lately my mom has been realy trying to make up for her mistakes and she really wants us to be close. but i don't feel that i can be with huge secret that i have to keep from her. does that make any sense at all?
Yes, that makes alot of sense. My son and I became much more closer after he came out. His father and him did as well. I say, just do it!
i dont think my problem is so much worrying about the acceptance, its more just the huge change in relationship with my mom
I came out to my mom first, I think she knew all along, it was hard for her at first but now she accepts it. I came out to my dad a few days later, he still doesn't believe me . . . its been over 2 years.
i told my mom. actually i told her about a week ago, and she is still getting used to the idea. i think. she has her good days and her bad. but i think she'll be ok. she knew my girlfriend before she knew exactly who she was. and it's just a really big idea for her to get her head around. i'm trying to understand and be patient. i sound alot more put together on here than what's really going on. but i's a work in progress.
i'm happy for you, in choosing to tell to your parents about how you truly feel. i have no courage to do such courageous act. but i've already come out to my close friends, classmates, and even my close relatives. the only people i haven't told personally about how i feel is my family. i'm thinking that my parents and brothers already know it, since i grew up with them. do you think i should still personally tell them even though, in my observation they already know?
This guy has some really interesting stuff to say. Really made me feel good. http://youtube.com/watch?v=2Oajb2BIoU4 Hope it helps.
my dad is super homophobic There is a gay only park nearby and he won't even drive down that street! he would rather go ten miles around. I don't know if I will ever be ready. What do I do?