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Coming out to my Dad, Stepmom and Stepbro in most dramatic fashion!

Discussion in 'Coming Out Stories' started by Shevanel, Jun 27, 2009.

  1. Shevanel

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    Before we get into the events of tonight, I'd like to discuss some of the background so you understand what is going on. My stepbrother is quite the normal troubled teen. He goes out just about every night, all day, and sneaks out when he's supposed to be in at night. It's quite ridiculous. So the other night, he snuck out but was caught. Therefore getting into a lot of trouble. He lost the privilege of going out at all and having friends over. He also has a girlfriend and this is his big problem.

    So tonight, Some bullshit happened where his mom yelled at him and he got pissed off causing him to punch a hole in the wall. This caused my dad to also get involved. There was quite a lot of yelling going on upstairs as i stayed in the basement listening to what was going on. My stepbrother (Sebastian is his name) got rather violent and then started to cry. And they were talking about how he wanted to tell them something (which I won't talk about since its none of my business) but He wouldn't out with it. I felt really bad, because my dad and his mom just wanted to help him, and be parents, thats all they were doing.

    So I was standing on the basement steps with crazy thoughts running through my mind. Thinking maybe If I said something really hard to say, that he would gain the courage to say whatever was on his mind too. My heart was racing. As many of you know, I have an irrational fear of telling my parents (in this case my dad and stepfamily). I know they'd be accepting, I just could never do it, never knew how I would do it. And it scared me, so i just refrained.

    Until tonight. I kept going back and forth in my head. So i just jumped out into the kitchen, and was like "Okay Sebastian this is for you. I"m going to say something thats really hard for me to say, and then it'll be okay for you to say it. It'll be alright. Look. I'm Bisexual. "

    My dad and my stepmom just hugged me and they were sorta emotional but not in a bad way, just a loving way. My dad was happy that I trusted him so much, and he was accepting and everything. And then my stepbrother said what he had to say. I'm glad he was able to. It makes me really happy that he did. I was going to come out to my dad anyway, so I was fine with getting over my fear for my stepbrother. I'm just glad the yelling stopped. :slight_smile: So 3 more down :slight_smile:
     
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    Joey, that's amazingly awesome <3 Congrats! (*hug*)
     
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    Awesome! Congrats! :slight_smile:
     
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    Congratulations Joey! It's great that you could come out to your family. That's awesome! :slight_smile:
     
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    Good for you!
     
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    Joey, that's really great, not only that you had the courage to say it, but that you chose to do it with the intent of helping your brother feel safe enough to share whatever his difficulty was.

    So much good happens when people are open with one another, and I really admire you for having the courage to jump into the moment and put it out there. Congrats
     
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    Thanks everyone :slight_smile: You're all really amazing <3

    Hey, I just did what I had to do, I didn't want him to be scared anymore. I'm just glad I helped, me coming out was completely secondary to me, I just wanted everything to calm down. (And it did, afterwords we watched Grandma's Boy :grin: XD <3 that movie)
     
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    Joey, congratulations! You're a great brother and fucking awesome!
     
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    wow congrats thats awesome :slight_smile:
     
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    Awww..Joey you're a great brother:slight_smile:

    Congrats!!:grin:
     
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    Wow, that's great Joey!!

    Good job for helping your brother and calming everyone down!
     
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    Congrats with that! I'm glad it went so well for you! :thumbsup:
     
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    :slight_smile: glad it went well congratulations
     
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    First : congratulations for coming out !
    Second : congratulations for being a wonderful stepbrother. Your family is very lucky to have you.
    You are a wonderful guy (*hug*)
     
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    You done good Joey. You done good.

    *Adjust imaginary hat*

    Hurray for spontaneous, unplanned coming outs then.
     
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    Wow, that's a totally awesome story Joey! (*hug*)

    And very heroic too! It takes a lot of courage to do it as a pre-emptive strike to avoid worse fights.
    I must remind that tactic if I ever have a big fight between my family members on my hands...

    Now, do you have any more shocking revelations to blurt out if they fight again? :icon_wink
     
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    That was awesome Joey. Congrats on coming out and further solidifying your peacemaker cred :slight_smile:
     
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    That is so great Joey. You are a great step brother! :slight_smile:
     
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    Congrats Joey, thats awesome and so are you!!
     
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    congrats man your a great guy :slight_smile:

    i hope everything goes well for all of you :slight_smile: