I have been really wanting a pride flag to hang in my room. Here is my problem. I am still at the age where my parents have control over the majority of my life. This means that I would have to ask them to buy it off amazon as I have no way of paying for it myself. I know that my parents won't care at all if I have it. They are fully supportive but I'm just not ready to come out to them yet. I know that I will have to ask them eventually if I really want it. My question is: How should I ask them without them pestering me with questions? (I don't care if they start suspecting something I'm just not ready to have that talk with them)
No. I have one friend who has come out to me and one other person so I don't want to mention them to my parents. Good idea though.
Going along with the above suggestion, you could say you have a friend who came out to you and you would like to support them, but you don't want to out them b/c that is their privacy. IDK if your parents will then start to pry you for an answer, but its an idea.
I got a rainbow flag at a pride event really cheap. I didn't hang it up in my room even though my mother suggested it. My dad doesn't know in gay but I'm pretty sure pinning a large rainbow flag to the wall would be a dead giveaway. Funnily enough my rainbow flag is in my closet.
Say you want to decorate your room a bit. Maybe ask for some posters for Christmas and say you want it as part of that. Maybe get some movie ones and some quotes aswell. Plus that are nice to look at. They won't suspect anything and it will make your room look nice.
Also if you feel like your parents will be accepting then just tell them. It doesn't have to be at the same time but it's the best thing that I have ever done. It's hard and it took me a week to do so but it's worth it.
Unless they are *completely* dense (and they probably are not) any concocted story why you want a rainbow flag, they will see through immediately. So I’d say think about just coming out to them. If you are ready, do it. If not, I’d hold off with the flag because it’s going to raise a million questions.
