Finally came out to only friend

Discussion in 'Gender Identity and Expression' started by Spot, Feb 26, 2019.

  1. Spot

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    I’ve posted a few times before about my friend. We’ve been close for years now but she didn’t know that I was trans. And I said I was freaked about coming out to her. Honestly, I didn’t think I ever would. I thought I would let the friendship fizzle out but recently, I’ve been struggling so much with dysphoria and depression, suicidal thoughts, all that and I just needed to tell someone. It took me days to finally tell her, even though she’s bi and her brother is bi I knew that LGB people aren’t always accepting of the T. I feel kind of bad because I texted her but I thought at least that way, I could block her or something if it went awry I guess.

    But I got a positive response from her, more positive than I was even expecting and it did make me feel less alone in all this. And confirmed that she is like the best friend ever.
    She said,
    “I love you so so much and I will love you forever no matter what. :heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:“ (there were exactly that many hearts haha)

    And then later she also sent,
    “I’m so proud of you for building the courage to tell me this. You’ve been a close friend of mine for a few years and that’s not going to stop no matter what happens. I hope you start to understand yourself better and learn more about yourself everyday. I absolutely love you so so much and I will always be there for you :heart::fingers_crossed::heart:

    Am I dreaming right now? :laughing:
     
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    That's amazing news!
     
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    I'm happy for you :slight_smile:
    That's been an awful lot of stress you've been through recently. I'm glad it came out well.
    Now you have someone in meat space to support you :slight_smile:
     
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    Cingrata. Opening up is the hardest/scariest part.
     
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    That's amazing! I'm so happy for you