I can understand your immense relief at having done it! Such a good message to read on xmas morning. It has made me feel good, just feeling your...
Yes, I think the main emotion after coming out (over a period of several months) to all my friends, work colleagues and family (last one was my...
Have been fascinated by this thread and relate (or related) to lots of it. I am now totally 'out' and not in a relationship. Came out late at age...
Gary Yes I didn't want to imply it wasn't scary or that it does not take a lot of courage to come out especially if your environment gives you...
Yes Gary I think a lot (most? all?) of my fears are in my head. Unless a lion is actually charging towards me! I also, like many here, came out...
Welcome to EC. You are in the right place to explore your emotions and thoughts. Your post made me feel like you are being a very honest and...
bi2me - spot on! Yes I knew that - not even deep down. I guess my post was not really want a reply, or sympathy??? I was really just speaking out...
Great stuff - love the discussion and debate my post has started… Thank you! I would just like to repeat my central question though: "...But...
So great to hear the news from Ireland with an overwhelming yes vote to make same sex marriage legal - esp with the country's traditional,...
Interesting discussion. I think the anonymity, privacy and confidentiality of EC is its strength - any blurring of the lines into more social,...
Jrockcold How are you? Are you still wanting to talk? When I posted a reply when you said you still were going to end it all, i then had to go off...
Jrockcold I have just read your last post. I hope you are still listening? Yes it is pain - real pain. You found your father dead and that started...
There is a great organisation in London called the Quest that you might want to google. Group therapy can be another powerful option..
Welcome to EC! Hope you find good support and advice here? Although professional advice does cost money - if you choose someone who specialises...
Yep - all advice above is good. We are all different, but I agree we could just slide into a 'safe' gay version of of our previous straight...
You want to come out. You need to come out. Feel your heart swell and your mind race. Set the scene. Create the moment. Bite the bullet. Parents?...
Best friend and soul mate …would do for me. Guess its not what you call them to others but what you call them when you speak to them directly? How...
"terrified' (odd name?) - don't know how old you are or where you live? But if you are in your 20s and live in a liberal western society and if...
Continuing on from my post earlier in this thread…. Reading what most of you have been saying in response to user199's original Q, its just...
Hi User199 I guess as people have said it is in the end up to you and what you feel comfortable whether you are out with work colleagues. In one...
