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How long did they know?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by AaronMed, Jun 22, 2013.

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How many months did your parents suspect you were LGBT before you actually came out?

  1. 1-3

    3.0%
  2. 4-6

    3.0%
  3. 7-9

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. 10-12

    6.1%
  5. 13-15

    3.0%
  6. 16-17

    3.0%
  7. 18-21

    3.0%
  8. 22-24

    6.1%
  9. 24+

    30.3%
  10. They didn't suspect at all.

    42.4%
  1. Milhouse

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    Gender:
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    Gender Pronoun:
    She
    Sexual Orientation:
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    Out Status:
    Out to everyone
    I'll say 24+ because my mom said she had been suspecting it 'for a few years' based on some verbal clues I had apparently dropped (that I probably wasn't even aware of, because even I didn't suspect I was leaning towards gay, lol).

    In honest though, no one I've come out to yet has said they knew it for a while or had even highly suspected it. Overall, it's mostly just a "oh, ok" and maybe a "I wasn't sure/hadn't thought of it, but it's not a surprise." It's funny; the last person I came out to said, "Oh, you think?" with what I mistook to be at least a slight sense of sarcasm, like she was expecting it all along. She said she hadn't been suspecting it or thinking about it much, so I was just reading into the response, lol.

    Part of me almost wishes someone would do that though, the "Uhhh, yeah. Gee, you think? You're kind of clearly gay" response. I don't know. Perhaps I want the validation that someone else fully suspected it years ago? :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
     
  2. Niko

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    I said 10-12, not really sure could have been more. All I know is that, my mom tried outing me as a lesbian a while before I actually came out as trans*.
     
  3. NoPlanB

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    Location:
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    Gender:
    Male
    Gender Pronoun:
    He
    Sexual Orientation:
    Gay
    Out Status:
    Not out at all
    My mom's been asking me about it for years. My dad is pretty clueless even though he found some incriminating evidence against me a few years ago.
     
  4. ChristianHipstr

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    My parents don't know I'm bi yet... but my sister said she already had suspicions for a long time and they were confirmed last summer when I was checking out guys at the beach (horomones... guilty as charged)... she also said I act way too flirty around the guy I like (so ya, she also guessed my crush...)