reactions

[dafydd]

Thanks for all your responses to my last post on 'outing'.
I would be interested to know if anyone has received any really unexpected reactions when they came out to someone. These could be good or bad reactions.

Has anyone been embraced/kissed/hugged?
Has anyone been hit/spat at/ignored?

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loved SF
sorry Misty i was busy please don't hate me.

[bearisbare]

When I came out to my mother in 2000, she concluded the conversation by giving me the longest hug she has ever given me in her life. I thought it would never end and I was emotionally quite moved.

[JoyJoyHollywood]

My favorites are:

"Your just figuring this out? Oh my God. That is so cute."

and-

"Oh Jesus Christ."

The drama is simply superb.

[dafydd]

My mum cried and said "just as long as you're happy son".
My dad bought me a beer. I was 19.

[mistymockingbird]

My mom looked at me and said, "Well I'd rather you were bisexual than a lesbian." Then we rolled right into conversation about something completely unrelated.

I've never officially come out to my brother but I know that he knows. We got really close to the topic once and he just looked at me over a beer and told me that there was nothing I could ever say to him that he wouldn't be ok with.

Otherwise I've only ever gotten two basic reactions. People don't bat an eye. Or I get disbelief, because I don't fit some mold of what a queer should be like. Where is that mold? Who made it? Fuck if I know. lol


And dafydd, no worries. I'll catch you next time.

[biwords]

I've never officially come out to my brother but I know that he knows. We got really close to the topic once and he just looked at me over a beer and told me that there was nothing I could ever say to him that he wouldn't be ok with.

The perfect response, can't be bettered. What is it with these Okies?

[mistymockingbird]

The perfect response, can't be bettered. What is it with these Okies?

Positively reeks of good breeding don't it?

[biwords]

Well, yours is a remarkable family.

[Toad82]

With my family, no one really cares or wants to know, except my mother and she will not shut up about it (she is bi too.) With work, almost everyone stopped talking to me and I became a freak. I also indirectly lost my job and most of what I had as a life. It has been a real bad 1½ years for me because of people taking notice. Around the time that I joined this site, I had a complete mental breakdown because of all that had happened. The reason I joined was to try to find people that would talk to me again. To date most people still don’t want to talk to me that I once knew. They were friends for years and now they won’t even say hello to me.

The only funny parts in this for me are the fact that I came out at 19. From then on anyone that had the balls to ask I told the truth. Some of the people at work knew, but didn’t care until they found out that I fell in love with a guy from work. Ultimately, he did not want me, but people told people and the problems started. The other funny part is that where I worked had a few out gay men and women. For the most part no one cared. I was the first out bi person and it was as if they thought all I wanted to do was touch and have sex with them.


RJ:lokai:

[nothings5d]

I've only told my parents so far. My mom just accepted it and decided to give me a whole new set of safe sex talks. After she told my dad he walked into my room and just gave me a big hug and told me he was alright with it.

[Tingly_Tickles]

Wow for the most part all of you are lucky with coming out.

I've so far lost most of my family, my moms response was nothing just ignored
and now rarely speaks to me or my family.

My brother doesn't know and I'll keep it that way I suppose even though he
rarely speaks to me anyways.

My father told me that he'd rather kill me than to have a queer son.

As for the rest of the people that I've told most don't have anything to do with
me anymore and the only few friends that I have left are the ones that are bi or
question their own sexuality themselves.

My wife and our girlfriend are the only main ones that truly 100% accept me for
me and that's what really matters to me the most.

:color::color::color::color::color: :bipride: :bipride: :bipride: :color::color::color::color::color:

[biwords]

My father told me that he'd rather kill me than to have a queer son.

Travel a little East and you'll find whole nations thinking like that. Fortunately, it sounds like you're dealing with it beautifully. Very best wishes.

[dafydd]

my mum sometimes says she's bi, but only after watching Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2, and then forgets about saying it later.

:tong: