Well I came out to my mom this afternoon. It went as well as I could hope. After I told her she was silent for two to three minutes and then said “Ok, thanks for telling me.”. There were not any major questions. The only one that surprised me was “Is anything else going on? Nothing with your health or anything.”
I was so nervous I was shaking the entire time. It took me twenty minutes to get up the nerve to just go sit in the same room as her and then another ten minutes of silence and idle chit chat before I got up the nerve to say it. Even then I almost stopped halfway through saying the two words “I’m gay.”
She really wanted me to tell my dad tonight, but for a variety of reasons both mine and hers we could not do that. I think I will probably come out to him tomorrow. That one really scares me.
The other thing that I really am not happy about is that she does not want me to ever tell my grandparents. I for the most part let that slide for now but did say that it may not be feasible because when I get into a serious relationship I am either going to bring him with me to the holidays or not come home at all. She said that we would cross that bridge when we come to it. I may give her a year, but next year regardless of my relationship status I may push the issue. I have not decided yet.
Well I guess it is time to go be a nervous wreck tonight and tomorrow and do it all over again tomorrow night.