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how do you tell your family your bi when there super conservitive

Discussion in 'Coming Out Advice' started by josamagnus, Feb 2, 2014.

  1. josamagnus

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    hi everyone, first of all my life is super complex and full of craziness and after dealing with it for a long time i have accepted that i am bi. that said acceptance i have a major problem and that is telling my family. first of all i have a background of being abused by my natural father and verbally by my step-dad,after my mom got my sister and i from my natural father who after a lot of abuse left me with seizures my step-dad adopted me and when i was unable to be the perfect sports playing all American son he wanted things started to get bad, i was interested in plants and nature and making things because i knew i could not be the star quarterback and as time went on by the time i was 12 i was constantly being torn down and completely emasculated with lots of depression and books were my only solace. this went on until i went to college when i went to a christian college that my parents wanted me to attend and i went because it was the only way to escape home.
    i need to clear something about my family my family is very religious all of us are Christians and baptist. my mom writes christian curriculum for church's and my dad is a pastor. i am quite aware what the bible has to say about being gay and i am sure the same apply's to guys who are bi. its something i have struggled with however i will not give up my faith but at the same time i know i have to deal with being bi and before i can think about dating a guy i have to come out to my family because i live in a very small town and it will be better to hear it from me then to find out from someone who saw us dating. to be clear i am attracted to both girls and guys however i am only attracted a small fraction of either group, girls in the past have used me and reject me because i am like there brother or what ever reason and to be honest to only experience i have with guys is hooking up a few times with random guys and a couple platonic bromances past that lots of porn because i cant really act on the feelings without getting caught. my sisters i think would be ok with it but i am not sure. i have gay friends in fact my best friend just married his partner and i guess that makes getting to this point easier, i have a few friends that would be totally ok with my being bi but alot would not and i fear both of my parents would disown me because my dad is intensely homophobic and will not talk to his niece who is a lesbian, and my mom is to a degree much less so then my dad but still the reaction would be bad. family is very important to me but being bi and not being able to act on attraction is eating away at me, i am still fairly young and i look pretty good, so if i am going to do this i need to get on it.to complicate matters even more i have a roommate that is abusive and very homophobic. i would get rid of him but he is on the lease and while i am not completely sure i think he is in the same boat because he invited me to sleep with him on the first night we moved in together and basically acts like he wants me to be his partner without sex, he never mentioned sex but alot of the way he acts kind of leads me and my friends to think he was wanting a down low roommate with benefits and when i wasn't that he got mad and abusive.to be honest had he told me thats what he wanted i would have done it, he has a perfect body and i would so fool around with him, but since he has gone to crazytown and is abusive even if he tried to start something i would have to reject him because i cant trust him that it would stay between us. which honestly is a shame because like i said amazing body but anyhow i digress. can i please get some advice on how to tell my family and any other advice would be great, i am super frustrated by all of this
     
  2. Claudette

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    Hi hi! my family is pretty christian as well (more so my Mother & older Brother) they go to hurch every week. However the other day I came out to them... slowly! eventually leading them to the idea that I will be going through the transsexual phase... despite my fear and apprehensions.... they both accepted me... for who I am! I was so happy to hear them say that... above their beliefs that I was still their "Son/brother... soon to be daughter sister" it really shocked me... and encouraged me! You never know how your family will react... but you should walk the through it... slowly.

    As for your roommate... start documenting the abuse!!
    Not only will this help you with the lease, but the police as well if you ever need to!
    Leases can be safely "Broken" this way... you can go to your landlord and say you want out, or you want him out because he is abusive, according to the law, your landlord must either let you out of the contract, or annul your roommates contract (I was renting a home until I was given my parents old home)
    From my experiences, my old roommate would smoke pot/salvia all the time so I went to my landlord and got out of the lease... early, safely, no harm no foul ^^
    just remember the law has alot of rules pertaining to renting, one of them specifically states that you must feel safe or comfortable in the rented domicile!

    I hope this helps ^^
     
  3. Ghost93

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    I'm in a similar situation since my dad is a pastor and I go to a Christian college. Though I'm gay, not bi. So I can't really give you advice on your family.


    As for the roommate, I would be looking for a way out. What abusive things has he done?