Hello everyone! I think I am finally ready to come out to my parents and I think I'm most comfortable with leaving a letter for them to read the day I leave for college. Could you guys read what I have so far and give suggestions? Please and thanks. I am a girl. Who likes girls. This does not define me or change who I am as a person. It simply means that when I get married, my fiancé will also be in a white gown. I will wait at the end of the aisle and a beautiful girl will walk into my life permanently. I don't know if I will take her last name or if she will take mine, but does it honestly matter? Maybe we'll honeymoon in Greece or maybe we'll end up at the motel 8 at VA beach, but as long as I'm with her it wont matter. The children I have will be adopted. When I choose to add to my family, I will be giving a child ,who otherwise would not have parents, a better life. I will raise them as if they were my own blood and I will make sure they know how much they are wanted. They will learn to love others and appreciate diversity. They will be allowed to choose their own path and never fear that they will be rejected based on their orientation. I will still go to college, make friends, make mistakes, try a million new things, and learn as much about myself as I will the world around me. I will also still become a teacher, I will still have the same morals, I will still love my hometown, and I will continue to be there for my friends as if they are family. Nothing will change except how you WANT to see me. I will remain constant, will you? I have hidden this piece of myself for years, but that's all it is. A PIECE of myself. I hope you can accept me because I accepted myself a long time ago. I have used every ounce of courage I have to tell you and I'm sorry if my own happiness will make you uncomfortable. But I want you to be there. Be there for every milestone in my life.. because I want to be there for every big moment in yours. I love you but I also love myself too much to hide any longer. I am a girl. Who likes girls. And that's okay...
I honestly think that's a beautiful letter. I know you wanted suggestions, but I don't think I can give any. You said it right: it's only a piece of you, and it's nothing new. That's what I would always include in a coming out letter - reassurance that you are still you, and that nothing has changed and nothing will change unless your parents choose to. I wish you the best of luck. Let us know how it goes?
Omg, I seriously got teary-eyed reading this letter. Are you, like, an author or something? Anyway, it's really good. ^^ Good luck.
Thanks to both of you! That makes me feel a lot better about it. And I'll update you as soon as I do it.
Aww. That was great. I honestly think the letter is fine the way it is. Can't wait to see how your parents react to it.
:goodluck: Sounds very good to me! I wish you the very best of luck, and you are a very pretty young lady!
