The Best Day of My Life

Hi everyone,

I thought of sharing my coming out story from yesterday as a way to thank you all for sharing your stories and insights. You all have helped in your own way by posting threads, replying to them or by sending pms about your personal experience for which I am very grateful. All of this has helped me to come out to a very good friend of mine. Although I am still trying to come to terms with my feelings fully, telling to a very good friend that I am gay has helped me to realize even more so that it is alright to be different and has allowed me to become even more confident about myself. For the last number of years I kept my feelings to myself because I was afraid of how my friends and family members would react. I was afraid (and still am) that I might lose good friends whose contact and friendship means a lot to me. But talking to a counselor and joining EC has helped me to open up. Yesterday, after thinking about some of the pms and support I got, I felt that I needed to say it to him. So I decided to write an e-mail to him. After a rather lengthy introduction I was finally able to say it. The fears no longer overwhelmed me and did not lead me into retreat. For the first time it felt right. So yeah…I am out to a very good friend and his response was amazing and supportive. My fears are gone. It feels great having been able to share a long kept secret with someone that I trust. I can not describe how happy I am.