I've slowly come out to just about everyone here at school, with the exception of my roommate. I've been wanting to tell him since I'm going to be completely out soon. Plus I'm dating a guy and he could tell something's up. Tonight I finally told him! He's a great guy, but he's pretty Catholic. I never got the sense that he was homophobic as long as I didn't turn camp or start hitting on him. On the other hand, his girlfriend is Catholic and extremely judgmental, and she's posted some of the typical Catholic anti-marriage equality dogma crap on Facebook, so I was really worried about how they'd react. Last night was the second night in awhile that they'd seen me either going to or coming back from seeing the guy I've been dating. It was obvious to them that I'm seeing someone, but I was being pretty vague beyond that. I was walking out the door to go see him, overnight bag in hand, and they were like "ooh who are you going to see? Do you have a date?" And I was just like "I'll explain everything later." His gf texts me "is she a nice Jewish girl?!?!?" Hahahaha...no. Today I get home and my roommate is chilling on the couch watching TV. I say to him, "You've been curious about where I've been going recently. Your gf asked if it was a nice Jewish girl. Nice? Yes. Jewish? No. Girl? No." He said, "Is it a guy?" And I said yes, I've recently come to accept the fact that I'm gay and this is the first guy I've dated. He said it's cool and he's really happy for me, and he's happy that I'm comfortable being who I am. He asked me about the guy I'm dating and he said he wants to meet him at some point. I asked him if he was surprised and he said not too much, and that he and his gf were wondering about it after I left last night. He also said that she'd be fine with it, and asked if I wanted to tell her or have him do it, which I thought was really considerate. I ended up texting her and she's cool with it too. I'm so freaking happy...I was worried about how they'd react for a long time, and the way he responded couldn't have been any more supportive!
Congrats! You continue to amaze. The transformation you've made to your live over the past month or so is simply unbelievable. I greatly admire your courage and determination to be happy and am thrilled that everything is working out so well for you. Keep it up!
Congratulations! Truly awesome that they were both cool with it...but do be wary, at least a little, her background is sort of inconsistent with her acceptance....
I don't care much about what she thinks. She doesn't live here or pay rent. As long as my roommate's cool and she's not outwardly hostile, I'm fine.
I'm really happy for you! And don't let the girlfriend's whole Catholic thing get you down. There are plenty of Catholics who support gay rights, like your roommate.
Congratulations!!!! It's pretty awesome that now you can be open about it with those you spend most of the time with.
Update: A couple nights ago my roommate, his gf, and I went to a meetup for a group he's involved with. I'm not involved with the group I just wanted to get out of the house and drink beer. There was another gay guy there who mentioned that tonight was a bake sale for a local LGBT organization. I got excited because supporting LGBT people and eating baked goods are two things I care deeply about. I asked my roommate tonight if he wanted to go or if he wanted me to bring back anything, and he gave me $10 and said to bring him back a bunch of chocolate stuff. He continues to pleasantly surprise me with his acceptance. I guess you could say he earned some brownie points (ba-dum-ch!)
