my coming out

I hid in the closet for years. I'm from Oklahoma where it can be very hard to be who you are if you're different. I have known for a long time i was at least bi. I finally admitted to myself when i was 21 who i was. I didn't come out though until i was 26. i came out to 2 friends who lived out of state over the net. it was easier with it not being face to face. they both excepted me completely and i was telling them that i was really worried about telling my mom. She is a big supporter of the community but its different when it's your child. They convinced me to tell her and i sat in my room trying to figure out what I wanted to say. I went into the livingroom and asked her. "Hey mom if i brought home a girl instead of a boy would you be ok with that?" She looked confused. "Of course but why would you?" was her response. I laughed and told her i was gay. that i had been hiding it but finally felt it was time to be me. After telling her I didn't care who knew. I went to work the next day and kind of started telling everyone. I only had one person kind of be a brat but I just ignored her. My family is different. The people I'm close to didn't care. The people that always had issues with me disowned me. I'm ok with that. I know I'm lucky and i will never take it for granted.