Finally did it

Hi EC,

I have been pretty much in lurker mode for a while now, but as always the support on this forums is incredible.

This summer I was at a music festival for 2 months, and a minor friend was my roommate. He has since become my best friend, but I evaded the truth about myself with him. He has always had a very positive attitude about homosexuality. Some background: I have never come out to a person under my own power; it has either been accidental or their doing (asking me). We have been hanging out a lot even though school has started. We are now living in separate apartments.

Tonight we watched a movie and then called it a night. I went home feeling terrible, as I have been really struggling with the new school year, and I didn't want to go into my previous ways of walking that thin, ambiguous line. I went through the entire inspirational YouTube videos thread, and typed him a coming out Facebook message. Over the course of the night I revised it, and every time I went to close it, I told myself just to wait. Finally, I worked up the courage to press Submit.



And then promptly hit Delete.

However, after some panicked Googling, it looks like that will still show up in his Inbox, and I feel SO INCREDIBLY FREE. :eusa_clap :eusa_danc I finally did it, and came out to someone on my own terms. This has been something I have wanted to do for at least 6 years, so now the school year looks amazingly bright.

Thanks for all of the help, EC. I couldn't have done it otherwise.

Reed

 

Hi everyone,

So as I expected, my friend was extraordinarily supportive. He said that he just assumed I wasn't comfortable talking about it either way, and we would get there when we wanted. I realized it was far more important for me than it was for him, and I think that is the case with most friends.

Now I need to sleep, after getting essentially none from last night's jitter-fest.

Reed