So I was bummed that I wasn't able to come out to my mom when she visited me this past weekend. So I just sent her this message (with help of Rico) it's one am here, so she's definitely in bed. i assume she'll read that before work tomorrow. idk when she'll call me. either tomorrow morning or afternoon. we'll see. AHH, can't believe I did it. Altho I can easily undo it because I know her fb password. But I'm not gunna!
Wow. I hope things go well, but from what you wrote to your mom, I assume it will. I keep my fingers crossed and can't wait to hear how it went!
Then she called me before I had a chance to reply to her. "this will kill your grandparents" "you're not bi?" "you've chosen the worst career path" "as a parent i'm always worried about how my kids will be treated" "it's a hard life" ----- she told my older brother, which i'm fine with. and she asked if she could tell people, not to tell people, but because she needs to talk. one of those people being my pastor, who is gay, but not out at all. i knew it'd kill my grandparents, they're super old and super conservative. i've always planned on not telling them. the thing about my career, i'm gunna be a teacher, so yeah, not the best place for the gays. oh well.
I'm glad she still loves you but sorry that she is so worried about you. What I did want to say though is the teacher thing, unless you're planning to tell all your students your gay it's not that dangerous. I mean seriously it's not really your kids business frankly, personal life should be kept separate from the classroom. But yeah I think times are changing and being gay in education isn't as bad as it use to be.
I'm happy she took it well. I'm sure she'll stop worrying(or atleast worry less) after awhile. She's a mom, it's natural for her to worry. Congrats(again lol)!!
Just about the teaching thing, I'm teaching in Austria at the moment and in all honesty the kids are quite OK about sexuality. This is at a male dominated technical school as well, i think you could be pleasantly surprised.
I'm taking a class called Queering Schools, and it's about gay students and gay teachers. I know what I'm getting myself into. Aaand I'm living in the lovely conservative state of Arizona.
i just checked my email for the first time today and there were 5 emails from my mom between 7:30 and 10:30 this morning. Altho, one of them was completely irrelevant.
My grade 1 teacher and my highschool principal were partnered and married. And one of my friends parents best friends is a lesbian, which is a principal in a school in Toronto. I think its a great career path, could probably benefit a few kids that are having trouble, especially in the lovely conservative state of Arizona.
I'm glad that you finally told her in some way... keep us posted so we know what all happened. i admire you for doing that. i came out ten years ago when i was just 13... i knew who i was and couldn't hide it anymore. hope all goes well for you!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nick ---------- Post added 20th Oct 2010 at 02:19 PM ---------- so what happened?
