So I came out to my father for christmas. I got him a nice card with personalized message in it saying that it was time I did this and that all I wanted for christmas was the love and support of both my parents. When I gave it to him, my heart was pounding so badly I thought it was going to burst under the pressure. But he cried for a minute, gave me a hug and told me that he knew and was waiting for me to say something. So everything turned out I was talking to my mother later that day and she said that I must be relieved that the whole family knows, which I did not know. Well she had apparently told all her sisters and my grandmother about it and all of them said that I'm no different than I was. So I'm glad that its over and now I can start with my friends and other people. This was the best christmas of my life.
Congratulations! I'm happy for you that it went so well and that your dad was waiting for you to be ready to tell him. That's great!
That is really cool, congrats!! (!) Can I ask how you decided to go through with it and what you thought you'd gain in doing so? I hope you get what you were looking for
Well, after coming out to my mother last year, I've been building up my courage to tell my father. When I was thinking about Christmas gifts, I figured I would just go for it. I was looking a christmas cards and I found the perfect one that had a great message about family being together no matter what and it had a blank page inside that I used to write down what I wanted to say to him. I figured it was time, I'm 25 and I was just tired of the thought of being 'closeted', I didn't want to hide anymore. All I wanted to gain is the continued support of my parents with the knowledge that their son is gay, which is what I got.
