Well, this is a little bit old, two weeks to be precise, but I figure it's fitting, considering its exactly two weeks since I came out in a few hours. Two weeks ago, I had hit one of my infamous "lows" and I was surfing the internet at my Dad's place. Three months earlier, I had found that I was gay, or, at the time thought I was Bisexual. I had sort of crushed on a guy I met online, and fell asleep thinking of him a few times. So anyway, at this time, I was just stressed and hated hiding that part of myself from everyone I knew, so I went online and looked for advice. After a couple dozen websites and the same information found on each one, I searched for a Chat room, one where I could talk to gay people either my age, or in my area. I found one, and went on it, and after a while of talking to people, I was talking to this one guy, and, we hit it off. Him and I talked for hours that night, and just, connected. Talking to him, it gave me courage, and I posted over facebook how I was gay, and that I'd been denying it and hiding it for years. The night I posted that, my heart kept skipping beats every time I heard a noise from my Dad's room, I was sure he'd come out and see it, and something bad would happen... The next day, my dad still hadn't seen it, but almost everyone else I knew had, and they were all very accepting. I was elated and relieved, but still nervous, what would my dad think? Then, two hours later, I was talking to a friend of mine, he was saying how proud he was that I came out, and that it must have taken a lot of courage, when I say a notification. My dad had liked my status, he had read me coming out. I almost had a heart attack right then, and was nearly paralyzed with fear. All my Dad did, was post one thing... > : D < The code that we used over Yahoo Messenger, it made a hug... he came out of his room, and hugged me, and told me that he loved me and accepted me no matter what. I'm not going to lie, I could have cried then and there; but I didn't, I smiled, tears in my eyes and thanked him. He went back to his room, and I went back to the computer... An hour after this, my grandparents' got home from work, and my Gran went onto the computer... fifteen minutes after, my Dad and I were at the couch, when my Gran called my Grandad over, and then they came to me, and said "You are who you are Mitchell, we love you always." I was so relieved, and happy... heh, I was happy enough to ignore the joke my Gran made... Her exact words "You little s**t! You're not going to make me a great grandmother!"... heheh, I knew she was joking, but it still stung a little... Thats my story... my Mom and Step Dad told my siblings and step-siblings about it, and I've been a metric tonne happier since. Oh, and if you're wondering what happened between me and the guy I met on the chatroom, don't worry He's my boyfriend.
This has made me very happy to read this so early in the morning and it gives me inspiration for when I eventually plan to come out. I'm glad your coming out scenario went as well as it did and was better than you thought it would. Congratulations.
