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finally came out to my best friend

Discussion in 'Coming Out Stories' started by speedboy3, Aug 5, 2012.

  1. speedboy3

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    So like the title says I came out to my best friend. Before him I came out to a few other friends who I knew would be supportive to work up some courage. I mean he is my best friend and all, and we are close enought that people have told us that they could mistake us for a gay couple if they didn't know better, but I still had my doubts. He's christian after all, and I didn't want the fact that I'm bi ruin our friendship.

    I talked to one of my other friends about it, and he was really supportive. I cant thank him enough for being there for me. Still I had typed out a text to my friend and had to just let it sit there for a day and a half while I tried to work up the courage to send it. Finally I just hit send and hoped for the best.

    I told him, and he didn't answer for about 15 minutes, longest 15 minutes of my life. Finally he asked how I came to that conclusion, and if it was the reason I had broken up with my girlfriend a few days earlier, I explained to the best of my knowledge and told him to ask me anything he wanted to know.

    Instead of asking me another question, this is what he said: "just so you know you're still the best friend a guy could ever have". You don't know how relieved and happy I felt after he said that, I was litteraly in tears because I knew nothing changed between us. I guess my mind was messing with me again...when will it learn? :icon_bigg
     
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    That was good to hear :slight_smile: Congrats to you! I can totally imagine your heart rate during those 15 minutes.
     
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    Congratulations on taking that step and letting him know. It's great that he is supportive and that nothing between the two has changed. Awesomeness! :slight_smile:
     
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    That's awesome. I recently came out to my bestfriend too. Feels amazing huh?
     
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    That is great! Such a nice feeling to have when you have supporting friends that accept you no matter what. Congrats :grin:
     
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    I just came out to my sister, she kind of freaked out, as she never guessed I was gay, but congratulations and I hope all of your "comings out" end like this one :grin:
     
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    Congratulations! :slight_smile:
     
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    That's so wonderful, *and* it's so amazing to have a friend who not only is accepting, but who knew how to reassure you that things were OK with just the right words. COngratulations!
     
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    That's awesome!! Congrats on coming out!! It great that your friend is supportive of you!