And it went really well. I am so surprised. And I am so happy to be out to all the important people in my life and now I am free to live my life on my own terms. I recognize that I am really lucky to live in a liberal, progressive area and that my friends and family are liberal and progressive. So I would say that, in the right context, coming out and realizing that you can finally live your life on your own terms is the most indescribably amazing feeling and I am so happy that I am gay and came out later so that I get to feel this feeling. It makes me really sad that so many people have such a hard time coming out or, worse yet, kill themselves because they can't come out (and believe me I have thought about that before). But if I didn't live in the right place or environment where I felt safe coming out, I would sacrifice everything to put myself in the right place and environment where I could come out because you can't live life for other people (parents, kids, the church, etc), only for yourself.
Awesome! Good for you, I'm happy for you and it's great to see happy situations as I consider coming out more. And I agree that being in a generally more liberal/progressive area is a positive thing too, I'm in a similar place, thankfully.
Thank you so much! I have noticed that this thread has quite a few views and relatively few congratulations. I'm super surprised. Isn't the ultimate goal here to come out and live our lives in a happy and public manner (whatever public means to us)? I would think we would all celebrate the triumph of successfully coming out (regardless of the outcome)! I don't need validation from strangers on the Internet, but I do appreciate the support. And I think that posting your public celebration of someone else coming out helps you AND the lurker on this board that is too scared to even make an account and has their web browser set to private browsing!!!!!
Hey thanks for having the courage to come out that's a big step For sure you should be proud of yourself
Congratulations. And thank you for sharing your story it's inspiring to me. I'm at a point in my life where I do live my life for other people and put myself on the back burner. So all I wanted to say was thank you for the encouragement.
I'm sure it was a big relief and FREEDOM! I'm proud of you and you should be too. It's exciting to hear things like this...
Chalk me up as one of the viewers, sorry. I meant to say something before then talked myself out of it. I think I feel victim to some perceptual bias -- just because we don't see someone struggling doesn't mean it isn't so. I wonder how much that impacts everyone, in general. I mean when all you see are happy out people with no idea of what they've gone through and so on. It couldn't have been easy even if it turned out okay. That's just a fact. I am glad it went well. Parental approval (even as an adult) is almost never a bad thing. Good news is good news :eusa_clap PC
congrats. it's a pretty good feeling isn't it? i came out about a year ago to my elderly, conservative, evangelical parents. no questions, no recriminations, they just said i had to live my own life and they love me anyway.
I'm so happy to hear this! Reading your post about your mom, I was thinking we could be sisters. It gives me hope about my mom. Just a bit. But it is there. Thank you for sharing.
Guilty. I do this all the time. I often check EC from my phone though and I hate writing on it. So that's my excuse. I'm really happy for you. I hope to be out to everyone someday and it is inspiring to hear your story. Please keep posting!
Congratulations!! I am so happy for you and that all went well. I hope I can do this soon. My parents don´t worry me, or my kids. It´s "just" breaking up my family and leaving my husband. But again, congratulations. Proud of you.
