Hi, I was looking up how to come out to a less than accepting family and stumbled onto this website. It seems pretty safe, so... I'm 17 years old and have grown up most of my life thinking I was totally straight. Still, I've never wanted to actually be married to a male because of personal issues and a distrust of marriages thanks to my long family history of failed relationships and broken hearts. I am now in the happiest relationship of my life with someone I would love with all my heart. Being the over dramatic hopeless lover I am, I want to announce it to the world (my family), how happy she's made me, etc. I already brag about her more than I probably should considering this is my dirty little secret. My step-dad is very homophobic. He mocks me already for liking her despite the fact he doesn't know. I've managed to avoid this by suddenly agreeing with him dramatically and throwing him off, but it won't last long. My maternal grandmother will also disapprove, though I've already told my paternal one and she's overjoyed with the idea I'm finally in a relationship. My therapist knows too. Mostly, it's my mom I want to know. After all, it was her best friend, a gay man who taught me what to look for in a guy and took me to the Gay Pride Parade every year of my life until I was 12 that raised me. She wouldn't care, but she WOULD tell my step-dad, and he would see to it that I never see her again. Ahem, so that's WHY I'm here. Otherwise, I am a virtually schooled junior that loves all things nerdy and enjoys discussing necrosis at the dinner table. I love video games, Lestat, LOTR, drawing dinosaurs on my math papers, and having ridiculous arguments about werewolves and vampires with my beautiful girlfriend. So, nice to "meet" you all. Also, this dancing banana is awesome. (!)
