Hey there! I'm Fae I'm Australian, 18 years old, and I've been hiding my sexuality for the past 6 of those years. I'm training to be a teacher, and my biggest hobby is art (pencils, inks, and watercolours, specifically). In just over a month I'll be leaving my country to travel for 5 months on a belated gap year. Immediately following this I'll be moving interstate permanently. Because of this, I realize that it's going to be very likely that I'll not see the people that I know now very often/ever again. I'd really, really like to come out to at least some of them before I leave - both for myself, as I've wanted to for a long time, and because they're such an amazing group of people that I feel awful for not telling, because I know that they'd be nothing but supportive. So there's my goal. I'm here because I thought that it might be nice to talk to some friendly people who might have experienced similar feelings/situations. Don't disappoint me, EC
Hi Fae!!! (*hug*) Welcome so much to EC!!! I think that's a wonderful goal to set for yourself & you are definitely in the right place, every one here is so amazingly supportive! I actually have a cousin who moved down to Australia for a year to teach, & I can relate to what you feel, since I came out to her before she left last December! It can be a hard thing to muster up the courage to do (I myself sort of chickened out & told my cousin over FB chat lol), but it can also be such a release just to say it out loud too. I hope it goes awesomely for you!!!
Thanks so much! Everyone here seems wonderful. Yeah, it's absolutely terrifying! I've been so tempted to just throw people a text message, but I know that out loud is probably better for me since it'll be harder to avoid people immediately afterwards, hahah.
