I recently had a spat with my parents, over, who knows what. It was mostly with my father, saying that he didn't understand how I could just talk about boys with my friends 24/7, and a bunch of other crap that I didn't really listen to. A thought occurred to me in the middle of his unnecessary ranting: My parents had yet to know that I was bi. Now, don't get me wrong, I feel terrible about keeping somethink like this from them, but at the same time, I know what they think about that whole subjebt of homosexuality/bisexuality. It's not that they hate it or think it's wrong, I just know that they wouldn't like the idea of having a bisexual daughter.
Example 1: I've always wanted an older brother and am writing a short story where I have an older brother, who is gay. I was really psyched about how the story was turning out so I decided to tell my mother about it, including the fact that I had an older, gay brother. She was really supportive of the whole thing, until I told her that I had made him gay. This she did not seem to like (i.e. facial expressions showing that she didn't like it... a muttered "oh please.")
Example 2: I made a few new friends this year that were actually bi themselves (I became friends with them before I knew this.) I told my parents about them and they didn't seem to happy about this. They made alot of comments saying that alot of bisexual are... slutty, if you will.
-Sigh- I know that at some point I'll have to tell my parents about this. For the time being I'll just have to keep it to myself.
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Have you ever read "Am I Blue"? It's a collection of short stories about being gay/lesbian/bi and coming out, stuff like that. It's a great book...you might want to look it up.
ReplyDeleteI know how you feel. I felt the same way. I thought my mother and father would feel the same way about me being gay. When I finally came out, I told my Mom and she acted oddly about it sometimes (asking like if I ever wanted to try having a girlfriend), but now she has accepted it.
ReplyDeleteI told my Dad...but he never mentions it. Sometimes he'll act as though he doesn't even remember me telling him. But, it is whatever.
oh i wanna read that story someday! and how dare they call bi people slutty! i mean, Amber is pretty strange but not slutty!
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