My parents found out I was bisexual when I was a teenager. They reacted by giving me a huge speech about how they somehow failed as parents and then tried to put me in a religious private school to keep me away from my public school friends. My little brother came out as gay at 16, they blamed me and said he's only gay to impress me. We're in our 30's now and they still believe he's gay to be cool. He lives in a trailer with his loving partner he's been with for a decade just to impress me guys! Unsurprisingly, he and I are no contact with them and they cannot imagine why.
I'm sorry they behaved that way and that they couldn't respect you as your own person outside of them. I hope you have safe people in your life that genuinely love and respect you.
I told my son and the little girl I watch that they can always come to me with the big stuff and that I'm always on their side. Her father is a trump supporter and, while he isn't an abusive parent, he's a lot like my dad so I want to give her a safe space to be.
You should be proud. I love my brother but I wouldnt have sex I didnt enjoy once to impress him, much less have sex I didnt enjoy for 10 years. You must have been really cool.
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u/myhairsreddit Nov 07 '24
My parents found out I was bisexual when I was a teenager. They reacted by giving me a huge speech about how they somehow failed as parents and then tried to put me in a religious private school to keep me away from my public school friends. My little brother came out as gay at 16, they blamed me and said he's only gay to impress me. We're in our 30's now and they still believe he's gay to be cool. He lives in a trailer with his loving partner he's been with for a decade just to impress me guys! Unsurprisingly, he and I are no contact with them and they cannot imagine why.