Love: This is me

This is me

By EchoDearEcho - 04/02/2010 14:52 - Australia

Today, I introduced my girlfriend to my parents. My mother turned to me and said, "Wait you're actually gay? I thought you were just saying that to piss off your father." I came out to her when I was 16, and have confided in her about my past relationships. FML

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By Karim - 12/12/2012 05:29 - France - Aix-en-provence

Today, I introduced my girlfriend to my family for the first time. My mother's immediate reaction was, "We didn't know you were gay!" No mom, she really is a girl. FML

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Denial

By TedX - 19/08/2020 20:07

Today, at 18, I finally told my mom I was gay. She spent the rest of the day bringing up my "future wife" at every possible chance she had. FML

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By isaacBENNETT - 17/03/2009 07:25 - United States

Today, I decided to introduce my girlfriend to my parents by telling them that we were gonna have a very special guest for dinner. While my mom was preparing the meal she asked, "What does he like?" I'm straight. My parents thought different. FML

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Dad jokes, part #23556

By ashamed - 28/10/2019 02:00

Today, I finally let my parents meet a boyfriend of mine for the first time ever. My dad mentioned how he was happy to finally meet him, because for the past 4 years he'd thought I was gay. FML

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You deserved it 195

Respect

By angry - 23/12/2016 22:20 - Canada - Scarborough

Today, I came out as lesbian and introduced my new girlfriend to my family. My mom angrily told me that I should have waited until my grandparents had died before coming out, and that I was "extremely disrespectful" for making this announcement. I honestly thought everyone would be fine with it. FML

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You deserved it 1 166

By teriyaki124 - 21/03/2009 09:13 - United States

Today, I came out to my mom. I had an epic speech planned, and when I tried to tell her, it all fell apart and I started crying and just said, "I'm gay." After a few seconds silence, my mom sighs and says, "Duh." FML

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Casual homophobia

By GuyWhoCameOutFinally - 25/10/2022 16:00 - Netherlands - Eindhoven

Today, I came out to my parents and siblings as gay. They were very accepting and asked me why I waited until I was 25 to do so. I didn't have the heart to tell them it was their own homophobic remarks that kept me closeted since I realized it at 14, and that a previous coming-out to a parent was dismissed as 'a phase'. FML

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By Asterisk1009 - 29/06/2009 05:41 - United States

Today, I finally got the courage to tell my parents that I'm gay. My mom said "Yeah, we know." When I asked how they knew, my dad, without looking up from the tv, said, "We've been monitoring your Internet history." FML

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By Anonymous - 22/10/2011 01:33 - United States

Today, I introduced my new boyfriend to my parents. Everyone knows he's into the emo scene, but this didn't stop my dad from slowly looking him up and down, then saying, completely deadpan, "You never told us you were a lesbian, honey." FML

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Coming out

By Anonymous - 19/11/2022 10:00

Today, I told my mom that I’m a lesbian. She was fine with it, supported me 100%, and it was a huge relief, until she followed up with, “Until you find a husband, then you’ll obviously have to stop all that.” The reason I even told her is because my girlfriend just proposed to me, and we’re engaged. FML

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caancoha 0

Thursday 4 February 2010 20:12

I'm afraid this will happen when I meet my girlfriend's parents. I'm sorry, OP.

Anteezy 7

Thursday 4 February 2010 20:19

She thought you had the past relationships to piss off your dad as well.

Comments

Kylias 6

Thursday 4 February 2010 21:54

@20, What about crackbabies?

Starlight17 0

Thursday 4 February 2010 22:01

#20 (Splydoms) so when did you choose to be straight? please keep your idiotic comments to yourself..

happypapp12 0

Thursday 4 February 2010 22:23

Giggity giggity goo

FruityLoooons 8

Thursday 4 February 2010 22:38

Okay.

Kukironosuke 16

Thursday 4 February 2010 22:44

People aren't "born gay" in the sense that they are sexually attracted to the same sex from day one, nobody is disputing that, babies are not straight nor gay, yet a persons perceptance of attractiveness is not learned, nobody is told "guys like girls" and all of a sudden finds the female body exciting or vice versa, when people enter puberty and start becoming excited at the thought of physical bonding with another, it could go any way, guys can be attracted to guys girls both or neither(yes, not everyone finds sex thrilling) and girls can find guys girls both or neither attractive, it is not a "choice" per se but neither are they born with it, nobody is born straight, in fact most normal boys and girls have a dislike for the opposit sex at young ages (cooties, guys club no girls, ewww icky boys) until sex becomes an object of desire you can't be consider straight bi or gay, i myself "chose" to be straight around the age of 14-15, not that i hadn't already entered puberty, but until then i wasn't always daydreaming about girls

twilighthotty 0

Thursday 4 February 2010 22:58

nice!

drunastunamazing 0

Thursday 4 February 2010 23:09

awwww I'm sorry OP. and to all you ppl who can't respect the world of gays and all they are no different from you.

themixedt4pe 0

Thursday 4 February 2010 23:25

Aaaaaaaactually, babies have been born addicted to alcohol, nicotine, crack, heroin, and just about every other drug you can think of. Not that that's relevant since homosexuality isn't an addiction, or even a mental disorder according to the American Psychological Association. People are born the way they are, and develop romantic/sexual feelings based on those factors (recent evidence suggests that homosexuality can be linked to genetic factors as well as hormone levels in the WOMB). It isn't a choice, and it's actually perfectly normal. There are thousands of species on earth that exhibit homosexual behavior. So unless a penguin can "choose" to be homosexual, humans can't either.

twix_17 0

Thursday 4 February 2010 23:32

Nobody was born straight or gay. We just become who we are from our life experiences. No one has the right to force a gay person to be straight. Let people make their own personal choices in life.