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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

What’s the easiest way to tell my family I’m bisexual?

Oh man, is there an easy way?

When I said something to my parents, I was still kind of figuring stuff out and I hated words that I felt were going to box me in to specific thing. So I told my mom that I like “people,” that sometimes it’s girls and sometimes it’s boys, but regardless of gender, to me it was about the PERSON at this point in my life. I’m just saying, maybe this is your angle? Or not! #youdoyou

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Thanks for your response earlier. I came out to my dad and he’s not at all pleased, but at least everything is out in the open. At this point I suppose all I can do is wait?

I admire your strength. What you did isn’t easy and I give you so much credit!

I wouldn’t say that you “wait” as much as you kind of have to actively “normalize” and socialize your dad. I don’t know the guy, but I bet you he doesn’t have any close friends who are gay/queer… and even if he did, it’s something else when it’s your daughter. Things like this take time. Years. He just doesn’t know, you know? We fear what we don’t know. You have to help him to know.

I feel strongly that if my ex-girlfriend’s southern Baptist-raised parents from Virginia could come around to acceptance and a healthy relationship with their daughter, that anyone’s parents can! Okay, I am a little TOO optimistic sometimes, I admit. Still, I wouldn’t encourage anyone else to do something if I wasn’t confident that with patience, honesty, and courage that this will be fine. Or it will at least be okay. I fully 100% believe that.

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