coming out to parents

[pjandrew2012]

ok so i have known im gay for a long time and its always bothered me having to keep it a secret. I want to tell my parents but im not sure a good way to come out to them. any advice?

thanks :)

[dan8854]

Hey bro. I totally feel you. I've known I was gay for quite a while and it started driving me NUTS to keep it a secret. On the outside I had these gfs and would PRETEND to be someone I wasn't but on the inside I knew who I was. I just didn't want to lie to the people I loved the most.

So yeah finally after YEARS i told my parents. And you know what? they took it pretty well. They were obviously concerned for me and asked if I really did know if I was gay. It's been a journey since then BUT they received it well.

Advice: don't wait. I wish I had told them earlier. Also it might help to write out what you are going to say. I wrote it out and practiced it a couple times. If you need help with that, let me know!

Good luck!

[Shadow]

I know where you are coming from I was in the same position just a little bit ago my best advice to you would be to make sure it's a peaceful day and you haven't made them too max at you that day so they will listen to you. I actually to my mom in a text message but I do not recomend that you do this as it is always better that you handle this sort of thing face to face so as not to mess up your spelling if your phone has autocorrect. Again i totally understand where you are coming from and my best advice would be to tell them as holding this sort of thing in for a long time is hard and may, but not always, lead to depression.