My son is gay... :)))

[reelingintheyears]

We've all known for years that DS is gay...he's only 16 but it'ts always been obvious.

Now tonight he has told me and i'm so PROUD of him.

[Ingles2]

I'm glad you're so proud and supportive.

[QuincyMincemeat]

lovely

how does he feel after telling you?

[QBEE]

[hester]

You sound like a lovely family. Congratulations to your son on his coming out, and congratulations to you for being such a lovely mum.

[ChristinedePizan]

Congratulations to you all :)

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Good for him that he can tell you at his age

We found out that DS1 is gay last summer - but we didn't have a clue, and it wasn't/isn't obvious at all. It was a bit of a shock! However, the saddest thing was when he told us about his boyfriend - who had been thrown out by his parents when he came out. How awful that must be.

[reelingintheyears]

I'm nearly crying now..

I think he's relieved.

He was crying a little when he said it and so did i...but only because i know what a hard thing it must be to say to your parents.

All we want is for him to be happy...i don't care if he's gay.

He and i have just been on FBchat and the phone with his sister and she's the same..

that he's actually said it and because we already knew.!!!

[RCToday]

Fantastic

How lovely to see such a positive reaction

BIWI

[reelingintheyears]

What is BIWI?

[AgentProvocateur]

Welcome to the club.

BIWI, we met on a LGBT thread before. I've been wondering how you were getting on.

[BecauseImWorthIt]

reeling - BIWI is me! Acronym of my name.

Agent - all going well and 'normalised' IYSWIM now. DS1 and his boyfriend have now split up, but it seemed to have been amicable and they are still friends.

[ChristinedePizan]

Here's a bit from my friend's speech at her brother's wedding which I thought was so, so lovely:

"Imagine our sorrow one day to learn that our brother for years had felt a need to keep from us something entirely basic to his being.

It wasn?t his being gay that troubled us, of course, it was that the social biases were so ingrained that for years, he felt that he could not open up to us in spite of our closeness to him.

In a flash it dawned on us what a burden he had carried, what an oppressive environment he faced, and I?m not ashamed to tell you that it brought tears to my eyes to consider how hard it must have been for him all those years."

He is in his 30s and hid his sexuality for a very long time which is so terribly sad so I'm glad you think it's a cause for celebration :)

[reelingintheyears]

I thought you were RCToday....haha i just got it as i typed it..
..I've seen BIWI around before though.

[RCToday]

[BecauseImWorthIt]

You should have seen me around - I devote my life to this place! As well as Twitter, and Facebook and a bit of Linked In, oh, and my husband and family I suppose...

[wrighty2010]

That is lovely, it must mean a lot to him to be able to tell you. You must be a lovely mum xx

[belcantwait]

Aww how lovely. Myself and dh have 'known'all ds1's life that he is gay. I will bebeyond flabbergasted if he isn't (and perhaps slightly disappointed ). he is nearly thirteen and really 'finding' and expressing himself ATM. I worry about dealing with it in the right way as I feel it's really important. I kind of want to let him know we would be happy with whatever/whoever he is but don't know how to go about any of it! My main concern is that he is quite religious ( the only one in the family to go to quite an evangelical church!).... And i am eorried he will be in conflict and denial!!!!

OP you have clearly done the right thing by your ds any advice gratefully received

[Dwp1965]

This is so lovely
My son is almost 13, I'm not with his dad & his dad hasn't seen him for 3 years now
As a toddler he would walk around in his sisters shoes ( she's 16 years older )
He keeps his room immaculate also takes care of himself so well
His hair has to be perfect his skin regime is better than mine
Recently at my daughters hen night at our home he put makeup on and kept topping up the lipstick,
Then at the wedding reception he wore a friends sandals
I have an amazing family who are not bothered in the least about his sexuality
Myself I would be proud of my son if he told me he was gay too
I do worry about how he is going to fair as he gets older with high school
Things have been ok so far he gets picked on for only having female friends but shrugs it off
His dad did say when he was 3 if he turns out gay I'll disown him
Well he's done that already so I worry if he bumps into him he will be cruel
How do I take things from here I've asked if he thinks he is gay he said he didn't know

[Damewithoutfrontiers]

that's nice