DS told us he’s gay today, he said it just kind of clicked. One of his best friends is also gay. He’s always liked dance etc and has mainly female friends but I was still quite surprised. Dh is quite effeminate so I thought he was prob like him. Anyway he just said it and we said whatever makes you happy and hugged him. He said he doesn’t fancy any boys. He seems content with it and he’s always been a very happy boy. Dd 11 was shocked and a bit freaked out, worried about friends talking about it.
Part of me thinks it might just be a phase, not that I want it to be, I guess it’s just getting used to it. But when do you tell wider family? Do we just leave that up to him? I said to dd it doesn’t change anything he’s still the same person. I’d like to talk about it with my friends, before I told my mum, but is that bad? I just think my mum would get ott about it and tell everyone and want to talk about it all the time!
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Ds 13 said he’s gay today
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0hCrepe · 14/07/2018 00:06
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