When you came out to some people...?

Question

was their reaction what you expected?

I've came out to about 6 people or so (5 girls, 1 guy, getting there!) and I was actually quite suprised with half of them. They all accepted it and do not hate me for who I am.

Two of them are christians and they said they don't care what the bible says about me and that I'm going to heaven. That I am their friend regardless of who I am, or what I have done.

One of them was extremely homophobic (at least i thought so!) until 1 of her friends said that she wouldn't judge me on who I am, even though it seems that way. So, in the end I told her and she supported me 100%!

In the end, who I thought wouldn't accept it, did in the end regardless of what their beliefs are, or what they said because I was their good friends. Have you experienced similar outcomes?

P.S: "Homophobic" and/or Christians are not all that they seem! They can be brilliant people too!

I have AWESOME friends! :D

Answer 1

Yeah I don't think im telling anyone at least till college...

Answer 2

You do have some cool friends!!!

When I came out it wasn't so friendly...

I'm glad to see that some of the human race has grown up!

Answer 3

Good for you, you really get awesome friend. Bravo!!!

For me, the most difficult part is coming out to family.

Answer 4

Cool. My best friend of 10 years doesn't talk to me any more because of it. He doesn't understand why i would choose it over being normal. Believe it or not, he's more of the scientist type than the religious. that one was the only surprise so far.  

Answer 5

I came out to my family first and then my friends, (all girls) stumbled across my myspace and found out I was g*y that way and it was funny, they came up asking me if I had something I wanted to tell them and I played dumb.  I actually didn't even or thought that they would have found out.  We'll eventually they told me they knew and it went all smooth sailing from there on.  Some of them were super LDS and you'd have thought they would have not approved but they accepted me and loved me regardless in the end.  :D

hooray

Answer 6

I was afraid of people's reactions, as well, and I waited a long time to come out to family and friends. Only one person, my brother, had a bad reaction, but he has since changed his tune. One friend (female) just looked at me and said "Well, duh!!" That shocked me, but I guess being 22 at the time and never having had a girlfriend was a pretty good clue! A few of my older friends had similar comments. To this day, I still have quite a few more straight friends than g*y.

Answer 7

Most of my friends and family know what I've been through when dating men, so when I told them I started dating a woman, there was actually a sigh of relief. They figure I'd met the wrong guys and that maybe I'd find happiness elsewhere.

I haven't experienced any negative backlash, except for the ex I dumped to be with my girlfriend.

Answer 8

well my friend has a lot of g*y friends so i was really comfortable telling her, so she was okay with me and supports me to the fullest:D, my cousins were really supportive also, and all my other friends also were ok with it, but when i told my parents i was really shocked, i thought they were gonna be like "get out!" but no they just talked to me and still love me :)

Answer 9

I've come out to about 5 people, and I knew all of them would be cool with it, although they were all surprised, and very religious, they were extremely cool for it.

Answer 10

I only had one surprise me! I told a long time friend,  and he said "Yea, I know!  I knew when we were teens, I was just waiting for you to admit it."  

That totally took me by surprise!