Poll with a poll attached! Parents.

[PoliteSuccubus]

Butter fingered me...

But the question still remains.

How stands it with you and them?

 

[PoliteSuccubus]

I myself voted "other" tho my parents do know I'm straight and are unhappy with me because I'm not dating it's not relevant to the poll!

 

[ExistentialLuv]

Good evening all.
Lets see, about me and coming out to the parents.
Mom accepts it
Step-dad who adopted me when I was 3, dis-owned me
Real dad very supportive with his wife

 

[Effigy]

My parents know, and none of the above

 

[Bandit58]

My parents don't know, neither do my kids (or ex husband hehe...*wicked grin*)

Seriously, I don't want him to know until my daughter has left his house, he could kick up such a stink.......he's bitter and twisted enough now

 

[sexy-girl]

my parents knew when i was ready to tell them ... which was shortly after they met my girlfriend for the first time ... they were little shocked but ok with it

 

[PoliteSuccubus]

My daughter told me frist.

I think because she felt that if I was ok with it then she wasn't wrong to feel the way she did. If I had reacted badly then she might have tried to repress those feelings, etc.

 

[Queersetti]

I never really "told" my parents, it just somehow came to be understood.

My mother was always supportive, my father took some time to get used to it, but eventually became accepting.

 

[Pookie]

I selected that they knew shortly after, but it wasn't quite so soon as that would lead you to believe. They are supportive though, and always have been.

 

[PoliteSuccubus]

When I took my girl to work today I told her I'd posted this and asked her what she would have done if I'd been upset about her being bi since I had never asked before.

She said she would have regretted telling me and would have tried to change.

I gave her a hug and a kiss.

 

[pollyjean]

I have to pick other. I came out about 2 months ago. I’m welcomed at my parents house but my girlfriend is not. This makes me very unhappy, the only reason I’m allowed there is because my mom had to tell my dad if I was not welcomed then he needs to leave forever. I hate that they fight over this…. He has not talked to me from the time I told them. I wish that my dad at least could accept it a little. It is tearing up all of us, but my mom is doing better then I thought.

I love you ExistentialLuv…..

 

[ithaqua]

My parents do not know. And they are willing to overlook some massive hints to go to their grave not knowing. That is OK with me.

 

[Rhys]

I am lucky in one respect. If I ever do make up my mind, I never have to tell them

(My parents are both deceased)

 

[Etoile]

I waited until I was 18 to tell my parents, but they were utterly unsurprised. They'd guessed it already, and have always been very supportive. My mother commented early on that she was glad I was gay, because she wouldn't have to worry about my getting knocked up by a boyfriend or something.

 

[Chicklet]

My parents know I'm bisexual. I had a threesome a few years ago and I was really confused about it (I was young, I was stupid, I was allowed to be confused) so I did what I felt I needed to do and opened up and told my mom about all my feelings. She surprised me by opening up and telling me about a threesome she had had with my dad and another man not exactly what I wanted to hear, but it was a, uh, nice sharing experience. She told me that I didn't have to decide if I was straight or gay or bisexual, that it didn't matter yet. She told me that she loved me no matter what and that I needed to be happy. She said as long as I was happy she'd be happy for me. How sweet. Of course then she told me that if my boyfriend was bisexual he might have AIDS and I should get him checked out.

 

[Queersetti]

My parents do not know. And they are willing to overlook some massive hints to go to their grave not knowing. That is OK with me.

Do you think they really don't know, or do you think they are in denial?

 

[Queersetti]

Of course then she told me that if my boyfriend was bisexual he might have AIDS and I should get him checked out.

Well, that's really not such bad advice, is it?

 

[ithaqua]

Do you think they really don't know, or do you think they are in denial?

Nope, it's denial.

Perhaps I should have voted
"I haven't come out yet to them"

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

hmmm

My mother has known since i was 16. My real father is not important enough for me to tell him anything. My step-dad found out a few years ago. So, yeah they know...and they support and love me. Nuff said!!!
kiss

pet

 

[glamorilla]

my parents threw me out of the house.

so i came to new york.

 

[ReBeLBeLLe]

My parents know and are fully supportive of me. They want me happy and that is most important to them.

 

[PoliteSuccubus]

my parents threw me out of the house.

so i came to new york.

There loss is New Yorks gain, sweets.

 

[Lyonheart]

I have yet to tell my parents, I know my mom will be suportive, but i'm still figureing things out. See, I'm realy Bi I supose, but I've given up on the girls after some truly aweful experiances, and I'm realy trying to figure out things for myself...

When I tell my dad it will kill him, but then I don't talk to him anyway and don't care what he thinks, not that I wont tell him just to knock him off...

 

[Dictynna]

I honestly don't need to think my parents need to know about my sex life. I am bi. I think my mom probably has her suspicions, but my dad is clueless about alot of things. I just have no interest in telling them, nor do I think it any of their business. Of course I havent had any long term girlfriends or anything lately so the subject hasnt come up either. I think when / if it does, they wont really care. As ex-hippies that still meddle in things, I think they most likely will say something about how it is a persons soul and not their gender that you fall in love with anyways. At least, thats how I see it

 

[Quint]

Over the summer I dropped occasional hints to my mom but nothing that actually came out and said that I'm bi. I'm more nervous than anything, but a great part of me feels it's not relevant to them so they don't need to know. If I become more active in GLBT politics, I will probably tell them.

Chicklet, I feel you. I was young and not nearly as self-confident as I thought I was when I had my first threesome. I'm glad that your chat worked out for you--that's one step I don't think I ever really want to take. "Yeah, Mom, remember that girl that spent the night a few times? Well, we didn't really do anything then--not much, anyway--, but one time my boyfriend was over too and..."