My parents have tried to lead me conversationally into coming out, or at least made it clear through clumsy avoidance of gender-specific pronouns that they're totally okay with that.
It's tempting sometimes to test them, but I'm gonna be good.
Simon: You're out of your mind. Early: That's between me and my mind.
'Objects In Space'
Spike's Bitches 34: They're All Slime and Antlers
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
§ ita § - Feb 10, 2007 6:10:27 pm PST #4994 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
NoiseDesign - Feb 10, 2007 6:17:17 pm PST #4995 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
My parents did that with me for a while. I hadn't dated in years and then when I was dating I just never brought it up with them. My sister told me at one point that she and mom were convinced I was gay.
tommyrot - Feb 10, 2007 6:21:36 pm PST #4996 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My parents, my sis and her GF all thought I was gay. Then when a high school friend of mine died of AIDS, my parents started to worry that I might have it. Argh. I also have a number of straight friends whose parents thought they were lesbians.
I dunno - it's as if our parents' generation find extended singledom even more confusing or unlikely than homosexuality....
Steph L. - Feb 10, 2007 6:21:50 pm PST #4997 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Mine did not. In fact, I'm not sure my mother ever told my father.
Heh. My mom isn't thrilled that I got a tat, though she *does* think it's pretty. My dad, on the other hand, was in Vermont with me when I got the tat, and, being the ultimate mellow laissez-faire dude, he bought the tattoo artist a beer after he was done inking me. (The tattoo place is literally upstairs from my bro's restaurant.)
It's 5 degrees out. Did I mention that The Boy is CAMPING this weekend?!? Did I mention that he's INSANE?!? Though, to be fair, he's camping 3 hours south of here, so it's warmer....it's *18* degrees.
He's going to literally freeze his balls off, and then I'm going to be peeved.
tommyrot - Feb 10, 2007 6:23:51 pm PST #4998 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Did I mention that The Boy is CAMPING this weekend?!? Did I mention that he's INSANE?!?
I dunno - they sell sleeping bags designed for such temperatures. If I had the proper equipment I might like to give camping in such cold a try. Not sure if I'd like it, but you never know....
Steph L. - Feb 10, 2007 6:26:24 pm PST #4999 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
If I had the proper equipment I might like to give camping in such cold a try. Not sure if I'd like it, but you never know....
Man. You're hardier than I am.
Granted, I strongly dislike camping no matter what the weather. But even if I loved camping, I wouldn't do it when it was 18 degrees at night. Yeesh.
brenda m - Feb 10, 2007 6:30:20 pm PST #5000 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My parents never went there, but I'm at that age where family friends certainly get a little more vague when they ask about my personal life. My usual line is that if you knew me at all, you'd realize I'd be out. But OTOH, I am very closemouthed about that kind of thing, so I guess it still could be an open question. Barring an actual SO, that is.
Eh, from what I know of them and their reactions to other people, I wouldn't be concerned anyway. Probably would garner the same "are you sure you're not an alien?" look from my dad.
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Cass - Feb 10, 2007 6:56:47 pm PST #5001 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I "told" my parents about my tattoo by wearing a swimsuit with an aggressively plunging neckline that framed my sternum quite nicely.Mine is low enough that accidental disclosure shouldn't be an issue until summer. But I figure that since my sister is incomprehensible and tries to hide things like piercing her tongue? Ima be the one who realizes that I am frickin' adult already.
And really? They aren't going to care. Stepmom might not approve but she also won't care. And dad? Well same reaction as ita's likely. "Oh." And then we'll talk about racing. I love my dad.
I told her, "When you come out to mom and dad, don't tell them right away that [her GF] is trying to have a baby and that I'm going to be the father. You should probably wait a month."snorffle
Good call.
Laga - Feb 10, 2007 7:00:11 pm PST #5002 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Major skippage so I could say:
a) I am available for a fragging
but
b) I've never done this before and the guy who owns the equipment isn't home so I might need some gentle guidance and the computer and the xbox are in separate rooms.
§ ita § - Feb 10, 2007 7:03:47 pm PST #5003 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
it's as if our parents' generation find extended singledom even more confusing or unlikely than homosexuality....
This is an excellent point. It's very "I mightn't like it, but at least you might find a partner, right?"
My mother, bless her heart, is so very pro-relationship. She's accepted, I think, that there will be no grandchildren (I'm probably more upset about that than she is, oddly). But she thinks that I'm not safe left to my own devices, and if there's someone to make sure I eat and to nag me to see a doctor, and to bring stuff over when I'm too sickly to get it myself...just one person who's looking after me, then she needn't worry so much from so far away.
Funny thing is, I have that. My partner in crime does it all very handily (which isn't to slight the other friends that could step up--he's just kinda alwyas there). He's just not my boyfriend, and there's no nookie.
She completely fails to get that, and I think that worries her. Not that she doesn't get it, but that I'm in some strange configuration that makes no sense. It's totally my fault she doesn't get it.