i'm really not sure, but i can't see them doing anything horribly drastic. They're pretty liberal, really, but old-fashioned in some respects.
Mostly i'm just anxious and not sure how to say it. i was thinking i might just 'accidentally' let it slip some time, or else wait until i have a boyfriend and cross that bridge then. >_>
I have no particular plans to come out to anyone, least of all my family, unless I suddenly acquire a boyfriend, which is roughly as likely as North Korea not being led by a crazy man.
I'm also rather afraid of being targeted. A lot of people don't really take well to the very idea of bisexuals and will generally insist I either "have one foot out the closet" or just have low standards.
And by like a man, I naturally mean that I was scared shitless and did it with the support of my sister.
But anywho, my coming out advice is basically to just do that: sit down and tell them there's something important you need to talk about, and then just drop the bomb.
I'm also rather afraid of being targeted. A lot of people don't really take well to the very idea of bisexuals and will generally insist I either "have one foot out the closet" or just have low standards.
This worries me.
i dunno, in some respects the problem is just we're very reserved. My dad asked me if i had a girlfriend one time (i didn't), but that's it.
i've tried testing the waters by mentioning LGBT stuff when it's come up in the news, because we talk about news sometimes. When there's been violence they've been against that, otherwise they've seemed politely uninterested. i regretted mentioning that Julie Burchill article to my dad though.
I've found a surprising amount of people to be not okay with bisexuals, for whatever reason. That logic just doesn't make sense to me; I mean, if you can accept that some people like the same gender and some people like the opposite gender, why can't you accept that some people like both genders...?
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Re: coming out: This is how my family found out I was bisexual.
Mother: Are you gay?
Me: Wait, what?
Sister: Gay. Are you gay?
Me: (nervously) Um...no...
Sister: Are you bi?
Me: Yes.
It would still be another couple months before I came out of that OTHER closet, but this at least put me in a good mood.
I just casually dropped that I was bisexual into a conversation with my mother, then later did the same with my sister. Both times, the conversation just kind of continued. Both are more than OK with the idea, which is nice. I've been pretty successful with doing that with my friends as well, with the exception of one who was annoyed that I hadn't informed him earlier but ceased to care very quickly.
I'm really lucky. I feel kind of bad about it, even...
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Yeah, they do, though this conversation happened before we were even a couple.
On an unrelated note: I feel exceptionally lesbian today. With an exception for Anonus, of course.
I've had a lot of long conversations with a close friend of mine about the issues inherent in the institution and how the culture of the United States treats it. We have both basically come to the conclusion that while marriage is a great thing for some people, it should be more flexible on a fundamental legal level and de-emphasised as the "be all and end all" of a romantic relationship. You can be as in love with each other as possible and ready to share your lives together and still not be 100% certain that you want to get married, and that should be OK in the eyes of society. But it isn't, because our views and definitions of marriage are really rigid and ultimately pretty messed up.
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I didn't know Bobby was bi so thats why I asked.
i was kind of in denial about it for a long time. i haven't told many people IRL and i'm still not sure how to come out to my family.
Mostly i'm just anxious and not sure how to say it. i was thinking i might just 'accidentally' let it slip some time, or else wait until i have a boyfriend and cross that bridge then. >_>
I am bisexual but don't really talk about it.
I have no particular plans to come out to anyone, least of all my family, unless I suddenly acquire a boyfriend, which is roughly as likely as North Korea not being led by a crazy man.
I'm also rather afraid of being targeted. A lot of people don't really take well to the very idea of bisexuals and will generally insist I either "have one foot out the closet" or just have low standards.
This worries me.
i dunno, in some respects the problem is just we're very reserved. My dad asked me if i had a girlfriend one time (i didn't), but that's it.
i've tried testing the waters by mentioning LGBT stuff when it's come up in the news, because we talk about news sometimes. When there's been violence they've been against that, otherwise they've seemed politely uninterested. i regretted mentioning that Julie Burchill article to my dad though.
My dad is weird because he really hates transpeople but is really okay with Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual people.
i had noticed that people being accepting of the one aren't necessarily accepting of the other.
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B̤̺͍̰͕̺̠̕u҉̖͙̝̮͕̲ͅm̟̼̦̠̹̙p͡s̹͖ ̻T́h̗̫͈̙̩r̮e̴̩̺̖̠̭̜ͅa̛̪̟͍̣͎͖̺d͉̦͠s͕̞͚̲͍ ̲̬̹̤Y̻̤̱o̭͠u̥͉̥̜͡ ̴̥̪D̳̲̳̤o̴͙̘͓̤̟̗͇n̰̗̞̼̳͙͖͢'҉͖t̳͓̣͍̗̰ ͉W̝̳͓̼͜a̗͉̳͖̘̮n͕ͅt͚̟͚ ̸̺T̜̖̖̺͎̱ͅo̭̪̰̼̥̜ ̼͍̟̝R̝̹̮̭ͅͅe̡̗͇a͍̘̤͉͘d̼̜ 
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I'm not even trans and I'm like this.
"Queers shouldn't be getting married! Nor straight people either! Seriously, fuck marriage!"
Actually, it's the ceremony stuff that annoys me most. Some people really go all out on that. Seems absurd. Also boring.
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B̤̺͍̰͕̺̠̕u҉̖͙̝̮͕̲ͅm̟̼̦̠̹̙p͡s̹͖ ̻T́h̗̫͈̙̩r̮e̴̩̺̖̠̭̜ͅa̛̪̟͍̣͎͖̺d͉̦͠s͕̞͚̲͍ ̲̬̹̤Y̻̤̱o̭͠u̥͉̥̜͡ ̴̥̪D̳̲̳̤o̴͙̘͓̤̟̗͇n̰̗̞̼̳͙͖͢'҉͖t̳͓̣͍̗̰ ͉W̝̳͓̼͜a̗͉̳͖̘̮n͕ͅt͚̟͚ ̸̺T̜̖̖̺͎̱ͅo̭̪̰̼̥̜ ̼͍̟̝R̝̹̮̭ͅͅe̡̗͇a͍̘̤͉͘d̼̜ 
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Well, might not be so bad.