Parent of Gay Teens

bulletandpima
Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:44:59 +0000

I might have missed this in the thread, but I suggest that you have an open discussion with your husband. It seems as if you have not had a conversation with him yet.

Depending on your marriage, you might pose it as, what if DS is gay, how would we handle that? Maybe he has not come out to you because of the fear of Dad not accepting. Bullet and I had this conversation, many, many moons ago (kids were still in single digits age). I guess we had because my godmother is a lesbian and never came out until this year when her partner of 26 yrs died. Her parents knew it, but it was treated as if we don’t talk about it then it might not be true.

Also I would not care less about my family knowing, to me it is no big deal…my Mom has always said what happens behind closed doors is none of her business, if we decide to open the door she would be there for us. All she cares about is that we as a family are happy and healthy. I hope to be the same when our kids are adults.

My best wishes and hope all ends in a positive family relationship