Tiffany
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- Nov 6, 2002
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Hi everybody. As many of you know, I've been regaling you with tales of my college exploits, but, whenever I did, I always felt a little pang of guilt, because, here I was, sharing my experiences with all of you, and my parents knew nothing about it. After much soul searching, and deciding it would be better coming from me than from somewhere else, I was going to come clean with them. I sat them down, told them I had to talk to them, and I could see they were getting nervous ("Sit down" news usually isn't good), so I first assured them that I wasn't flunking out of school, or in trouble with the law, or doing drugs, or had some deadly disease, or was pregnant. Finaly, I took a deep breath and said "Mom. Dad. I'm bi-sexual, and, I have a girlfriend." After a few seconds they looked at each other, then back at me. My Dad spoke first "Tiff, I won't say were not surprised. How long have you felt this way?" I told him, since about the beginning of high school. My Mom said "Is Paige your girlfriend?" (I had told them both of Paige, and they knew I was moving in with her next semester). I just nodded. They looked at each other again, then my Dad said "I'm not sure what to say, but, if your all right with this, and it makes you happy, then your Mom and I are behind you." Now it was my turn to be surprised. I couldn't believe how cool they were being about this! I had half expected yelling and crying, and suddenly, there WAS crying, except it was coming from me. My Mom and Dad sat me down between them, and hugged me, telling me that I was an adult, and that they were confident that they had done a good enough job of bringing me up, that I was capable of making my own life decisions, "As long as no one gets hurt." My Dad said. I thought 'In for a penny, in for a pound' "Speaking of which, well, it's easier to show you than tell you." So I got my laptop, and showed them this site. Again, they were surprised, but, looking over the forums, and seeing how many of us there were, and my assuring them that you are all fine people, they were accepting of that as well. "It's certainly been a day!" My Mom said. "Have you been wanting to tell us this for a long time?" I said I had, but I had been coming to grips with it myself, My Dad said that he was glad, as difficult as it might have been for me, that I felt I could come to them with this, bcause they loved me, and wanted me to be happy. I almost started crying again, when my Dad said "O.K. Everyone! Get in the car, we're going to Benihana's!" So we went out, and had a wonderful time. Are my parents cool, or what? And, I'm free! No more hiding, or guilt! It's like the weight of the world is off my shoulders! I feel so good, I felt I had to share!
