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Back in August I was debating whether or not I was going to tell my mom's side of the family about being gay. All my friends and family had known for months; my parents and grandma knew for a few years. I was really worried because that side of the family is KKK-wannabe, Nazi-wannabe, whatever hate group you can think of wannabe; just really unkind, hateful people. I didn't want to cause a problem, but my mom was dead set on telling them. Her excuse being, "they're your family so they deserve to know." I constantly argued with my mom that it was not her decision to tell anyone and that I was very nervous and anxious about telling them.
However, this Christmas I was tired of the arguing and figured it would come out (no pun intended) eventually and I was tired of worrying. So, I decided to let my mom tell them. I told my younger cousin, who's 17, before hand and she was fine with it, as well as my aunt, who was fine with it as well. Knowing that all reactions probably wouldn't be so positive, my mom told me and my cousin, who's 19 and has known for a few months, to go for a drive. We didn't walk to my car, we ran and got the Hell out of there. We had my younger cousin sit in the room and listen so she could report back to us.
It turns out her twin brother was angry that I didn't tell him. In my defense, I didn't want him to look at me different. I didn't want him to think everytime we go down the shore I'd be checking him out, or everytime we wrestle I was just trying to feel him up. He's not mad about it now though.
My one uncle put his head down in his hands, shook his head, and then got up and left. My other aunt agreed with him so they've pretty much disowned me since that point.
My grandma on that side thinks I'm just trying to prove myself and that "pretending" to be gay is just an excuse to gain attention and make myself stand out from the rest of the grandchildren. My grandpa is so out of his mind he probably just didn't understand what was going on to begin with.
Now, my other two uncles, who are known to be the worst, didn't have a problem with it. Keep in mind, they are the ones who beat up a Middle Eastern boy after 9/11 because he Middle Eastern, they beat up a gay volunteer firefighter just because he's a gay, and even beat my own cousin because she was dating a black boy. They've also been not so nice to me to the point where my one uncle used to hit me and the other one isn't allowed to be in a room with me alone anymore. They gave me this, "I love you so much. I'll stand by you no natter what." bullshit that I saw right through. I'll take it for whatever they say, but I do know they were lying and a problem probably will arise in the future.
So, not as bad as I thought, but still, some people were lying probably because it's only Christmas.
However, this Christmas I was tired of the arguing and figured it would come out (no pun intended) eventually and I was tired of worrying. So, I decided to let my mom tell them. I told my younger cousin, who's 17, before hand and she was fine with it, as well as my aunt, who was fine with it as well. Knowing that all reactions probably wouldn't be so positive, my mom told me and my cousin, who's 19 and has known for a few months, to go for a drive. We didn't walk to my car, we ran and got the Hell out of there. We had my younger cousin sit in the room and listen so she could report back to us.
It turns out her twin brother was angry that I didn't tell him. In my defense, I didn't want him to look at me different. I didn't want him to think everytime we go down the shore I'd be checking him out, or everytime we wrestle I was just trying to feel him up. He's not mad about it now though.
My one uncle put his head down in his hands, shook his head, and then got up and left. My other aunt agreed with him so they've pretty much disowned me since that point.
My grandma on that side thinks I'm just trying to prove myself and that "pretending" to be gay is just an excuse to gain attention and make myself stand out from the rest of the grandchildren. My grandpa is so out of his mind he probably just didn't understand what was going on to begin with.
Now, my other two uncles, who are known to be the worst, didn't have a problem with it. Keep in mind, they are the ones who beat up a Middle Eastern boy after 9/11 because he Middle Eastern, they beat up a gay volunteer firefighter just because he's a gay, and even beat my own cousin because she was dating a black boy. They've also been not so nice to me to the point where my one uncle used to hit me and the other one isn't allowed to be in a room with me alone anymore. They gave me this, "I love you so much. I'll stand by you no natter what." bullshit that I saw right through. I'll take it for whatever they say, but I do know they were lying and a problem probably will arise in the future.
So, not as bad as I thought, but still, some people were lying probably because it's only Christmas.
