I came out to family, and it went well

I've been out to my dad and siblings since Christmastime last year. I knew I needed to come out to the rest of the extended family (which is large) at some point, because I don't want to just show up without warning. My family has always been pretty close-knit, and I expected people would generally be on my side, but there's always the unknown, that maybe that would have been too much for some of them. So, I've been struggling to actually _do_ it.

Phone calls are more personal, but I'm not great on the phone to begin with, I definitely don't want to have the same conversation 20 times, and I didn't want anyone to feel slighted because of the order. Email is easier for me, but seems cold and impersonal. Procrastinating indefinitely was easy, but I knew I couldn't do that forever, and it just kept the "You know you have to eventually" cloud hanging over my head. I almost managed to do it a couple weeks ago, but then I didn't have all the addresses I needed.

So finally, this morning, I sat down and sent the email. And I've been getting responses throughout the day, all of them loving and supportive, just like I hoped. I love my family, and my friends, and they love me, and that's _fucking great_.

 

 

 

^^now ^^I ^^just ^^have ^^to ^^figure ^^out ^^how/when ^^to ^^come ^^out ^^at ^^work...