Recently, I've been wanting to tell my parents that I'm gay. I feel bad hiding it from them. Since I'll be away during August, I figured this was the perfect occasion to tell them. This way, they'll have time without me to get used to the idea.

Today my father was working and I was watching a movie with my mother, Deep Rising. It was a terrible movie, rather unoriginal and full of clichés. While she criticized the movie a lot, I could only think about coming out. The movie ended and I was determined to tell her during the credits.

Unfortunately, she changed the channel and we were then watching the Olympics. There were some hot guys swimming, so I figured it would be awkward if I told her that exact moment. I waited.

At a certain point, she gets up and goes to the balcony to smoke. I was sitting there, gaining courage, until I finally made a decision. I went to the balcony, sat next to my mother, and just said "I'm homosexual".

She was looking at me, speechless. Then she said it was okay. Even though I thought my parents would have suspected I'm gay by then, she said she never knew and asked me if I was sure. I said I was, nearly crying. She then got up and hugged me. I started crying.

We went inside the house and sat on the sofa, hugging. We were both crying a bit. We talked more than we usually do. She asked me if I had ever liked a girl and if I was into any guy. I answered no to both questions. She said she understood what I was going through and that she accepted me. We washed our faces and went to the balcony again, because she was needing a cigarette.

I think she was sad, because she spoke a lot about how my life would be hard and about how many people wouldn't accept me. But she said she still loved me and that she was glad I told her. We then discussed how we were going to tell my father. I asked her not to tell him when he arrived. She agreed not to. But tomorrow I'm going to a party, during which she'll talk to my father about my sexual orientation. When I come home, we'll discuss it.

All in all, I'm really happy with my mother's reaction. To be honest, I was expecting it. My parents are young, open-minded people.

Tomorrow, after talking to my father, I'm going to update this.

UPDATE
I don't think I have much to say about my father's reaction. My mum told him while I was away, as promised.

When I got home, we all sat on my bed and talked for a while, holding hands. My father wasn't angry or disappointed. They repeated my life could be hard, but said they'd be there for me.

I didn't cry this time. My father complimented my courage and even told my about a lesbian woman he works with at the hospital, mentioning he gets along well with her. Then we spoke about me coming out.

Although they made it clear it was completely up to me, they said I shouldn't be telling everybody that I'm gay. They're afraid I'm going to be mocked or hurt. I said I wasn't planning on doing it for now. They also asked me not to tell my 8-year-old sister or my grandparents immediately. I gladly agreed, because I'm not ready to tell them yet.

I think coming out brought me and my parents closer. We've always had this quiet and cold relationship. I barely told them anything... I think that will change now. I'm feeling much better now.

Congratz..!

Happy for you!

Thanks guys.

Congrats and good luck with your Dad

Awwww! THis is really nice!
Make sure you are open minded and tell them everything!
From the looks of it you've got really good parents ; )
Again, Congratulations!

Congratulations! She took it well which is awesome

Congrats!

aw, the crying really gets me. Make sure to let us know how the dad thing goes!

Thanks guys!
I will. My mum will tell him for me within some hours, I'm nervous...

Congratulations Your life wont be as difficult as she says. There will be some narrow minded people who will not be accepting however these are people you can forget about I wish you well in the future

It took a lot of guts to do what you did. Best of luck with your dad.

I'm really looking forward to that update on the evening

Congrats with your mom, and good luck with your dad!

Congrats! I don't understand why the first thing parents say, and some use as a way of explaining their disappointment, is that your life will be hard. It just wouldn't be the first thing that would come to my mind.

P.S. I love your signature; just too much.

Thank you for your support, guys!
I've updated it now. It went well.

Congrats with both of them, you got some good parents

Sounds awesome, fairly similar to my experience

It's always nice to get a happy ending in a thread

Wow, that's great!
I don't think I will ever be able to tell my mom, I think it would destroy her. But my sister suspected a few times, which ended up making her think I wasn't. I know she'd love me either way, but the comments on that subject (since she is very curious about my gay friend, whom she mentions a lot) are kinda negative, and I think we wouldn't have the same relationship we have now, and I don't want that.
One of her reasons she suspected I was gay or bi was because of my obsession with Eurovision