Finally came out to my parents
hey y’all, i just wanted to share a short lil story. I decided it was finally time to tell my parents (who live 5000 km away) while on holiday visiting them that I’m non-binary and queer, so after a nice dinner together I brought up the topic
they’d commented on how much lighter and happier and confident and “more myself” i’d been that trip, so i started by telling them i’d found a peace with my gender and sexuality. they were pretty receptive, although were quite confused by the concept of being “neither a man or a woman”. my mum seemed to have some of her own personal insecurity about it, and kept asking questions about whether this meant im not attracted to or in love with my current partner (who, funnily enough, also identifies as enby), but that projection was the worst that came from the conversation. funnily enough, my dad was very chill and curious about it, and was most concerned with the “incorrect” grammar surrounding the usage of “they” as singular rather than plural: which is quite an entertaining hill to die on when your child has just told you they’re queer
interestingly, they actually both ended up saying that they resonate with the concept themselves, which was a very unexpected outcome, so im curious how our next conversation about it is going to go and whether i have two eggs for parents ahahah
but yes, thanks y’all for reading and for being such a great space to be <3