Getting off easy

[andrealmd]

After reading what others went through I feel that I got off a bit easy with coming out. I told my parents after we went for dinner and while they were both shocked they were suportive. It was a bit odd, my dad only said "well its your choice" but my mom said that she will support me no matter what. I wish all the best to others. Build yourself a support network, prepare for the worst but hope for the best.

[Dawn Heart]

I'm so happy that your parents reacted the way they did! In the past when I saw some of my friends' results of coming out, I saw mostly their parents flip their lids and go to extremes such as psychiatric treatment with a list of meds to "normalize" them. The whole process was cruel. 

I am struggling with whether or not to come out to my mother because of her health, though other than her health, I am not sure how she would react. She was once part of the LGBT community, and I say once because she eventually married again to a man and so that threw me off as to what her true identity / orientation is. I love her no matter what, but have always been too scared to ask her since I thought it would be a form of putting her on the spot, resulting in hurt feelings.

[justmeinoz]

My transition has been fairly painless, but I look at it as just compensation for the years that went before.  Things are changing slowly.  Eventually it will be common, and then the expected reaction.