Completely impulsively came out to my former best friend.

[AlexW]

I feel a bit sick. I think thats the anxiety talking.
We just recently began talking again, and it was a bit like we never stopped talking, so I just blurted it out over facebook chat. "I'm trans, don't tell anyone".
It didn't go badly, per se. I mean, he's ignorant on the subject, and as such, said some offensive things. He's a small town kid, so I was expecting that.
Over the course of ~1½ hour, he went from "I guess a lot of lebians are like that?" to "I totally think you should transition!" but that's just the first reaction. I don't know how he's going to react once he has time to think about it.
That's three people I know IRL that I've told (not counting doctors) and the anxiety doesn't seem to be getting better. I don't know, maybe that's just cause I used to think of him as a brother and his opinion of me matters to me a lot, even if it's been a couple of years since we really spoke. I really hope he doesn't freak out after he's slept on the information.

[Devlyn]

Big hug! At the end of the day it doesn't matter, you're doing this for you, not anyone else.

Hugs, Devlyn

[Mariah]

At the end of the day it's all about you. I wish I could say the anxiety over telling someone gets better but each time you do decided to come out to someone doesn't mean you won't have some anxiety over it. It's the fear of the unknown and not knowing how a person that is important you or that you were work is going to react. In the meantime, I would give him time because people can surprise you and could turn out that he is very supportive. It's amazing how many times there first reactions don't match how they feel about things in the end, Hugs
Mariah

I feel a bit sick. I think thats the anxiety talking.
We just recently began talking again, and it was a bit like we never stopped talking, so I just blurted it out over facebook chat. "I'm trans, don't tell anyone".
It didn't go badly, per se. I mean, he's ignorant on the subject, and as such, said some offensive things. He's a small town kid, so I was expecting that.
Over the course of ~1½ hour, he went from "I guess a lot of lebians are like that?" to "I totally think you should transition!" but that's just the first reaction. I don't know how he's going to react once he has time to think about it.
That's three people I know IRL that I've told (not counting doctors) and the anxiety doesn't seem to be getting better. I don't know, maybe that's just cause I used to think of him as a brother and his opinion of me matters to me a lot, even if it's been a couple of years since we really spoke. I really hope he doesn't freak out after he's slept on the information.

[alexbb]

So happy for you!!!!
xxx

[AlexW]

Firstly: Thank you for your support, Everyone!

I'm a bit worried about his reaction now, because he hasn't talked to me since I came out, but that might just be because he's been busy.