A few months ago, I came out to pretty much everybody I know. My friends continue to be accepting without question. My family was initially accepting, then started getting weird. I felt like they would come around, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. I have a couple hundred family members and now 5 are still talking to me 3 months later.
I've retained 1 parent, 1 aunt, and 3 cousins.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not depressed about it. I do end up in tears sometimes when I think about my siblings and other parent, but it's no longer anger. It's disappointment. Still, I am much happier than I was before. Not only do I accept myself fully now, but the people in my family that were the biggest mood killers, walked out of my life. Only the positive ones remain. So while it's disappointing to lose so many, I've narrowed my circle down to only those that accept me for me and that's a great feeling.
