Quote from: Jamie Xu on November 20, 2017, 05:38:56 AM
I came out to my parents. It was really hard. My parents are supportive above all else, even if they don't understand. I encouraged them to ask questions so they could hopefully understand. I can forgive how they reacted at first because it would have been a shock to them.
Two days later my mum was asking about how qualified my psychiatrists are. I can't help but be a little hurt by that. It's kind of like implying I'm not even capable of thinking for myself, and that somehow two psychiatrists got it wrong. I'm not sure if I should just let it go, or explain that asking was a little hurtful.
Congrats for taking that first step - I can't emphasize enough how big a deal that is.
As for parents, that's tough. I haven't really spoken to mine since my wife accidentally outed me - they claim to be supportive, but there's all sorts of little things that leave me thinking they're supportive of the Dave I used to be, and not the Sarah I may become.
But that aside, try and take everything they say with a grain of salt - they're trying, in a very short time frame, to catch up with something that you've known for years. They're going through a roller coaster of "did we do something wrong", "should we have known" and so much more.
But as with so much - honesty is the best policy. If you are hurt by something let them know - odds are they don't even know they've done it, and you're better off addressing it than letting it stew.
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