Tonight is the night i have been dreading for months, coming out to my stepfather, he's 89 years old and is accepting of many things, my mom passed a few years ago and he is all the family I'm really close to and we see each other a few times a week for dinner. For years my mom would always ask when i was going to find a girl and get married and have children, but that was never going to happen because in addition to being asexual i also have GID and nobody but me ever knew it, at least i think i was a good actor . I'm sure they and my friends think that i am gay.
Casually over dinner tonight I'm going to bring this up and clear the air that i'm not gay but asexual and explain to him what that is then tell him about my GID, not giving too many details unless he asks. He likes to read and i have the book True Selves that i would like him to read, this book could have been written about me, then when he is finished, however long that takes, we can get together and discuss it. For me to move forward in transition i need to do this and my therapist thinks so too.
Paula.
Post Merge: January 30, 2009, 10:08:02 PM
Thought i would update everyone that has read this post, it went better than i expected, the beginning about being asexual answered allot of questions he had, talking about my Gid issue I'm not sure he really understands fully what i said, but i have his support and the book should help and we will talk Sunday.
Paula.
