I have a very strange family, emotions are never expressed nor shown to anyone. But today was an extreme example.
A little background:
My sister is my biggest supporter, I came out to her first (before my wife!) I talk to her every day, she lives about 750 miles (1200 km) from me and we email/text/chat multiple times per day.
My brother lives down the street. I see him 1/2 dozen times per year, we never talk. For reasons I don't want to discuss here I had to move my time schedule up to today and tell him about my transitioning.
His reaction was - oh okay.
I think it will take some time to sink in and for him to come up with questions but his stoicism was beyond what I had expected. He's supportive to the LGBT community so at least that's a good thing.
For other reasons I just spent an hour+ at his place at a party and he was his normal self towards me. So I guess I dodged a bullet there.
After 45+ years, every step seems surreal and scary.
