The last week has been an incredible whirlwind of coming out to some very close friends, family and important people. We finally came out to our two best friend/couples in our local community. Shock, but also love and support. Then came out to our pastor. Really held my breath there, but he was kind and didn't start preaching to me how what I was doing was evil etc. Prayed for us and said he would have to pray about it himself. We are pretty well known in the church and are involved in lots of activities, so careful consideration is warranted.
Came out to my best male friend going back to high school. My wife came out to some of her two best female friends. My youngest sister apparently just couldn't hold it in and told my two other sisters. To top it all off, we came out to my wife's mother and brother. Those were the real big ones for the week. All shocked, but also all supportive.
The only thing I have noticed is that "regular" guys (others I have told are gay or CD) seem to have the toughest time wrapping their head around this. They are supportive too, but their shock seems to last for days while the ladies seem to get used to it in pretty short order. Another interesting thing is that my wife's family pretty quickly fell in line where I was VERY fearful of rejection here. Could still happen, but they seem to be taking a "Leave them alone, don't judge and we'll see what happens" approach. They are very religious and that was part of my fear. First thing they did was have the head of their prayer circle go to church and pray about it. She reported that as soon as she was done that she got a strong voice that said "Leave her [my wife] alone. She is where I want her to be" or words to that effect. I don't know whether this is true or not, but I do know that it helps my family to not have to deal with her relatives preaching at us and for that I am very grateful.
So big week, but what this means is that the only person who doesn't know and is close to us is my mother. I need to tell her very soon, but I am nervous.
