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JustineCredible said:Yes, I have had sexual experiences with men. Obviously, since I have a teenage son. I can't ever say I was ever "turned on" by men. I felt it was more "expected" of me to date and eventually marry a guy.
Hi Justine! Great stuff. So you got married? Do you feel comfortable sharing with us how you came out to your husband? Or was that a traumatic experience?
I didn't "come out" to my family until I was in my late twenties. I was terrified of what my parents would say to me so I took the cowards way out and came out to my mother via a letter stuffed inside a book left behind in her dressing table.
The next day Mom called me over to the house and we sat down along with my Dad. She just looked at me, holding the book, and said: "DUH!"
We all had a good laugh. It was SO anti-climactic. :2razz:
I love that your family was so supportive. This surprises me since I have gay friends whose families were horrified. Wow.
My son was a different story, but equally as delightful. I sat him down in his bedroom (this was before I said anything to my parents as I felt my son needed to be told the truth). Since he was only eight years old I knew I had to handle it a bit more delicately. But once all was said and done, my son didn't care, but he did giggle as eight year olds do when a talking about something as uncomfortable as Mommy's sex life.
But it was no big deal. He kinda already knew, since we were all living together (my son, my partner and myself) at the time.
How old is your son now? Do his friends ask about why you live with another woman? Does he tell his friends the truth?