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LearnedHand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 11:16 PM
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29. I understand that completely!
I'm not gay, but I withhold a HUGE part of myself from my family (the liberal part) because they are TOTAL freepers and believe I'm going straight to hell.

I know how much it hurts to not be yourself around those you love the most. It hurts even more to think they wouldn't love you if you somehow fell outside the boundaries of what's acceptable to them.

Creeps.

The big thing for you is to decide what hurts more: Not telling your family or possibly losing financial support for college. Maybe the cost of not being yourself is so great that losing the financial support won't even matter.
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  -I'm Really Scared To Tell My Family That I'm Gay Placebo  Jan-02-05 10:55 PM   #0 
  - Tell your uncle Freeper that his favorite nephew is a FLAMING FAGGOT  Willy Wonka   Jan-02-05 10:57 PM   #1 
  - i caught my freeper neighbor over that harry potter thing once  7th_Sephiroth   Jan-02-05 10:57 PM   #2 
  - When do you graduate?  smbolisnch   Jan-02-05 10:57 PM   #3 
  - I just started...  Placebo   Jan-02-05 10:59 PM   #5 
     - If you can't wait until the family graduation party  smbolisnch   Jan-02-05 11:02 PM   #10 
     - how often do you have to see him  thebigdonkey   Jan-02-05 11:02 PM   #13 
  - its alright bro  metisnation   Jan-02-05 10:57 PM   #4 
  - Wait and announce it at graduation.  cags   Jan-02-05 11:00 PM   #6 
  - RESIST! Get your diploma, THEN break out the news.  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Jan-02-05 11:00 PM   #7 
  - Seconded  bloodyjack   Jan-02-05 11:24 PM   #32 
  - hard to tell you how to deal with this situation  jellybelly   Jan-02-05 11:00 PM   #8 
  - Tell Uncle Freeper you've decided on pre-law for a major  short bus president   Jan-02-05 11:01 PM   #9 
  - Don't tell him  Maple   Jan-02-05 11:02 PM   #11 
  - Never an easy decision, Placebo  LearnedHand   Jan-02-05 11:02 PM   #12 
  - Well it's more than that, it's who I am...  Placebo   Jan-02-05 11:07 PM   #16 
     - You seem to be OK with your parents. Why not talk about it with them?  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Jan-02-05 11:10 PM   #21 
     - I understand that completely!  LearnedHand   Jan-02-05 11:16 PM   #29 
  - I'm sorry  Miami Liberal   Jan-02-05 11:02 PM   #14 
  - Four.  Placebo   Jan-02-05 11:05 PM   #15 
     - Since you rely on your freeper uncle for tuition money  Miami Liberal   Jan-02-05 11:09 PM   #19 
  - You have some decisions to make, clearly  MADem   Jan-02-05 11:09 PM   #17 
  - buck up laddie, think of yourself as the jackie robinson of your family  kodi   Jan-02-05 11:09 PM   #18 
  - Get your education and then tell your freeper relatives  Droopy   Jan-02-05 11:09 PM   #20 
  - I guess.  Placebo   Jan-02-05 11:13 PM   #24 
  - All I can offer is prayers and good luck, Placebo.  tuvor   Jan-02-05 11:12 PM   #22 
  - thats tough.. I'm sorry to hear it  Boy Interrupted   Jan-02-05 11:13 PM   #23 
  - I'm @...  Placebo   Jan-02-05 11:14 PM   #27 
  - Its none of his business  Rowdyboy   Jan-02-05 11:13 PM   #25 
  - Wow, not an easy position for you  koneko   Jan-02-05 11:14 PM   #26 
  - Here's 2 of my cents:  WindRavenX   Jan-02-05 11:16 PM   #28 
  - Thanks WRX...  Placebo   Jan-02-05 11:17 PM   #30 
     - I'd offer you my five bucks...  WindRavenX   Jan-02-05 11:24 PM   #31 
        - I've got half a bolly of stoli...  Placebo   Jan-02-05 11:26 PM   #33 
           - SCORE!!!!  WindRavenX   Jan-02-05 11:32 PM   #35 
  - How often do you see your uncle?  progmom   Jan-02-05 11:32 PM   #34 
  - I guess I don't see him THAT much...  Placebo   Jan-02-05 11:34 PM   #36 
  - Only you can make the decision  OhioBlue   Jan-02-05 11:41 PM   #37 
  - For what it's worth, if they have a problem with it, to hell with 'em!  Boswells_Johnson   Jan-02-05 11:43 PM   #38 
  - If your sexuality has not been a formal  liberalnurse   Jan-02-05 11:50 PM   #39 
  - Tough situation to be in, I'm sure...  ALiberalSailor   Jan-03-05 12:10 AM   #40 
  - Just think of it this way...  personman   Jan-03-05 12:23 AM   #41 
     - Haha...  Placebo   Jan-03-05 12:33 AM   #42 
 

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