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By anonymous - 16/01/2012 19:55 - United States

Today, I came out to my father. He seemed to be totally okay with it, as long as I'm the "man" in my relationships. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/04/2011 10:19 - Australia

Today, I came out to my parents. They nodded empathetically throughout my entire speech and told me repeatedly that it was okay. As I smiled and stood up, my dad asked, "But you're still going to marry a guy, right?" FML

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By ashamed - 28/10/2019 02:00

Today, I finally let my parents meet a boyfriend of mine for the first time ever. My dad mentioned how he was happy to finally meet him, because for the past 4 years he'd thought I was gay. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/11/2023 07:00 - United Kingdom

Today, I came out to my parents as lesbian. Surprisingly, they were OK with it… just as long as I still marry a dude, give them grandbabies, and keep the whole lesbian thing a deep, dark, shameful secret that we never talk about again. FML

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By spiritbeast33 - 11/09/2013 06:17 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I came out of the closet. Now whenever I'm getting ready to go somewhere with my dad he says, "Lesgo, lesbo." FML

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By ohai95 - 08/08/2012 00:11 - United Kingdom - Worthing

Today, I came out to my parents. I don't really fit any stereotype, I'm just an average guy who happens to be into guys. Ten minutes later, I overheard my mother say to my step-dad, "Should we redecorate his room pink?" FML

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By Anonymous - 12/01/2016 21:03 - United States - Newport

Today, my father contacted me for the first time in years to ask about my upcoming wedding, and possibly walking me down the aisle. He claimed the only reason he left was because he thought I'd be gay. I am. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/04/2020 20:00

Today, my dad told me he liked men. While he was making a drunken speech. At my wedding. FML

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By Gay younger brother - 30/06/2018 01:30

Today, my brother came out to our parents. They weren't super happy with it, but they said that it was ok since they still had a straight son. I don't know how to tell them that I'm gay too. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/12/2011 02:16 - United Kingdom

Today, I noticed that my facial hair had grown by an acceptable amount. I spoke to my Dad and decided to show him, thinking he would approve of my manliness. His exact words when I showed him were, "Nah, son. You just look like a lesbian." FML

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By Anonymous - 22/10/2011 01:33 - United States

Today, I introduced my new boyfriend to my parents. Everyone knows he's into the emo scene, but this didn't stop my dad from slowly looking him up and down, then saying, completely deadpan, "You never told us you were a lesbian, honey." FML

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Meowingtons500 18

Monday 16 January 2012 23:44

You can be whoever you want to be. Good for you for telling him. Stay strong grasshoppah. :)

HaIlegra 2

Monday 16 January 2012 23:45

Hey it coulda been worse. Seems like a cool dad to me...

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nerdy96birdy 8

Saturday 21 January 2012 22:15

He sounds like a pretty awesome dad.

kittySplash 0

Sunday 22 January 2012 5:49

Wow that might have been a joke but Gays our awesome I love you guys I'm happy your happy

coolsk8rdude 0

Sunday 22 January 2012 20:22

congrats for having the guts to coming out! the rest doesn't matter

kelis314 0

Thursday 26 January 2012 7:32

Love it

mouseroni 4

Tuesday 28 February 2012 21:12

I think that him saying you need to be the 'man' in the relationship is much better than how many fathers have reacted. My friend's father believed he had lost his masculinity entirely and kicked him out of the house.....your situation is a lucky one.

hewro_failure 11

Saturday 17 March 2012 9:06

I Hate that they close comments because they don't want things getting out of hand ... Even though this is just FML a website made in a country containing freedom of speech

hewro_failure 11

Saturday 17 March 2012 9:09

Anyway this isn't an FML cause at least he accepted you right away considering a lot of parents are ****** up and disown their children and that is so much worse than anyone being gay especially because they merely read it out of a book

Optomisticpencil 7

Saturday 14 April 2012 1:51

OMG this happened to my friends ex. He came out to his extremely catholic father who lost it before pausin and asking: 'do you ****, or are you ******?'. He didn't want to upset his dad further so he said: 'i ****' After that everything was peachy.

mimerino 9

Sunday 20 May 2012 7:50

So? That's so mellow!! My dad hasn't talked to me since I came out, and my partner's family kicked her out of the house.

Moonheart13 1

Friday 1 June 2012 3:01

I don't know why you are so upset. At least your dad is okay with your decision. You sound really whiny.

CaroAurelia 12

Saturday 3 January 2015 17:24

Well, I'm neither gay nor a man so I'll never have that conversation, but I bet that's awkward.

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