Miscellaneous: Today, I came out to my mom. I had an epic speech planned, and...

By teriyaki124 - 21/03/2009 09:13 - United States

Today, I came out to my mom. I had an epic speech planned, and when I tried to tell her, it all fell apart and I started crying and just said, "I'm gay." After a few seconds silence, my mom sighs and says, "Duh." FML

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By TedX - 19/08/2020 20:07

Today, at 18, I finally told my mom I was gay. She spent the rest of the day bringing up my "future wife" at every possible chance she had. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/04/2009 05:13 - United States

Today, as an April fools day joke, I decided to tell my mom and dad that I was gay. After an awkward silence, my mom looks at me, smiles, and says, "well, we have known for a while." She wasn't joking. FML

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By augh - 10/12/2010 08:24

Today, I finally worked up the courage to tell my mom that I'm gay. She sympathetically patted my back and told me I don't need to make up excuses for me being so unattractive to women. FML

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By EchoDearEcho - 04/02/2010 14:52 - Australia

Today, I introduced my girlfriend to my parents. My mother turned to me and said, "Wait you're actually gay? I thought you were just saying that to piss off your father." I came out to her when I was 16, and have confided in her about my past relationships. FML

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By Asterisk1009 - 29/06/2009 05:41 - United States

Today, I finally got the courage to tell my parents that I'm gay. My mom said "Yeah, we know." When I asked how they knew, my dad, without looking up from the tv, said, "We've been monitoring your Internet history." FML

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By Karim - 12/12/2012 05:29 - France - Aix-en-provence

Today, I introduced my girlfriend to my family for the first time. My mother's immediate reaction was, "We didn't know you were gay!" No mom, she really is a girl. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/07/2018 19:00

Today, I told my parents that I'm a smoker. My mother started crying, and said she worried I was gay, but this is almost as bad. That lead on to part two of my confession. FML

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By bopbop - 20/05/2009 01:21 - United States

Today, my brother came out to our family as being gay. My mother starting crying because she "wanted grandchildren." I told her that I was planning on having children. She started crying harder. FML

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By Anonymous - 16/02/2016 13:49 - United States - Chevy Chase

Today, I came out of the closet, after years of fear and shame, thanks to my mom making me to go to a church full of fundies my whole life. In the end, I was in tears. All I got was a frown and a "So? Want a medal or something?" FML

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By Anonymous - 09/10/2010 06:47 - United States

Today, after weeks of thinking and playing every outcome possible in my head, I told my parents I'm gay. My dad nodded and didn't even look up from his book; my mom told me to go to the doctor if it starts to itch. FML

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NorfolkDude 2

Saturday 21 March 2009 20:05

Well I guess sometimes when you feel a certain way, you fear that others won't accept you. However, sometimes it's just obvious that someone you know is gay, so perhaps she just meant "duh" as a way to say she knew all along. Don't stress it. You said it, and it sounds like you were torn apart between your mother accepting you or not. Whether or not she accepts you, you said what you needed to say, and you no longer need to think about it.

CheeseGirl 0

Saturday 21 March 2009 20:03

Did she say duh in a bad way or did she accept you? Sounds to me like she knew and doesn't care. Def. not a FML situation, more like a Awesome Accepting Mom situation, if she does that is.

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agentasuka 0

Sunday 22 March 2009 8:09

edit #74 woah LOVING mother" lol my bad.

eatplastik 0

Sunday 22 March 2009 9:53

this is exactly like 'another gay movie' hahahahaha

jamesnz 0

Sunday 22 March 2009 10:16

thats cool though. i came out the other day, my dad had a breakdown (apparently bought up all this shit about the relationship he had with his dad) and will be off work for 3 months... was considering submitting as an FML, but then I saw Slumdog Millionaire lol. we got it easy...

OhSoFoxy 0

Sunday 22 March 2009 10:28

Why does there always need to be an epic speech?

lesb_lv 0

Sunday 22 March 2009 13:46

Lucky u. This is not FYL :) It seems she knew already. If she didnt, maybe she was relieved that ur not telling her that ur pregnant :D

jennaleighhh 0

Sunday 22 March 2009 14:02

Your mom is awesome. and its cool that she's accepting you being gay.

ima_krackerr 0

Sunday 22 March 2009 15:21

SAUCED haha but it's cool that she's cool with it :)

Bryan_Z 0

Sunday 22 March 2009 15:27

is she accepts you, whats the big deal? Mine doesn't lol....but i am an Arab..so...LOL

Sauce_fml 0

Sunday 22 March 2009 17:25

When I came out my mother just smiled, said, "I knew when you were 5 years old and we were at Macy's. You hugged a rack of nightgowns and said 'Mommy when do I get to wear one of these!'" At least she didn't bring out the arsenal of embarrassing stories! And by the way, coming out turns out to be pretty great. I came out in July and life has been a hell of a lot better since. You'll look back on all the years you were in the closet since you knew (that would be 11 for me) and kick yourself for not coming out sooner! Good luck!

thequeenofscots 0

Sunday 22 March 2009 20:37

You're so lucky. I'm still waiting to come out to my mum (she's very religious and wouldn't want to face the fact that her daughter is a lesbian) and hoping against hope it goes nearly as well as yours did. You've got a great mum there. :]