Today, after weeks of summoning up the courage to come out of the closet to my best friend, I told her I was gay. Immediately after she started cracking up, thinking it was a joke. I was so confused and nervous, I went along with it. She still thinks I'm straight. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I finally got the courage to ask my best friend to go on a date with me. She assumed I meant a double date and squealed, "Who's the lucky guy?!" She thought I was her gay best friend for the past year. FML
Today, I told my friends I had been hiding something that I wanted to come clean on. My one friend responds by saying, "FINALLY you come out of the closet. It's about time." I'm not gay. I was just going to tell them my parents were getting a divorce. FML
Today, I finally got the courage to tell my best friend who I'm crushing hard on that I like her. She gave me a look of revulsion and asked if I was joking. FML
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
Today, I went on the best date I've been on in years. Later on, over drinks we get talking and I explain how I came out to my friends and family. When I ask him how he came out, he replies that he isn't gay, and oh, did I think this was a date? FML
Today, I was shopping with my girlfriend, when I saw my best friend. I jokingly did a double-take and said I didn't recognize him with his clothes on. We laughed, talked a bit, then went our separate ways. My girlfriend later dumped me, claiming I'm blatantly gay and cheating on her. FML
Today, I was working at my desk when a colleague came over to my desk and said, “You loiter in gay bars”. I started having a panic attack because I thought he'd found out and would out me to my wife. Only when he began cracking up laughing did I realise it was a "joke." FML
Today, I invited over my best friend, whom I've loved for over a year, since she had to tell me "something important". I got excited and thought she was going to tell me she loved me too. She ended up coming out to me, and wanted to know if I would meet her girlfriend. FML
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
Today, I told my best friend that I was gay and that I liked him. Turns out he's very open about the topic. Basically, he kissed me and then slapped me. I don't know what that's supposed to mean. FML
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kthsdm 12
Well, just go on about your life as normal. If any incident were to leave her shocked, just whip out the "I told you so!"
lameuser 23
Even though your friend laughed, you should have stuck with it.
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tayymeds 23
I'm sorry OP, my advice, along with many others, would be to try again. I remember when my best friend came out to me and she was extremely nervous thinking I'd reject her, but I just have her a hug. It was actually harder to try and convince myself to call her a man rather than a woman when she decided to change, but all it took was time (:
szymonrules 10
Welcome to the club!
katejones 8
This makes it easier to next time you try. You can just say: remember last time, that was not a joke. Go for it.
JaneDoe1024 6
How could you possibly have a best friend that doesnt know your sexual orientation? How close are you two really?
limabeans101029 21
Sometimes the people closest to you are the ones who are the most difficult to come out to, because they're the ones you'd be really upset about being rejected by. I came out to less close friends way before I came out to my best friend, and I still haven't come out to my family. It's a really personal thing, and something that can be difficult to talk about even to someone close to you
worldclassrager 41
Well get with someone she'll find out either way eventually...props for having the courage to do so...
Desticles69 13
ouch
DemosthenesMB 13
Don't be afraid, OK? Just come out, because there's really nothing to worry about it. If you tell her a 2nd time and stick to it, she'll believe you and support you.
Witchylady 18
Not everyone in this world is accepting but congratulations on attempting to reveal the true you to the world. Take one step at a time I am sure there are people in your life who will accept you for you without trying to make a joke of it
svanduym 1
I wasn't thinking and accidentally chose April Fool's Day to come out to my best friend. It sucks having to tell someone more than once for them to believe you!
Dumbledora 9
It's ridiculous that she would even care. That ANYONE would even care whether or not someone is gay. I honestly can't believe how much people give a shit about the bedroom habits of others. And don't let anyone tell you it's "wrong" or "unnatural." Because morality is subjective BS anyways, and pretty much everything humans do is "unnatural." If she is truly your friend, your coming out won't change anything.