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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Comments (111)
CasseyWasntHere 10
stick to your guns
PizzaDeliveryGrl 19
Ah, that sucks. Next time, since it really matters to you that she knows, don't go with it and show her that you're absolutely serious. Or perhaps there won't be a next time, you'll get a spouse, and she'll realize you meant what you said. Either way, in all likelihood she's going to find out since she's your best friend, so...sooner than later is best. :) On another note: There are lots of people--LOTS--getting unnecessarily defensive over nothing. The only thing the friend did wrong is not take it seriously the first time she heard it, and I honestly can't blame her. Stuff like that can come as a surprise.
dgies8 8
Just wishing you good luck. I know it is hard!!
kittie77 10
Wow, what an asshole, don't worry what others think. Find a new bestfriend :(
Rippa1986 10
Good luck OP, you've said it once and I'm sure it'll get easier. (my sister was the same when I told her)
redshirt59 1
On one hand: the friend shouldnt have laughed or assumed it was a joke.. In the ither hand: the shock of being told something big like that from someone you dont susspect could lead to initial disbelief. With that being said, i dont feel bad for the op as he could have not gone along with his friend's laughing and turned the mood serious and made her see he was telling the truth. He'd already had the courage to come out and say it, even being silent in her laughter could have stopped her.
zinnath 9
As a gay man myself you should make your friend watch shows and movies like "will and grace" "ru Paul's drag race" "tu-wan-fu" "golden girls" as well as listen to Celine dion with her. Let's see what she says after that.
swagaliousness 7
Wow they didn't take u seriously jeez how mean!!!!
_schadenfreude_ 2
Reminds me of when I came out to my mother and told her I was bisexual. She replied 'no you're not' to which I said 'OK, by the way, Jen is staying over tonight.' (I'm a woman) Suddenly she believed me.
photogfrog 13
I feel your pain, OP. I've been coming out to my mother for years, over and over, to just about no avail. I've been with my fiancée for two years now, and just this past summer my mother asked me if I was gay.