anonymous
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
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
Anonymous
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
ashamed
Dad jokes, part #23556
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
Anonymous
United Kingdom
Follow the lifescript
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
spiritbeast33
San Francisco, United States
Today, I came out of the closet. Now whenever I'm getting ready to go somewhere with my dad he says, "Lesgo, lesbo." FML
ohai95
Worthing, United Kingdom
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
Anonymous
Newport, United States
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
Anonymous
News to me
Today, my dad told me he liked men. While he was making a drunken speech. At my wedding. FML
Gay younger brother
About that...
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
Anonymous
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
Anonymous
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
Top comments
Meowingtons500 18
You can be whoever you want to be. Good for you for telling him. Stay strong grasshoppah. :)
HaIlegra 2
Hey it coulda been worse. Seems like a cool dad to me...
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (145)
TPRose 0
What a fag. Pun intended.
mitchlarocco 0
This shouldn't. Be a FML hes ok with it you should be happy
Swanky_Panky 2
Hahaha. You like penis in the butt
EduJav321 24
Well, if in a straight relationship the girl can sometimes be the man (as in dominance-more authority), i dont see why not the guy bottoming
kaykay20 0
Makes sense he wants you to have some manliness even though your not a straight guy like he is. It's typical for a farther whose a straight male to want their son to turn out as a strong male they raised them to be. So as long as you are the "man" in the relationship you would be the strong male he raised you to be and have succeeded in raising you correctly despite your sexual interests. Try being in his shoes, it's not as acceptable to some parents so you will need to give it time for him to come to grips with it all.
THE_A_TEEN 28
He is gay, moron. Did you read the actual FML?
Amajean 7
could be worse
Protocol07 1
Give him time and he will probably come around, it's already a good sign he didn't rage on you. As long as you're happy, and he's a cool dad. He too will probably be happy.
youngsofly 13
I dont see why this is an fml, i mean, there are alot of others who come out, but dont get accepted.
davidbdb485 0
I'm gonna have to say YDI for whining, OP. I've seen a lot of situations where the person coming out looses their entire relationship with their parent(s). Your dad seems like he's fine with you coming out. That's a win for you in my book. Anyways, it's not like he's ever going to know what you do in bed.
THE_A_TEEN 28
Here's a look on someone who is bisexual. Coming out is very hard to do, and sometimes coming out leads to unfortunate situations. What OP's dad idicated is that he should be the "male" of the relationship, or in slang terms, "the pitcher", instead of understanding the concept of his relationship as a whole. Ergo, disaproves his position due to a belief that his son has to be dominate in the relationship. A pretty stupid belief in today's society. Also, "whining" is the main purpose of this site. Just pointing it out...
monnanon 14
Or..the dad made a misguided joke to try and break the tension of the conversation. To me its sounds like the dad is completely accepting but made a joke about something he doesnt understand completely and inadvertently upset his son. When you hear about some of things done to people who come out it really makes ops story small potatoes.