Miscellaneous: Today, I finally got the courage to tell my parents that I'm...

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

I agree, your life sucks 50 651

You deserved it 17 070

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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

I agree, your life sucks 39 200

You deserved it 9 015

Denial

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

I agree, your life sucks 1 643

You deserved it 226

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

I agree, your life sucks 30 922

You deserved it 63 099

This is me

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

I agree, your life sucks 34 881

You deserved it 4 763

Dad jokes, part #23556

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

I agree, your life sucks 1 571

You deserved it 192

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

I agree, your life sucks 37 962

You deserved it 5 700

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

I agree, your life sucks 65 527

You deserved it 17 878

Unexpected

By Anonymous - 25/04/2022 16:00

Today, I came out to my parents. Their response was basically, "Oh, you’re coming out? But we’ve known for years. It was obvious, so obvious we never knew you were in the closet in the first place." FML

I agree, your life sucks 508

You deserved it 942

By lezbplove - 19/03/2011 05:26 - Canada

Today, I finally decided to tell my parents I was a lesbian. They spent the next few hours reading me the bible. FML

I agree, your life sucks 55 557

You deserved it 22 982

By ClosetMishap - 10/11/2009 16:25 - Canada

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

I agree, your life sucks 32 695

You deserved it 4 742

lakeylove 0

Monday 29 June 2009 18:16

hey atleast they didn't care.

purple5 0

Monday 29 June 2009 19:05

Major invasion of your privacy, sure. But at least they didn't freak out and were totally fine about it. Plus, they waited until you were ready to tell them rather than confront you when they figured it out through snooping...gotta give them credit for that!

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ihateslife 0

Tuesday 30 June 2009 8:52

Ouch, well at least the cat's out of the closet. They had no right to violate your privacy though. Sorry.

Pyromatt22 0

Tuesday 30 June 2009 9:51

**** the gays

Overcast117 5

Tuesday 30 June 2009 11:54

If you insist.

Armin_fml 0

Tuesday 30 June 2009 9:57

wow..they do respect your privacy I see..

Mordred_fml 0

Tuesday 30 June 2009 14:14

Honestly, YDI for not deleting your history if you didn't want them to find out. Congrats on coming out, though, and for having understanding parents. #113: Yes, let's do. I'm sure it'll be great fun, and mighty pleasurable.

Marodi 0

Tuesday 30 June 2009 15:20

Atleast it doesn't seem to bother them :) Still FYL becuse they went through your internet history. I havn't had the courage to come out yet :s So good job with that, i can't imagine its easy

primogen18 0

Tuesday 30 June 2009 15:59

internet options, clear history, etc, theres ways to delete it, but oh well, they know anyway so its not a big secret and never was lol. you're human, im sure they understand. Still sucks, but hey you should feel a bit better being completely open. It may be a bit embarrassing but if they don't act weird then thats a good sign, you can be open to them.

girls4girls 0

Tuesday 30 June 2009 18:46

good job, at least you made up your mind to tell them. i hate it how my parents dont know

Qauzzix 0

Tuesday 30 June 2009 21:42

It's almost unbelievable to me how many people think this FML has something to do with his sexual orientation. All relationships are built on trust. Your relationship with your parents, partners, grocer or other. And they violated that trust by spying on you. Damn, I would get so angry. One of the things that I hold most dearly is my right to privacy. FYL indeed! But, at least they came clean about it and you can take countermeasures.

kaleb0121 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 3:45

don't u no how to clear internet history? it's not that hard.

sockmonkey560 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 8:29

it's good u came out. ur parents shud love u no mattr wat and im sure they do. the people who left mean comments are incredibly rude. i am not gay but i know that it is totaly ok to be gay! i completely agree with #50 too. despite wat #47 thinks im sure u r a good person and u will NOT go to hell just for being gay!