Today, I regretfully confessed to my parents I have trichotillomania. There was a torturous pause, followed by the question, "Are you gay?" 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 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
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
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
Today, I was leaving to go over to a friend's and my parents suddenly ask if I'm gay. I reply that no, I'm bisexual. My mom then asks if I've ever made out with someone of the same sex and I say yes. She turns to my dad and says 'I told you so. You owe me $20'. My parents bet on my sexuality. FML
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
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
Today, I came out to my therapist as gay. Claiming that my parents "can't be that homophobic", my therapist outed me to them. They kicked me out of the house. FML
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
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 came out to my parents and siblings as gay. They were very accepting and asked me why I waited until I was 25 to do so. I didn't have the heart to tell them it was their own homophobic remarks that kept me closeted since I realized it at 14, and that a previous coming-out to a parent was dismissed as 'a phase'. FML
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boating_guy 33
Hold on while I google trichotillomania...
boating_guy 33
OP get some help for that! It's not good for your hair, it's pretty gross darn gross, and it's not very appealing for anyone to see! For those of you who are wondering: Trichotillomania- is the compulsive urge to pull out (and in some cases, eat) one's own hair leading to noticeable hair loss, distress, and social or functional impairment
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Comments (207)
xkncas 8
Um...you're not only in order for a "you deserved it", but...that's also not fabulous, and freaking weird...
divadro102 16
Oh man i'm obsessed with pulling out the front part of my head when my hair grows out. It leaves a nice circular patch. Luckily for me I cut my hair every 6 months.
Baybiiie 11
People are constantly giving names to non-existent self-caused 'diseases' give me a freaking break. Stop pulling your hair. You are a grown ass person. Hahahahaha hahahahahaha
reflexion213 11
Giving you a +1 and high five before the whining trolls come in and downvote you.
TiredTire 4
I feel you. Except, my parents would be fine if I were gay. Instead, when I told them of my trichotillomania, they threatened to send me to a mental hospital if I didn't stop. They didn't even bother to research it, so didn't realize that trichotillomania happens against people's will.
themadhead 5
It means to pull your own hair out and in some cases now down on it. Omnomnom trichotillomania!
TwentyFourXXIV 13
Sucks...
Talooka 10
Well...are you?
ShaveOffMyPubes 1
While I agree that the reaction was odd, it's your own fault for telling your parents just the name of your condition, without even defining it. I think that 999/1000 people have NO IDEA what that means.
5HAD0W 4
Stay strong, OP. Keep your hands busy and you mind stress free. You aren't alone. :)
naiveprophet 15
Did they know what trichotillomania is? Most people don't. While their respond was... certainly odd, I think you should have said "I have a condition called trichotillomania where I pull out my hair." Then the "are you gay" probably wouldn't have happened. Maybe.