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
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Autumn: Leaves and Laughter
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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, 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 as bisexual while we were in the car. My mom started crying behind the steering wheel, driving at 85 mph. She later told my dad, even though I asked her not to. My dad said, "Give it a month, he'll grow out of it." I realized I was bi 4 years ago. 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 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 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, my mom called me into the living room to say that she had something important to tell me. She then explained how she and my dad had "talked things over" and wanted me to know that they accept me and love me no matter what. Apparently my mom thinks I'm lesbian. I'm not. 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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fail_truck 0
Your parents are awesome. Lol.
3clipse 0
#5 why is that terrible? His/her/whatever parents have a healthy view of sexuality (i.e., that it's completely trivial). I'm with 4 and 6. Would you rather their parents shun them for being gay/bi? Honestly, this is something my parents would do, and I would laugh along with them, because it's hilarious.
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Comments (190)
uh_oh 0
Hahahaha your parents are awesome!
squeaky_fml 0
you are lucky to have such cool parents.
CowGoesMoo 0
Sorry, I don't think this is so bad. I mean, you ARE bi. They just wanted to make sure. And the betting thing, well, I mean, you hear about parents that beat/disown their gay children. I think you got off lightly. They don't really seem to mind at all.
Mylife_wtf 0
Ok if their parents were joking yea then cool their parents are ok with it. But if they werent joking, woohoo! They accept them but still its harsh.
manda_smith92 3
hahaha this doesn't help us relate to this story if we dont know if you're a guy or girl haha
cryssycakesx3 22
^161 ditto for you there too, sir.
addie_Cato0o0 9
how would it even matter. if you're gay you're gay... i think it's more related on both counts bc it doesn't actually say. if it was a boy, girls wouldn't relate and visa versa.
texmas 0
So? Sounds like they were really cool about it.
MsSippi 0
That's kind of awesome actually...
lmao_rofl9 0
hahhahaha if it makes you feel better..my parents ask if i'm gay quite frequently. but as it turns out, i have a boyfriend. we've been dating for almost 6 months. lolllll.
lollipopz8988 0
I agree with #4. I'm sure that there have been a lot of worse coming out experiences. I just wonder though, since you didn't seem to have any trouble admitting to them right away that you were bi, why hadn't you already had this discussion with them before? Then they wouldn't have had to make bets about your sexuality and this FML wouldn't even exist.
T1A2Z3 34
If her sexuality isn't a big deal why mention it if it's never been questioned?
Misanthropist 0
Your parents rock, this could have easily been a waaaay worse FML.
s_babyyyx3 0
hahahah, so funny.