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- From: mike@gordian.com (Michael A. Thomas)
- Subject: Re: Parent growing pains
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.171439.11457@gordian.com>
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- Organization: Gordian; Costa Mesa, CA
- References: <1993Jan19.232717.29581@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:14:39 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan19.232717.29581@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, rrv6550@ultb.isc.rit.edu (R.R. Van gieson) writes:
- > Parents can be so frustrating sometimes...They have known since
- > November that I am gay, so they have had some time.
-
- As Ry later states, and I concur, this is no time at all.
-
- > They are not
- > thinking about it, I guess that they don't have to deal with it as long
- > as I am not in a relationship.
-
- You say that they aren't thinking about it two or three times. Why are
- you so sure? It wouldn't really be all that suprising that they are all
- consumed in thinking about it, but with no *outward* manifestations. Coming
- out is a rather touchy situation for parents even in the best of situations,
- and it is not particularly suprising that they don't have a lot to say
- about it because they don't know *what* to think about it.
-
- > If I tell them now I expect them to say that I should get out of the
- > relationship and concentrate on my schoolwork, since last quarter I had
- > a SO and did very bad in school. I also found out that they are not
- > tinking about it, and haven't since I told them, I guess that having a
- > gay son is O.K., but as long as he doesn't have a SO. I don't want to
- > destroy their little world, but it's not always going to be that way.
-
- Well, would they be right in making that connection? Did your relationship
- effect your school work? I know that *I* would be concerned if I were
- a parent, irrespective of orientation.
-
- > So basically, if I tell them I will get the 'get out of the
- > relationship' lecture, and if I stay quiet till March (when the quarter
- > ends), I'll get the "why didn't you tell us" lecture. I don't know which
- > is the lesser evil to deal with.
-
- My feeling is that honest, without agenda, is the best policy. Subtexts
- of "I'm gay and this proves it" probably won't go over well. But denying
- his existence is just as bad. It's a balancing act to be sure, but it seems
- that the key is that you present this as "this is for *me*" rather than
- "this is against *you*".
- --
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- Michael Thomas (mike@gordian.com)
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