http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=221x144318Oh my.
The stuttering primitive, who is NOT a donor to Skins's island:
ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-13-09 11:13 PM
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Is their anyone in your life that you would not come out to because you are afraid of their reaction
I don't think I could ever tell my grandma.
The Mitch primitive, who is NOT a donor to Skins's island:
mitchtv (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-13-09 11:16 PM
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1. no
The struck-out primitive, who is NOT a donor to Skins's island:
yourout (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-13-09 11:17 PM
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2. I just cant tell my brother I am a Dem.
In some of the circles I have to travel I have to be a stealth Dem.
The donkey primitive, who is NOT a donor to Skins's island:
donco6 (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-13-09 11:20 PM
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3. My Board of Education.
I'm an at-will employee.
The chrome primitive, who is NOT a donor to Skins's island:
xchrom (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-13-09 11:27 PM
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4. no -- Teh Gay rolls off of me faster than the speed of light.
The rowdy lad primitive, who is NOT a donor to Skins's island:
Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-13-09 11:28 PM
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5. My grandad would have been tough, but he died before I knew for sure....
I can't think of anyone living I'd care about knowing.
The direct current primitive, who is NOT a donor to Skins's island:
dsc (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-14-09 11:40 AM
Response to Reply #5
10. My grandfather would have been tough too
Very religious old school Italian. He had to leave the Catholic church due to marrying a divorce but he still read the Book of Saints daily. I really think he would have had huge problems with it. I still remember our last summer together (before my senior year of high school) he was so proud of me being his first grand child to go to college. He died before I finally came to terms with being gay so I never did tell him. Part of me knows his pride in me would have greatly diminished if not disappeared once I did tell him.
The held-down primitive, who is a donor to Skins's island:
donheld (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-14-09 12:38 AM
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6. No. It's too late for that for me.
The atheist bicycling primitive, who is NOT a donor to Skins's island:
GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-14-09 02:16 PM
Response to Reply #6
12. Me, too. I don't have the strength to keep that a secret anymore.
The FreeperState primitive, who is NOT a donor to Skins's island:
FreeState (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-14-09 12:46 AM
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7. Nope - I'm 100% out
The tyro primitive, who is NOT a donor to Skins's island:
Tyo (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-14-09 10:38 AM
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8. Not coming out was never really an option for me
I tipped my hand early by just being myself before I really understoond what gay was or what the the consqences of being gay might be.
The
maharani primitive, who is NOT a donor to Skins's island:
La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-14-09 11:12 AM
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9. there were plenty of relatives in india, i had not told but there was a recent Times of India article in which i featured. now everyone knows thankfully
The dark primitive, who is NOT a donor to Skins's island:
Dark (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-14-09 02:52 PM
Response to Reply #9
15. Ouch. Hope it went over as well as possible.
La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-14-09 03:03 PM
Response to Reply #15
16. i hadnt told out of laziness really...
Just as I thought. Remember, the
maharani primitive doesn't even bother mopping her kitchen floor unless company is coming, meaning her poor cat gets all sorts of germs and diseases from the dirt, the sticky stuff, the dust, on the floor as it makes its way to the litter-box.
The crossbow primitive, who is NOT a donor to Skins's island:
WillBowden (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-14-09 12:05 PM
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11. No.
Anyone who cannot take me for who I am does not need to be in my life. It would hurt to shut them out, but it would hurt much more to have them in it.
The Beatlemaniac primitive, who is NOT a donor to Skins's island:
beaglelover (80 posts) Fri Aug-14-09 02:22 PM
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13. no
Dark (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-14-09 02:50 PM
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14. Since my grandma passed away, no.
I think it's just better for everyone involved if I don't mention it to my fundamentalist relatives.
Now remember, to the primitives, someone who says grace over the Thanksgiving turkey and goes to church on Christmas and Easter, is a "fundamentalist."
The bayou primitive, who is NOT a donor to Skins's island:
beyurslf (1000+ posts) Sat Aug-15-09 01:35 AM
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17. Nope. Everyone knows. My grandma even kept a picture of me and an ex up long after we broke up because "he was such a nice boy." I am not sure she ever totally knew what being gay was. She still talked about us getting married (to women) someday.
The one-of-a-kind primitive, who is a donor to Skins's island:
sui generis (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-18-09 09:49 AM
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18. d'oh.
if anyone knows you're not the "marryin' kind" it would be your gran. After a certain age I think they've figured out life is a lot less about what you do with your pink parts and a lot more about companionship and being happy.
I wonder if your gran ever watched Will and Grace? Is she a devout crazy babtist? then who cares, tell her you think that's as crazy as she thinks your life is and it never meant you loved her any less. You'd no sooner be crazy snake healin' babtist than she'd be gay, so what does it matter?
Don't worry about what other people will think of you. They should worry about what you will think of them.
You know, it looks to me as if my fellow alum Skins isn't getting much, if anything, from the gay primitives. One wonders what's up with that.
