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Family Confusion

  • 20-07-2016 3:10pm
    #1
    serendipity i am
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 ✭


    I'm a 21 yr old female and when I was 18 and in a relationship with a girl I decided to tell my parents. It backfired and resulted in my father throwing me out and I've had no support since. That relationship ended after 2 years and now I'm seeing another girl. I want to tell my parents about the relationship but I don't know how they're going to react. I'm also going to visit my girlfriend in America, her home town to meet her family and friends. I want to tell them about the above to make life a little easier, but I'm unsure how it will go.
    Any advice is of course welcome


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  • #2
    baby and crumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    serendipity i am wrote: »
    I'm a 21 yr old female and when I was 18 and in a relationship with a girl I decided to tell my parents. It backfired and resulted in my father throwing me out and I've had no support since. That relationship ended after 2 years and now I'm seeing another girl. I want to tell my parents about the relationship but I don't know how they're going to react. I'm also going to visit my girlfriend in America, her home town to meet her family and friends. I want to tell them about the above to make life a little easier, but I'm unsure how it will go.
    Any advice is of course welcome

    Do you have any contact with your family since coming out? I know you say no support. I suppose i'd ask what you think you'll gain from getting in touch just to tell them you're in a different relationship. I have a feeling it might just end in more heartbreak.

    I also don't know what you think telling your gf's family about all this will achieve? It seems quite full on to me to tell quite personal details like this, unless it comes up in discussion. If you really think they need to know I'd ask your GF to flag it with them, just to make life less awkward.


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