The most difficult situation a gay person would ever have to face is to come out to his or her parents. Well, not with me. I have my brother to thank for. Well, he didn’t actually did the outing for me. But he did not cover my ass!
I then realized that when you’re going to come out, better make sure you come out clean. It is a well known fact that parents are usually horrified by the news. I should know. I came from a conservative and Catholic family. Hmmm… hang on a sec… conservative? Nah! Maybe, just a little bit.
My mother and I aren’t exactly the best of friends. We have our moments though. One thing I know about her is that she’s a bit nosy. When I left home, my bedroom was left vulnerable to her snoopy side. So, I asked my youngest sister and my brother to clean the place up for me. When I say “clean the place up”, I meant really search for anything that would reveal my secrets. They did. But knowing my mother, she’s something else.
Long story short, she found a letter that revealed everything. She called my brother and showed him the letter and asked what it was all about. She was crying by that time. My brother’s words were, “Just be happy for him.”.
Thanks a lot!
My brother then called me and told me the entire story. It was unsettling. The next few days, I didn’t know what to do or what to think. I took all my guts and called my mother to talk to her about the revelation.
On the phone, she started crying and said “Why? What happened? What have I done wrong?”
At that time, I had some sort of an epiphany. And I said, “Remember when you used to bring me shopping for your clothes and asked my opinion about them? Or when you shopped for make up? Oh, and do you remember introducing me to Oil of Olay? Remember how you’ve always told me to take care of my skin? All those beauty secrets you’ve told me and those beauty products that you had me try on… ”
I was on a roll and my mother wept even harder. And I started laughing. In a few moments, my mother was laughing too! Then I said, “Look mom, it’s not like I’m dead. So don’t cry for me. Not just yet.”
So yeah, I believe I came out clean on that one!