i'm coming OUT ... again!?!
this month is national coming out month or something. i guess i'm *out* per se. i know that i don't go out of my way to show people that i'm not! the real story, though, is how important is it to actually be *out* to your parents? i officially came out being gay to my mom in an email a couple of years ago. to tell you the truth, i have no idea how that has come across to them or to the rest of my family for that matter as it was never verbally discussed after the fact. let's just say that it was more or less *accepted* but not necessarily *approved*. we still don't talk about it. i'm cool with that for now - it's just a matter of time before anyone of us is ready to confront the issue head on. the reason i bring up this topic now is i find it funny how i normally see coming out as sort of another adolescense. with my transition back into the DC mix of things on a permanent basis in the past six months, i've documented many things about my life that have changed. with the current range of people i interract with these days it's interesting to note that my acquaintance level has increased almost 3-fold. it may seem kinda dumb, but i find great amusement in the fact that when i go out and about here in town, i actually *know* a lot of people -- like all the time. it's kinda scary -- a friend of mine, jay from new york, who visited me a few weeks ago stared in amazement how many people just walked up out of their way just to say, "Hello!". i think in that one club setting that night, i actually knew over 20-30 people. to him, i must've been acting like some kind of sketchy gay socialite or something! LOL. anyway -- the moral of this story is there is no moral! i was very much the introverted type who would never be caught in a public setting such as a bar or club by myself in the past. these days ... watch out! i'm just a little ol' chatty cathy fluttering about! another friend, keith, says i'm finally coming into my *own* here. whatever that means. maybe this is my 3rd adolescance. maybe i really need to embrace my coming *coming out* into dc social scene with full force. we'll see.
this month is national coming out month or something. i guess i'm *out* per se. i know that i don't go out of my way to show people that i'm not! the real story, though, is how important is it to actually be *out* to your parents? i officially came out being gay to my mom in an email a couple of years ago. to tell you the truth, i have no idea how that has come across to them or to the rest of my family for that matter as it was never verbally discussed after the fact. let's just say that it was more or less *accepted* but not necessarily *approved*. we still don't talk about it. i'm cool with that for now - it's just a matter of time before anyone of us is ready to confront the issue head on. the reason i bring up this topic now is i find it funny how i normally see coming out as sort of another adolescense. with my transition back into the DC mix of things on a permanent basis in the past six months, i've documented many things about my life that have changed. with the current range of people i interract with these days it's interesting to note that my acquaintance level has increased almost 3-fold. it may seem kinda dumb, but i find great amusement in the fact that when i go out and about here in town, i actually *know* a lot of people -- like all the time. it's kinda scary -- a friend of mine, jay from new york, who visited me a few weeks ago stared in amazement how many people just walked up out of their way just to say, "Hello!". i think in that one club setting that night, i actually knew over 20-30 people. to him, i must've been acting like some kind of sketchy gay socialite or something! LOL. anyway -- the moral of this story is there is no moral! i was very much the introverted type who would never be caught in a public setting such as a bar or club by myself in the past. these days ... watch out! i'm just a little ol' chatty cathy fluttering about! another friend, keith, says i'm finally coming into my *own* here. whatever that means. maybe this is my 3rd adolescance. maybe i really need to embrace my coming *coming out* into dc social scene with full force. we'll see.
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