I did it!

I bleed audio's picture

Well I finally did it, I finally came out to Josh. After all the attempts to talk to him alone I finally got my chance yesterday. Out of the three people I've told, he was by far the most understanding and accepting. After I told him he basically turned to me and said "You know this changes everything", Sweat started on my brow and my stomach turned, "Yeah I know...I understand if you feel ackward or.." he cut me off. "No I mean I'm surprised that you had the guts to just come out and tell me. It really says alot about our friendship that you trusted me enough to tell me.". He went on to tell me that he was going to be there for me if I ever needed him. It ended with him shaking my hand, which was a little ackward for me but with the bombshell I just dropped on him I was more than ok with it. But Josh is a man true to his word, things were still cool between us and later we went to hang out with his room mate Johnny. We went to see that new movie Beowolf as a group and it was pretty decent. It was as if nothing had changed between us (negatively). You would think he might feel weird now and make it so johnny sat between us in the theatre but he didn't, he just sat right next to me like normal.

I don't think it could have possibly gone better.

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jeff's picture

Congrats...

Not sure why you expect the worst and are surprised at every turn when it isn't occurring. You'll need to drop that at some point. :-)

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I bleed audio's picture

Well...

I'm basing this off of my first attempt coming out to a friend...I've tried talking to Lindsey but she has pulled away (not wanting to make eye contact with me) and hasn't returned my calls. I was afraid Josh might do the same and I might lose another friend.

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jeff's picture

Well...

It's harsh as it while it is happening, you never risk losing your friends. Only finding out which people in your life truly are. Give people a grace period, as you never know the backstories. She might have been romantically interested and building up the nerve to ask you, etc., lots of options.

But, really, the sooner you weed out the people who aren't 100 percent there for you, the better.

Interesting the girl freaked and the guy is fine, though.

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"Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there." -- Josh Billings.

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TheInsideLlama's picture

Hooray for coming out! I

Hooray for coming out! I actually know someone older then me who looks up to me and another friend of his for coming out. My leadership skills have come out more since I have been more open about my self, which allows me to be a stronger person.

5thstory's picture

Superb, bravo! " . . . The

Superb, bravo!

" . . . The sun does not shine upon this fair earth to meet frowning eyes, depend upon it." Charles Dickens

Disney's picture

Way to go!!!!

So proud of you, and Josh sounds great! The handshake is a bit l-a-m-e (dashes are too in this context :) ) but that's awesome that he was accepting and still hung out with you! You should've turned the hug into a manhug though. And manhug sounds like such a tacky word, but you know what I mean!

Way to go!!!!

You're Amazing.

msquared's picture

Always feels great...

...to kick the closet in its splintery wooden ass. Excellent work, fellow!

“Never forget! The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”
-Friedrich Nietzsche