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How supportive is your family?
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I have no idea what my father's beliefs are or who he even really is but he doesn't strike me as right wing. My mother is someone who would be accepting of other people but I'm not convinced that this acceptance would extent to me. My two older sisters who practically raised me would probably be accepting but still I'm scared of rejection in that regard.
Over all, if I had to break the news that I'm non-binary, first of all I'd probably have a bit of explaining to do of what non-binary even is in the first place. And I think they'd be accepting to my face but there would lots of phone calls and gossiping behind my back.
Yep, and that's difficult. Once you tell them you lose control of the information
Honestly that is an amazing way of putting it. And I think that pretty accurately describes how I feel about the big 'coming out' event. I would like people to know for the sake of my own freedom but also, I kinda like having my own secret world where I don't have to explain or justify anything to anyone.
It's also why whenever this question has come up in the past, I'll usually say that I want to move somewhere new first before making it any more obvious that I'm not just a non-conformist. So that anyone who knows the truth has only ever known the real me without the mask, and I don't have to explain myself to family or people I've barely spoken to in a decade.
That's so true, the more they know the more you need to explain yourself. It's exhausting