Just popping by to say hi!

reid_man

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Wow, I have not been on DISboards in a year or so! But just yesterday, all you fine folks on the gay and lesbian forum came into my mind, and I just wanted to say hi to everyone. If you remember me, I came here in 2007 as a 12 year old boy who had just found out he was gay. I posted a thread and everyone on here was just so supportive and brought me through that tough time.

For an update, my parents just kind of "forgot" about it. If they ever talk about my future they say "whatevers" instead of saying boys. (Or girls for that matter) On Christmas my dad's drunk friend came out on the deck with me and asked me "Who are ya into these days, the boys or the girls" and I just came out to her. She said she had known since she met me back when i was 10, and that my dad had talked to her about it a couple times, and that he was confused and didn't know what I was. I was honestly scared she would make a scene in front of our other party guests (only everyone in my family, and all my family's friends haha) because she was under the influence, but no. She said that it was terrible what the christian groups do, how you can't just single out one "sin" (I personally don't think it is, i've researched) and say those people are going to hell, when many get drunk, but they aren't tormented and called out as hell-bound. She said she will always be there for me. That was nice.

My dad and I have come a lot closer, we went to Bonnaroo together, and have been doing more things together. Maybe he just had a revelation that his son was gay and thats okay. Idk, but I like whatever happened!

I'm 15 now, and better than ever! I owe a lot of it to the guys and gals of this board. A few i can pull out of my mind are

Tuckandstuiesmom
Conckahuna
Rosiep
and OrlandoMike, if any of you are still here after all the years.

Others who helped me, thank you from the bottom of my heart also.

I won't be on here all the time, but I will check in to make sure you all are behaving :-)

Love,
Reid. The child of this board ;)

Thanks again everyone, i could never pay you back for what you did for me <3
 
Great to hear from you Reid, and I'm glad things are going so well! Coming out can be tough, especially when you're young and aren't self-sufficient in case things don't work out.

Sounds like you've got some great parents who are trying their best to come to terms with your sexual identity and accept it. I think it's very cool that your parents are comfortable enough about it to discuss it with their friends instead of trying to hide it :)
 
I do feel lucky! Also lucky to have found such a great place of support like right here :grouphug:
 
Hi Reid, I wasn't on here in 2007 when you went through what you did but I'm glad things are going well!
 

Reid!!!! It is SO good to hear from you. :hug: Great news that your Dad is coming around.

Looking forward to hearing more from you and knowing how things are going for you.

Yes, you are the child of this board, but you are maturing faster than the speed of light.

Stay safe, Reid and take care. :hug:
 
DVC! I remember you too! Thanks to you for helping me also =]
I can't explain how much you all helped me :)

I believe my dad and I just have an unspoken "truce" We just don't bring up the gay thing. Haha it works for me, i guess :)

And thank you Sphyrna
 
Hey buddy! :wave2:

So glad to hear from you again! Glad to hear things are well with you! Dang.... ya need to hang with us some more!

So what ya doing exciting this summer?
 
Hey! Hi there!
I remember you dude.
Long time no post.
Welcome back.
 
Reid!!! You've been gone too long! I'm glad to hear that things are good for you ... your Dad sounds like he's on a long path, he'll get there eventually. Wow, was it really 2007? Time really flies. Don't avoid us again - we like to hear how everyone is!

Hijack: Has anyone heard from Tuckandstuiesmom? She hasn't posted in quite a while.

Ok, now to our regularly scheduled Welcome Back Reid posts!
 
Reid :hug:

It's so good to hear from you!! I'm so very happy to know that you are well and that things have settled down a bit in your life. I'm really glad your Dad has started to come around.

Like DVC~OKW~96 has said, you show great maturity first in asking for help and then for returning to update us.

Now please continue to come back and fill us in on the everyday...how was school this year? What's interesting you these days? And .... seeing anyone special????;)

Truly grateful to know that you are well and that in some small way we helped....that's what we're here for. (aside from picking on Wally)

love and Mama hugs-
Rosie
 
Oh geez, you are all a hoot. Especially you Wally.
I plan on sticking around for a while, even if it's just lurking :thumbsup2

Rosie:
School was great, freshman year :scared1:
I really like the theatre department at my school, and that's the road I plan to take in college and after that!
Nobody special... yet :upsidedow

Great to be back!:hug:
 
Welcome back..try not to be a stranger!!!!!


Wally and Rosie...I see another cohort trip in the works...people are gonig to start to wonder about you (well I already wonder, but not baout you 2 together!!! LOL)
 
Oh geez, you are all a hoot. Especially you Wally.
I plan on sticking around for a while, even if it's just lurking :thumbsup2

Rosie:
School was great, freshman year :scared1:
I really like the theatre department at my school, and that's the road I plan to take in college and after that!
Nobody special... yet :upsidedow

Great to be back!:hug:

Wonderful! Have you gotten to perform yet? How about your summer? Any plans?

Wally and Rosie...I see another cohort trip in the works...people are gonig to start to wonder about you (well I already wonder, but not baout you 2 together!!! LOL)

Wally secretly loves me.....shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh don't tell!
 
Hey there reid!

I'm glad to hear that things are going well and that you are feeling happier about your relationship with your Dad and everything. The fact that your Dad's friend was drunk while talking to you would have been unnerving to me, but, the fact that your Dad has talked to her and that you felt safe coming out to her is fantastic!

Thanks so much for coming back to update us on things. I've thought of you occasionally and wished you well. As others have said, please feel free to stop in and join the chaos when you have time.

Do you have any special plans for Sophomore year? (I.e. my school runs a bigger theatre presentation some years than others.) Or, the summer?
 
Wonderful! Have you gotten to perform yet?

Yes! I played Lady Gaga. Figures, yes? :rotfl:

As others have said, please feel free to stop in and join the chaos when you have time.

Do you have any special plans for Sophomore year? (I.e. my school runs a bigger theatre presentation some years than others.) Or, the summer?
We went to Bonnaroo (a music festival), and I'm going to Charleston in a week or so!
The musical theatre department is doing hairspray, but sadly I didnt make MT!

I am definitely going to join in often!
 
Hey there Reid!

Glad to see you back on the DIS again!

Also happy to hear that things are going well for you. (and I hope that "going well" means that you stopped cutting yourself, too . . . :rolleyes1)

Welcome back! Don't be a stranger!

Well, at least not any stranger than Wally or Rosie . . . .:laughing:
 












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