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It started last Tuesday so this being Tuesday my week of crazy is over! Of course everything started innocently enough, I was driving my friend to the airport so she could fly to Nigeria to get married when my mom called. My friend picked up and my great aunt had passed away. I quickly arranged to have the day of her funeral, saturday off of work then saw my friend off.
I hadn't intended to 'come out' to my friend before she left, was going to leave that for when she came back. However before we left and I don't even know how it came up she mentioned that she'd been warned against hanging out with me by another co-worker because I was a lesbian. This other co-worker is very religious. She told the co-worker that this didn't matter to her and we've been friends for awhile now.
Then at work on Friday I was taking a break with another co-worker who is new and she said she'd heard I lived with my girlfriend (I don't have a girlfriend!) when I said I lived with my grandma. She said that one of the girls orientating her had pointed out to her which 8 girls on staff were lesbians. She said she'd rolled her eyes at the orientater because she has an aunt and an uncle who are gay and doesn't care.
Oh but it gets better. At my great aunts funeral, in the middle of the reception afterward my Aunt suddenly stopped talking, turned to me and asked, 'Wait, are you gay?' How she finally made this connection when my cousin Elizabeth was talking about one of her friends that is gay and my talking about my best friend is beyond me. I went back to my cell phone quietly and Elizabeth looked stunned. "Is that a yes?" she asked. Her best friend, our adopted 'Uncle' was sitting right there. I told her my mom didn't really want me to tell anyone in the family and tried to explain but the conversation around us was too loud.
I got a call from her yesterday saying Elizabeth had explained everything to her and that she wanted me to know that she loved me no matter what.
Cool right?
Well my parents left me at the reception. They went home without me! Forgot me! My mom feels horrible and I got a ride home from another relative, but still...okay, okay my mom was tired and my dad had had oral surgery on friday and was in pain. They left me!
I'm not even going into Monday or Today. It's over, it's done with.
I hadn't intended to 'come out' to my friend before she left, was going to leave that for when she came back. However before we left and I don't even know how it came up she mentioned that she'd been warned against hanging out with me by another co-worker because I was a lesbian. This other co-worker is very religious. She told the co-worker that this didn't matter to her and we've been friends for awhile now.
Then at work on Friday I was taking a break with another co-worker who is new and she said she'd heard I lived with my girlfriend (I don't have a girlfriend!) when I said I lived with my grandma. She said that one of the girls orientating her had pointed out to her which 8 girls on staff were lesbians. She said she'd rolled her eyes at the orientater because she has an aunt and an uncle who are gay and doesn't care.
Oh but it gets better. At my great aunts funeral, in the middle of the reception afterward my Aunt suddenly stopped talking, turned to me and asked, 'Wait, are you gay?' How she finally made this connection when my cousin Elizabeth was talking about one of her friends that is gay and my talking about my best friend is beyond me. I went back to my cell phone quietly and Elizabeth looked stunned. "Is that a yes?" she asked. Her best friend, our adopted 'Uncle' was sitting right there. I told her my mom didn't really want me to tell anyone in the family and tried to explain but the conversation around us was too loud.
I got a call from her yesterday saying Elizabeth had explained everything to her and that she wanted me to know that she loved me no matter what.
Cool right?
Well my parents left me at the reception. They went home without me! Forgot me! My mom feels horrible and I got a ride home from another relative, but still...okay, okay my mom was tired and my dad had had oral surgery on friday and was in pain. They left me!
I'm not even going into Monday or Today. It's over, it's done with.