This is how I really reacted when my son told me he was gay – SheKnows

Contents:

• MY SON MIGHT BE GAY. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO HIM?
• HOW TO TELL IF YOUR SON IS GAY
• THIS IS HOW I FELT WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY
• THIS IS HOW I REALLY REACTED WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY
• WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
• MY SON THKS HE’S GAY
• EARLY SIGNS TO TELL YOUR CHILD IS GAY
• MANY PARENTS STGGLE TO ADJT AFTER LEARNG CHILD IS GAY, STUDY FDS
• IS MY SON GAY OR IS A PHASE?
• IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
• MY TEEN SON SAYS HE'S GAY

MY SON MIGHT BE GAY. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO HIM?

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HOW TO TELL IF YOUR SON IS GAY

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THIS IS HOW I FELT WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY

Had I asked him if he were gay when he was 13, he probably would have fensively said "No!

THIS IS HOW I REALLY REACTED WHEN MY SON TOLD ME HE WAS GAY

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WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"

Watch gay-themed shows together such as "The Fosters" and "Will and Grace.

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MY SON THKS HE’S GAY

In a way, you have an advantage by not knowg; giv you more time to prepare for the day (if ever) when he do reveal he's gay. I don’t want to go to a lot of tail, but I have a spicn my son (13) is gay. Dave, I have a 17-year-old son, and I am fairly sure he is gay.

I psed on our lol PBS affiliate, where a huge choir was sgg, and after a few sends I realized was the Gay Men's Chos of some cy or another dog a fundraisg ncert. At this time my life, I was 99 percent certa I was gay, though nowhere near ready to sprg on my parents. We had no gay people our liv back then, no way to gge my fay's level of tolerance.

We had no gay people our liv back then, no way to gge my fay's level of watched as they livered a rendn of what I remember as "Somewhere Over the Rabow, " bee eher they or my memory are unfivably basic. Stirrg and brave and subversive, g as did a time before marriage equaly was on the map, a time when you only saw gay people on the news. Good on you for not pot-blank askg your son whether he's gay.

EARLY SIGNS TO TELL YOUR CHILD IS GAY

It means one simple, pable thg: Once you have told your dad you're gay, there is no gog back. Right now, he has to be secretive, not bee he's gay, but bee he's 17.

I'd love to say that you should do a big, showy "Hey, I sure do like those gay people" at the dner table. I wish were as simple and CBS-smy as ve the gay guy om work to fay bowlg night.

There's a new Android app out (here's the English versn) lled "Is My Son Gay? ") that will tell you if, fact, your son is a gay person.

MANY PARENTS STGGLE TO ADJT AFTER LEARNG CHILD IS GAY, STUDY FDS

So below I've provid a better list of ways to tell if your son is a gay person who is you e home om work and you hear nois upstairs and you go up to vtigate and your son's door is open and you tch him "hookg up" (as kids ll today) wh his iend Michael, and you quickly turn around and walk back downstairs and later that night over dner you say "You know, honey, if there's ever anythg you need to tell me... " and he says "Mom, I'm gay, " then your son is your son has recently gone to llege and hasn't been touch much and you figure hey he's new to llege, he's by makg iends and whatnot, and then late one night he lls you on the phone soundg upset about somethg and you ask him what's wrong and he's quiet for a while and then says "Nothg's wrong, really, I'm jt... Dad, I'm gay, " then your son is your son ever been on a long drive to one of your dghter's swim meets wh you and when stopped at a red light he's turned to you and said "Mom, I feel like I owe to you and dad to tell you that, well, Donald is my boyiend.

IS MY SON GAY OR IS A PHASE?

I'm gay"? Then your son is probably gay.

Chanc are that if you are on your athbed and your tranged son to vis you the middle of a ray night and he ss by your bed quietly until he begs to cry and clutch your hand and says "I wish I'd told you sooner that I'm gay" and then you both stay there silence, you pretendg to be asleep, the only noise the beepg of the mach that will only keep you alive for a ltle while longer, your son is you and your spoe are ever visg your son the big cy he now liv wh all his fancy iends and fancy rtrants and you're out to an awkward lunch before your tra home and you three get to another potls fight about years-old stuff and 's really unfortable and fally you or your spoe says "Well, if you'd jt settle down wh the right girl, I thk-" and then your son terpts you by yellg "Guys, I'm GAY. Gay gay gay, gay as gay gets. I'm gay.

I'm not gay, but my boyiend is! " and then you lgh and ms his hair and the livg room your hband shows your son's boyiend his mol ships, then your son is probably gay, though he might be bisexual, so be reful about your son ever says "Oh my goodns, " when surprised or when openg a gift, well then yeah, he probably gay. If you’d like to jo the Fom, drop a le at do feel like to fd out that your son is gay?

IS YOUR CHILD GAY?

So my 19-year-old son told me he is gay last night.

He don’t “act gay, ” but ’s not a huge leap to image him beg still put me to shock. ”“Don’t get stuck on thkg about the mechanics of gay sex. Bee I’m obvly the person who is gog to have trouble unrstandg that he’s gay.

MY TEEN SON SAYS HE'S GAY

Alternative TlSynonyms: My Son Is Probably GayJapane: うちの息子はたぶんゲイEnglish: I Thk Our Son Is GayMore tlInformatn.

SynopsisA dotg mother and her two beloved sons, one of whom she thks is probably gay, go about their daily liv this hilar and heartwarmg LGBTQIA+-iendly fay edy! Supportive Tomoko has an klg Hiroki might be gay, but she's gog to let him figure out for himself.

(Source: Square Enix Manga)BackgroundUchi no Mo wa Tabun Gay is a web ic posted on the thor's Twter acunt sce November 2, 2018. The seri has been published English as I Thk Our Son Is Gay by Square Enix sce May 11, 2021.