I am a man in my early 20’s and I have recently accepted the fact that I am gay. When I was in my teens I thought of myself as bisexual and preferential to women, so I never told my parents. Now I feel like I should tell them, since I will probably start dating another man soon. I feel like my parents are pretty liberal, but I am still kind of worried about telling them. How can I tell them with out making it a big deal?
- Keep Me Anonymous
Well, that is an interesting problem. Your problem is not how to tell them, your problem is thinking you have to. Your sex life isn’t any of their business, but telling them that you are not one of the breeders is better than having them hear from someone else. Especially if you are, say, their only opportunity for grandkids.
So your plan is contingent on how good of a relationship you have with your “pretty liberal” parents. Choose the one that you have the best relationship with and single them out. Ask them what they find attractive in a person, that essentially is your in for the conversation.
Now have dinner and drinks with them, drinks are important, while you are in the middle of the evening get one of them to share an embarrassing story. It is important to get this out of the way while they are comfortable. Now share the things about one of your parents that the other one finds attractive. This should make them both pretty happy and thinking sexy thoughts. Now you strike. Nonchalantly share one of those traits that you really like in a man. There is liable to be some confusion here, especially if you are telling your dad something your mom likes about him, but just be prepared with a joke. Reference the embarrassing story from before and them tell the following joke.
Memorize this joke:
Last week I walked into a bar and ordered 5 shots of tequila, the bartender asked why I was getting so many drinks. So, I tell him that I just had my first blow job (or whatever euphemism is appropriate in your family). He told me that if I finished all five he would pay for a sixth. I told him that if 5 didn’t get the taste out of my mouth 6 won’t either.
By now your parents are probably on the same page as you, and/or incredibly uncomfortable. The next step is to bring the conversation back around to how embarrassing the original story must have been and offer to refresh you parents drinks.
Good Luck!
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