Story #639

When I came out as bi to my mom about 4 months ago I was extremely nervous. When I started out as a freshman in college (senior now) and like many people that age started drinking and partying pretty heavily, I had a string of one-night stands with both men and women for which I am totally ashamed because it was not behavior I was raised to view as acceptable. I thought she would love me less and be disgusted by what I had done and see me as some kind of deviant. I found the opposite to be true; she loved me more and she loved that I was willing to share this with her. So many parents know that their kids are keeping things from them and it makes them sad to know their kids don’t feel like they can trust them.