Story #2304

When I came out to my mum it was kind of an accident. Earlier that day I was walking with my friend at the park when we saw someone (let’s call him S). S is very homophobic and we don’t really like him. We saw a few other people who we knew with S, and one of them shouted to us, “S likes you, by the way!” We weren’t sure if she was talking about me or my friend. So I tell the story to my mum, and she laughs and says, “Well, if she was talking about you, I don’t think the relationship would work out since he’s homophobic and you’re—” She paused. I don’t know why but I blurted out “omnisexual.” I panicked since I had just outed myself to my own mother, and she said, “Is that a new sexuality?” I responded, “Yes, it’s when you like all genders.” “Oh, okay!” she says. Then we laughed about how awkward the relationship between me & S would be.