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After about two years of agonising over whether and how to tell someone in my family, I finally came out to the eldest of my three youngest sisters yesterday!

I could've started off a bit differently - when I said "I need to tell you something", she actually became very nervous but she thought it was because I'd broken something of hers. However, she took the news exceptionally well when I finally stopped stammering and told her - although it did come as a bit of a shock to her - and we did a lot of . She actually said I should've told her earlier ... hmmm!! But now she's the first person in my family to know I'm gay (and my past experience - such that it is) and she's willing to support me when I finally tell my mum.

Hi. Well, I had my first experience, two years ago, and, told everybbody, mum, dad, other family, friends, straight away. Looking back, maybe I was being cocky, sort of bragging. Wanting to shock? Don't know the exact reasons.
But, nobody was the least bothered that I was gay, kind of stole my thunder a bit.
Maybe, in the back of my teenage rampage mentality, I knew they would be cool about it. I know I was fortunate.
Of course, there where the prats at school, but, I never let them bother me.
So, all has been fine for me. But, I still get confused about the emotional side of it all.
But, it's a challenge.

It must be good to have friends/relitives you can talk to about such things, it is early days for me yet, and though I would like to talk to friends about 'things', I am unable currently to do so. But it is very* early days for me, so I think I will wait and see what I think in the future about telling people, it does not help that I can pretty-much judge the response of the people I know, and it would not be a good response... Oh well... Time will tell...

good on you, wish i had that kind of bravery. Still, im only 4 weeks queer so i can be a chicken to this sort of thing.

There's no need to rush... It took me a while to get around to it, and it didn't come as a surprise to my sister anyway.

Well most all of the people I know now, now know I think as said above to many there wasn't much supprize to it, but all seemed to be pretty cool and relaxed about it...

That's as it should be.