Tuesday, 18 September 2018

I think my 14 year old daughter came out to me (dad) this morning... how’d I do? What do I do now?


So, something unique happened this morning.This story begins yesterday morning when my 14 year old daughter was telling me that she was going to go to the homecoming dance with a female friend of hers. She made a big point of telling me that she was just going as friends. A really big point.After dropping her off at school, on the way to work yesterday I remember thinking that if I were a young teen I’d make a big point of something like that just because I would be afraid of judgment from my parents. But my brother is as gay as the Village People, so what do I care?I decided I should say something to that effect just in case. If I am wrong, and she is just going as friends, then at least she knows I am supportive in whatever case or it can become a family joke. If I am right, then I make things much more comfortable and easy for her.This morning I mentioned it and the first thing she said in response was “Good, because that’s what this is. We hug each other all the time and people have been asking if we are together and I keep saying I dunno, I guess.”I think my daughter came out to me this morning. I’m considering encouraging her to try both sexes before making a decision though, because she is 14... she is too young to commit to clam or beef stick already.I dunno. How’d I do? Should I encourage trying both? I am still very much in shock (although I really didn’t show it) and don’t know how to continue.As an aside, while typing this I just learned that judgment is spelled without an ‘e’ between the g and m. shrug I wonder how many times I’ve misspelled that. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2xxdcDw

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