Anyone else find it difficult to be friends with cishet people?

I've been out for (maybe) 16 months. The family/ friends to whom I outted myself were super supportive but also kinda stunned for precisely the way you described. I'm a queer guy but lack affectations that many straight folks have come to expect.

Don't get me wrong-- I love them to pieces but I feel, I'm not sure how to describe it, estranged? Also, I definitely do not want my straight friends to think I'm hitting on them and I tend to pay far more attention to my syntax. I'm not as spontaneous in conversations as I used to be.

I feel exhausted by these issues sometimes but I am also aware of my privilege.

I'm an emotional wreck today, I hope this made some kind of sense. Happy holidays and all.

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