What’s something your parents don’t know about you?

That I'm bisexual (unless they've figured it out themselves), or most likely that I'm not a virgin unless you go by archaic definitions as I've only had experience with other guys...

The daft thing is, they wouldn't mind at all. They're very loving, very open minded quite leftie parents who I'm pretty sure want nothing more than my happiness, and due to some online communities they're in they have their fair share of LGBT friends. It's just that I used to be scared of admitting to it (they even asked when I was like 16 whether I was gay because no history of girlfriends etc, and I lied and said no, this was 20 years ago mind. I've just gone from 'way too shy' to 'too shy and not interested in relationships anyway'). And the longer I left it, the more awkward it was. And now I'm far more scared of hurting their feelings making them think that I thought I couldn't tell them in case they reacted badly, even though that's not why. I know they'd feel bad about it and think they'd somehow let me down. I don't typically keep things from them and it'd come as a heck of a shock.

But also I'm not one of these who sees sexuality as an identity, so am seeing less and less of a reason to anyway. In part I think "if ever I got interested in having a relationship and had reason for them to know, I'd just say I'm going out with a guy like it's the most normal thing ever"... even though I know that'd be more of a shock...

Curveball: We've been moving backwards as a society in the past few years so I'm less comfortable about the idea of being public about it than previously too.

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