{"id":19973,"date":"2016-01-06T14:15:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T19:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basicallybeyondbasic.com\/?p=19951"},"modified":"2021-05-29T17:09:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T21:09:51","slug":"coming-out-to-extended-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/2016\/01\/06\/coming-out-to-extended-family\/","title":{"rendered":"I Spent New Years Day Coming Out to Extended Family"},"content":{"rendered":"
Happy New Year! On January 1st, I drove to the\u00a0mall with my mom, grandma, and aunt. The four of us spent the whole day shopping the after-holiday sales. For my grandma and aunt, it was supposed to be a fun\u00a0way to spend the\u00a0first day of the new year together. For me and my mom, well, we had a different agenda.\u00a0Between Christmas and New Years, my parents and I sat down and decided it was time to begin the process of coming out to the rest of my family. Between all of the things I post on social media and the seriousness of my current relationship, I feel out of respect for my family, it is time to come out to everyone. I want them to hear it first from me even though that is becoming more and more challenging as I’ve told more people over the years.<\/p>\n
The plan was to tell my grandma and aunt over lunch. The four of us\u00a0ended up eating at a burger place called ShakeShack. I found the\u00a0environment too open and loud to have such a “serious” conversation. I got anxious and it didn’t happen. I was so mad at myself.<\/p>\n