National Coming Out Day

[geekchick]

I don't think it'll be a surprise to anyone who's been reading here at LJ for a while that I am a bisexual, kinky, polyamorous woman. I'm trying to decide if I'm ready to make that announcement on Facebook, where I have some very conservative family members and friends. I'm leaning towards maybe yes.

Comments

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I wish you the very best of luck :)

[vizsludraugas.livejournal.com]

I hope that goes well.

[forioscribe.livejournal.com]

I'd give it a couple of days. Then do whatever your gut tells you. The gut, after all, is the ancient part of ourselves that hasn't yet learned to doubt itself.

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

I wish you very good luck. It's not an easy decision to make when you face diminution in your family. Whatever choice you make, I'm in your corner.

[magn0lia.livejournal.com]

What did you decide? I posted to fb but to a restricted list. So any non-related people I had on the list have seen it but I didn't confront my family about it yet.

[plaidsheep.livejournal.com]

...and we love you for it :)

I remember having a conversation with my dad more than a decade ago about being poly. It was incredibly scary for me at the time but in retrospect I was glad I did it because at that time in my life it was a really important facet of my life.

I'm not sure if faceypage is the way to do it, but half the time people miss the crap I post to FB so you've got a 50/50 shot that someone on that list of conservative relatives might miss.

I do think that coming out is a good thing in general, it's just the "how" to do it is the eternal question...

[fayroberts.livejournal.com]

If anyone searches my "timeline" on FB, they'll find that I started a relationship with my lovers at the same time. FB lets you do that now, though it doesn't let you put that as your status. It's a pretty cool start, anyway...

So, what did you decide? And - if you did do it - what was the response?