Well after my life has taken a decided turn for the unexpected, I am back again to where i was last, still at BYU, still working. but its getting better for the most part life isnt so bad. Lonely it may be but im learning to cope with that fairly well. I had decided to take a break from dating because trying to date and be a BYU student to put it briefly is quite frankly exhausting. I dont have the time or inclination to deal with work, school, and the constant drama it takes to date someone, as for my life as a gay byu student(clever usage of title of blog :)) a few things of note have started to happen, the first and most important is probably that I have told my mother about my religious feelings, she knows I dont belive in the church anymore and what a conflict it has become in my life; I almost came out to here on the same night but she was emotionally distraught (to put it mildly) so I decided one bombshell at a time, but I asked her not to tell my father due to the fact he is not going to respond nearly so well,
the next thing of note is that I have begun to tell people at my work im gay, and everyone I have told is amazingly receptive and supportive even the LDS ones, I may not like where I work or what I have to do for work. But the people I work with are amazing, and they make it all worth it :)
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Good luck. For me, telling my LDS friends that I no longer believed in the church, or god for that matter, was much harder on them than telling them I'm gay. And much harder for then to accept than some if the dreadful things I've done. I think hearing someone else's doubt represents calls in into question the very foundation upon which they have built there lives, whereas my being gay doesn't represent a threat because they are supremely confident that they aren't. All I can say is be patient. Separation from the church is a bitter pill for your lds loved ones to swallow.
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