I'm a lesbian and I've been dating my girlfriend a long time and I love her very much. Our relationship is pretty great (except that she's away in the army right now). The only problem is, her WHOLE family (parents, siblings, aunts, uncles... etc.) is really religious. Her parents found out about one of her and her exes once, and they punished her and sent her to therapy and all kinds of nasty stuff until she said she was "cured". Neither of our families know about our relationship (with the exception of my little, very accepting sister), but I feel I'm ready to come out to my family. My girlfriend tries to tell me not to for fear of my parents telling her parents and being disowned. I asked her once how she'd rather come out: them finding out, or her telling them, and she said neither. I don't want to force her to come out, but I'm afraid we'll never get to live the life we both want if she doesn't tell them. And soon. What should I do, if anything?
2006-10-17
16:07:46
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