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[–]PasLagardere 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Belgium.

I'm 24.

I came out a few times to my mother. At 16, 18 and 19. My mother's reaction was always, 'You aren't a lesbian , you have long hair', it didn't help that in my teens I went from complete tomboy with short hair to femme with long hair and make-up. When I got my first GF at 19 she understood.

However I do have an anecdote of me being 6 year's old and wanting to join a soccer team, and my mom didn't allow me because family member's had told her 'Watch out, she might become a lesbian if she joins'. This was in 2002.

My dad's family was okay with it, told them at 18. My sister and brother kind of always knew.

At first it was a bit akward, in every case, because even if they kind off 'saw it coming' or didn't mind, it was still a thing that you don't imagine in someone's future.