Or if he does, the taciturn fellow doesn't exactly tell me.
In fact it was only through an entirely roundabout way ( i.e. my sister-in-law ) that I actually found out he knows that I'm a card-carrying homosexual. Not that I've kept my flaming fabulousity a state secret but I've always figured that my apparently obtuse brother didn't have an inkling about my affairs. Or didn't give a tinker's damn.
Turns out he's known for quite a while.
Brother : Of course you're gay. I'm not blind.
Paul : Well you could have told me earlier.
Brother : What? You needed a banner? So when are you gonna tell the parents?
Paul : You think I should?
Brother : Well why not?
Paul : Homophobia? Discrimination? Alienation?
Brother : Rubbish!
Paul : Easy to say when you're not the one coming out. How about you drop some hints to them?
Brother : You've dropped plenty! I'm sure mom already knows. If she doesn't, she must be in deep denial.
Then came this entire soapbox diatribe about gay rights and coming out.
Paul : You want me to come out during dinner?
Brother : Preferably during a lull in the conversation.
Seriously. When I wasn't looking, my sober brother had transformed into a heterosexual Harvey Milk activist championing gay equality. Wouldn't surprise me to know he's been going around distributing PFLAG buttons to his colleagues.
Probably egged on by my shockingly supportive sister-in-law.
Now my brother's even asking me how I'm going to explain homosexuality to his kids. That idea hadn't even occurred to me since I always imagined it a vague issue only to be brought up when they're way past the age of consent. Certainly not as drooling toddlers!
Hmm. Maybe use pictures and puppets?
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I am waiting for an invitation to your Coming Out Luncheon.
Err... need to tell the kids?!
lucky u to have such a lovely family :)
my bro doesnt give a damn. we never talk but he and my mum know...
[Jino] - A man's not a man unless he knows how to shoot
We thought we heard ourself mentioned pulak.
And one day niece and nephew might ask your brother/sis-in-law or you, "Why does Uncle Paul stay together with Uncle Charming Calvin?"
Yay for the supportive brother and sister-in-law! :D
Good thing u got supportive family members... really good thing.
I vote for puppets. Try SpongeBob Squarepants and Patrick Starfish. They'll make really cute puppets.
Need help? :P
Ooohhhhh, so happy for you!! :D
ahhh...i wasnt ready yet to tell the whole truth...
Let the kiddies watch an extra ghey edition of Barney the dinosaur, or any sitcom with fabulous homosexual homosapiens..that ought to be helpful and save on the speeches.good that your brother and sis-in-law is supportive of you..
Hmmm..And i wonder whether my bro knows it too...Coming out of the closet seem to be the hardest thing to do eh. =(
its nice to have such a supportive brother :)
actually, i'm really interested in the kind of conversations that you have with your sister-in-law.
she must be a hoot ^_^
and i'm not surprised that your brother knew. when i came out to my sis, she said she'd known from when i was 15. she even remembered the name of my first crush. lol..
p/s: is your brother the kind of parents that sit their children down and discuss things like sex openly like that? coz wow, major props to him xD
p/p/s: @mikey how much more gay can Barney be? :O
the last time me and my sis talked about homosexuality in bed..she was telling how 'geli' and 'wrong' two men kising each other. sigh. 11 year olds ... will wait for a few more years to come out to her =_=
there's this email which explained it this way:
a red pen + a blue pen = straight
a blue pen + a blue pen = gay
(and a lot more examples where that came from...like a marker + a red/blue pen = well endowed)
:P
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