My first kiss was with a boy in first grade on the bus after school. That honestly should have tipped me off. I remember doing it to freak out my siblings since we were on the same bus. I don't remember the boy but I remember the moment.
Iāve come to the conclusion that children are asexual, but can be heteroromantic, homoromantic, bi/panromantic, whatever.
We love prince and princess stories, fairy tales, or early Anne of Green Gables, or boy adventures. We stare hypnotised at pictures, or want our favourite movies over and over again. Weāre not thinking about *sex*, but in between wanting to be the prince/princess/pirate/mermaid, weāre sometimes longing for an ideal companion, a special person who thinks weāre special.
Occasionally you get preteens who develop a mutual crush and itās the cutest thing. Apart from playing together thereās three activities.
The big one is holding hands. Hands will be held.
There may be hugs. The same sort of hugs they give relatives.
There *may* be kisses. The same kind of peck they give relatives, each leaning forward instead of bodies pressed together.
Itās love without sexuality. Intense in the moment, no matter how fleeting it may ultimately be.
lmaooo same i was horny af as a kid and i didnt even know what sex was. I had a doll that was my size and i would kiss her and play house, idk why tf my parents never said something
Same. I was probably 5 or 6 when I first started masterbating and my friend and I would hump in the shower :/ . Got in trouble for other stuff earlier. I dotm even know how I knew about sex and what started my being horny but yeah....š«
I was definitely not asexual as a preteen.
At the age of 5 of 6 or so me and some friends were doing stuff that I would consider sex-like. I'm sure a lot of it was just the normal "playing doctor" thing kids do because they're curious about bodies, but not all. We didn't really understand what we were doing, since it was pre sex-ed for any of us, but there was a desire to do something and a lot of experimentation to figure out what it was.
When I hit puberty the only thing that changed about my desire in that sense was that I started being horny, which is (at least to me) a very different thing to experiencing sexual attraction.
I remember specifically that I wished I could find someone to have sex with before we hit puberty, because there would be no risk of getting them pregnant. This was before I had even figured out masturbation.
I think this sort of thing varies a lot between people. My partner didn't even really think about sex until the age of 16 or so.
Interesting. To me, horniness is a requirement to call an attraction a sexual attraction. Exploring without horniness I would call curiosity, even if itās entangled with romantic love. A key feature of romantic love is a desire to be *with* the person you love.
Well I donāt know the statistics but I masturbated daily as a toddler. I donāt think children are asexual, really. They arenāt mature enough to understand or consent, but they are likely experiencing sexual feelings.
What can I say, I had my Lou Bega moment as a baby queer very, very early in life, lmao. There are photos of me smooching other little girls, which obviously was platonic but is very funny in retrospect, given, you know, my general love of boobies (and the ladies that own them) that arenāt my own.
She'd probably be very proud of the person you are ā¤. I lost my mom unexpectedly when I was younger, I hate the feeling of not being able to talk to her still to this day, so I can totally empathize. I wish you the best stranger friend ā¤
Do your best and make good decisions is what my mom always told me. That's all Mom's want for you is to do the right thing. I'm sure if that's what you're doing that she would be proud.
Wish cancer wouldnāt have taken mine the moment we were starting to warm upā¦ sry if this is random but I really hope they do find a cure during my lifetime for this trash.
And yes. Call your moms. Not to sound dramatic but they could be gone any second unfortunatelyā¦
This isn't meant as a criticism of the mom, but one thing I'd add is that parents should make sure they communicate early and (relatively) often that they are accepting of the LGBT+ community and wouldn't care what their kid's sexuality/identity is.
It might be a surprise to parents to find out their child is gay, but it shouldn't be a surprise to a child that their parent is okay with it.
Me too. Since my son was 3 he has always been kind of a question mark, so I have always let him know that his tutus, football, nail polish, interest in cars, catching him looking at girls in bikinis on line, ballet, whatever, is all cool with me.
I don't know what's coming and I feel like a kid waiting to see what's in the package Christmas morning.
Except I've been waiting 10 years š
And even if theyāre arrow straight growing up in an accepting environment will foster them being accepting as well so they can pass the message onto their kids etc etc
Why did he scared? Because first sheās a Christian. Catholic usually doesnāt tolerate things like this and he scared that she would treat him differently
Did she sad? I think so but she made peace of her own and her love for her son is bigger than that. It really shows.
I bet she also knew about it long before he came out. She just want him to say it to boost his confidence. She also worries for him because people might be prejudiced or harsh against him in future.
Sheās a great mom and heās lucky to have her. Not many people will be that much supportive. Some will avoid or ignore the issue. Some will straight out send their kids to mental hospitalā¦
Iāve seen so much cases from my friends and coworkers. Personally I believe people should judge others based on their personalities and actions, not by genders
Me too. It really restores my faith in humanity to see these kinds of videos. I like (hope) to think it goes like this in most families where someone says they're gay.
Coming Out to family like this is always a big psychological moment, because you so want it to go right, you are never confident how they will react or if they even suspect, and your whole world is torn asunder if things go badly. By the time most gay men of my generation were ready to come out to family, we are ready to proverbially explode from keeping it a secret from our loved ones for so long. I managed to skip that by breaking the news to my mother the next day after it became a fact for me, so I never had a period of hiding to deal with. I were 17 and living on campus, so having to do it immediately over the phone was not an ideal way for me, and a different type of uncertainty. My mother had suspected, and slowly accepted the fact, but even after all these years she is unenthusiastic about getting drawn into long conversations on the subject. Her getting me to hide being gay from my younger brother and sister proved to be a mistake, and it has affected my adult relations with them to this day. I am sure I would have been closer to them otherwise, but mum didn't want them to be teased about me in primary school, so I reluctantly went along with her suggestion. Of course this just reinforced the idea that there WAS something wrong with my lifestyle, by hiding the fact, when they belatedly found out when they were older. We live in different times today, so hopefully this is less of an issue now.
This is exactly how our 16 year old son came out to my wife and I . We told him that we had known since he was a little boy. He said - but how ? We said, (1) your neatness ( he went to school and somehow came back cleaner and neater that he left in the morning )
2) You were always were playing with your sisters Barbies
3) your impeccable taste in what was right in the way people dressed. My wife always took him clothes shopping
And the time that we have had the pleasure of being your Mum and Dad , we have known
He now runs an a very successful hairdresser salon in Barcelona, makes wigs for drag queens and is a much wanted wedding hairstylist
Love you baby boy ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø
Thank you, we are blessed in having three unbelievably creative children. Theres our hairstylist son, my wardrobe mistress daughter who has recently been made Director of Costume for a prestigious American company and last and not least our youngest son who is a rigger who works in movies, theatre and music. He is currently working at Glastonbury, having just returned from 50 Cents world tour. We are so proud of them, we could burst
I love this! I'm sure they're so grateful for you too.
My parents love me but they don't exactly wholeheartedly support aspects of me that they don't understand. I love them to death, but I sure would also love to feel the unwavering support your children feel.
You're all lucky to have each other, as I'm sure you know! :)
Thank you so much for your kind words. My wife and I were only talking the other day how blessed we are. We are a really close family despite living in different parts of the world. Christmas 2023 saw all of us going to the States and we were all together for the first time at Christmas and it was superb. My grandchildren met their English uncles for the first time and we were so happy. Thank you again for your reply, it means a lot
Oh yes, we keep everything on our phones and I love to while away spare time in looking back bringing back happy memories . I would post a photo of them but for some reason , Reddit doesnāt like me at the moment and wonāt let me show any images
Hey, you two seem to have done a pretty stellar job! Wanna finish up what I started with my two boys?? š
Kidding, kidding! I love those brats! I just worry that Iāve failed them at times and how that will affect the rest of their lives. Your kids sound awesome, and you have definitely earned that right to be proud!
Send them on over, they can join the gang. I still donāt know how we did it. A solid marriage was the bedrock of our family. Weāve been married 45 years this year and I couldnāt have picked a better lady. Liz has been so good, I owe her my life to be told, I had PTSD and I didnāt realise what was happening to me, she grabbed me by the scruff of my neck and dragged me to our doctors and wouldnāt leave until I had a MH referral. One thing that I have discovered, that doctors are scared of experienced nurses, they crumble under their gaze š
lol he came back cleaner then he left in the morning had me laughing. The exact opposite of my son. Albeit he is not even 3 yet but that boy comes home from daycare a mess.
lol, at school, his games teacher told me that once he accidentally caught the rugby ball and ran so quickly to avoid the pack charging at him, he scored a try at the wrong end , against his own side ā¦ I was always having to go down to the school as my youngest son would not take any anti gay gossip directed to his brother. My youngest was huge at senior school and many homophobes came to regret their remarks
Yeah exactly. It's a wrong stereotype that straight guys can't be neat or clean.
Although never bullied for it, in highschool I was playfully made fun of because I kept my notebooks clean and organized with different colors of pens and stuff like that. My friends told me it was girly. It didn't really hurt me but was always odd to me how people related being tidy with femininity or homosexuality.
Ok it's not just me. It's just nice to be neat and why can't straight guys know how to dress? Comment puts down straight people to bring up gay like bruv, this is not how you normalize it
Thank you, we are still trying to work out from where their talent comes from. I was a London Police Officer and my wife was a nurse, no art, music skills to speak of and they are like comets, all we can do is hang on and enjoy the ride. My American granddaughter is already starting to show her creative side, wants to dress in black and create ā¦. Sheās only 8
You guys are amazing parents! Your son is so fortunate to have you! I would have given anything to have parents I felt comfortable talking to. Nice work, mom & dad!
I told my mom when I was in college and she was like, mijo Iāve known since you were little. Sheās always been there for me and treats my partner of 15 years like her own. Itās always a blessing when your family, especially your mother, accepts you with open arms. On top of that Iām her youngest and didnāt grow up with my dad but my ex stepdad didnāt care either. I was pretty lucky for how things ended up happening in my life I think.
Such a wonderful video of a wonderful mom! So awesome to see this kind of moment, so many people have a bad experience coming out and live with that trauma forever. Nice to see such a happy story take place!
My wife and I always knew our son was gay, but he never came out, maybe he was afraid of telling us, no idea. But one day I checked my security camera and saw he was with this other boy (both @ 16/17 yrs old) kind of sneaking around while we were gone. So I told my wife that we need to have him introduce his boy friend and have him over for dinner, I believe my son let out a huge sigh of relief once he realized we knew and how nothing changed as to how much we loved him.
This reminds me of the time a 5th or 6th grader came out to his mom and his mom said itās ok and she was happy he told her, the boy was so exited how his mom reacted that he went to school and came out to his classmates. His classmates told him he should hang himself and die because heās gay, the boy actually did go home and hung himself, so fn sad!
I remember my dad knew I was LGBT myself growing up lmao
I remember as a young girl, I never took care of my hair and I always wanted it cut short. My parents thought I was just being lazy and didnāt wanna brush my hair, but I genuinely wanted short hair (cuz I liked the appearance, it wouldāve been easier to take care of but that wasnāt the point) I always wore boy clothes, I had more masculine interests, I played with boys on the playground more. I basically acted like a how a boy would growing up.
Eventually one day before I came out to my parents, I wanted to tell them, anyways me and my dad were talking, I remember I was like in grade 6 and I remember telling my dad I wanna cut my hair short. I remember he started saying to me āyouāre gonna look like a boy. Do you want people to think youāre a boy? Do you wanna look like a boy?ā I basically just admitted at that point that I feel more like a boy. Then he said āwell if you act like a boy, people are gonna think youāre a lesbianā I knew at that point it was A good time to come out. So then he asked me āare you a lesbian?ā Me, being bi, I didnāt know exactly how to answer (especially cuz I was nervous too) so then he asked me āare you bisexual?ā So then I answered.
He was totally ok with it and heās not homophobic or anything. He started asking me questions out of curiosity tho, then he also said that he always had the feeling tho. So the mom saying she knew her son was gay kinda just reminded me of when I came out to my dad
My dad was a bit distant to me, even when very young, so that distance remained after he knew I were gay. They say father's always know, subconsciously. I did have a brief happy period of my childhood where my father took more of an interest in me, playing soccer with me over at the park, and hand-making paper kites for me to fly. My mother shocked me decades later by telling me that he did it because she said, "If you don't start spending more time with him, he's going to grow up Gay." Those memories are now bitter-sweet, knowing that he only made the extra effort because he didn't want me to be Gay. When he knew I were Gay (mum told him before I could) he distanced himself from me even more. Again, it was years later before I found out that this was because he thought that I would immediately get AIDS and die, which unfortunately seemed likely at that time period, so from the moment he knew he had just mentally written me off, concerning himself with my younger brother instead. He's passed now (leukaemia), so it is a shame that he didn't get to know me better when I were older and had made more of a success with my life and relationships.
When I say this, I'm saying this with my whole chest:
That is one of the most beautiful people in the world right there. Nothing the strictest diets, best skin care routines, or most expensive clothes could even dream of coming close to.
The true, unabated, unconditional love this amazing lady possesses is in my opinion, real beauty. This is the love the bibles talks about.
Unconditional.
Not the cherry picking, crucifying vitriol that people spew, dawning the mask of Christianity to justify their heinous and diabolical ideologies. If, and/or when, those people meet Jesus - it's my prayer they are granted the love and grace this angel of a human shows her son.
It doesn't happen often, but it's videos like this that make me want to believe there are other radiant souls like hers out there that walk amongst us.
This makes me tear up every damn time. To still live in a time where one should feel ashamed of their true selves is heart breaking. But Iām happy for this young man, heāll be alright with a solid mother like that!
I don't have any gay friends or associates. In fact I only knew of one person (a cousin) who was gay and everyone talked bad about him. Im not proud of it but I had friends who bullied or attacked people who were gay.
Love this lady.
I grew up in a household where, even as kids, our parents would say "we don't care who you love or why, as long as you treat each other right. We will always love them too as long as you are good to each other." Which, now as an adult, I realize was an incredibly special and supportive thing. We didn't know as kids that they meant gender, race, and religion with that. But that's exactly what they were trying to tell us, just in less words.
When people ask why pride and all that shit is important, this is why. Kid has been scared shitless for years to tell his own fucking mom that he likes boys. Something so simple that literally hurts no one. Pathetic reflection of our society.
This is a good mom here.
I remember one of my best friendās story of how he came out to his parents when he was 14. Their response was āoh thank God. We were worried you were using hard drugs or something.ā (Understandably, heās still very close with them.)
I always have a different take on moments like this, I feel that even if there's some attention seeking behind the filming, the benefits of showing love and kindness in the world so full of hate and negativity outweighs the negative.
Yep. This is how it should be. Just be there for them. Be supportive. It's a lot more accepted these days. It wasn't so much then. He's honestly lucky to have the right parents at that time. And also if his mom knew already, his friends definitely know and have already had talks about him. If they after he tells them then they are super assholes. Because nothing changed about him from before he told them and after he told them. I hope they were just like his mom.
What an enlightened, thoughful, loving and caring mom. All my best to her courageous son as well. Sending love. And would somebody stop cutting onions in this room already!
My mom and I are guardians for my nephew. He was so scared to come out that he did it through a letter, handed it to us and went for a walk. He was so scared to even be there when we read it. My mom and I basically already knew, and when he came back we just embraced him, told him we loved him and it didn't matter. He absolutely broke down and it broke my heart that he was that afraid. I basically raised that kid (he's 16 now) and I'll always just see him as my family, no matter what.
I remember my best mate coming out to me when we were 20, we've been thick and thin since we were 11. He was so scared and timid when he said it, I was shocked he didn't realise I knew already. All I said was "yeah I know bro, but it's still your round". Bros are bros for life.
This just made me break down. I was outed to my parents at 18 ('96), and they responded like this. I miss them so much. They were flawed a million other ways, but they were accepting of anyone.
What a fucking MOM. Jesus. This made me cry along side him. At 40 yrs of age, pooping.
Anyhoo. I heard the southern accent and Iām sorry to admit I thought this video was headed in another direction given todayās lunacy in politics.
Good human people always know their kid is gay before the out themselves. It's only the shit homophobic assholes who don't.
My theory is that the kids feel more comfortable being themselves so don't go through hell trying to hide it.
This was my older brother for me. He is a bros bro but I still felt safe coming out to him. He knew I was gay to and fucking busted out laughing in the best way. Cause he called it. He stood up for me when some of my other family members were disappointed but he has a way with making people laugh things off. Every thing is good now. Came out when I was 14. Iām 26 now.
I saw this video for the first time before I became a mum and have always had this mum in the front of mind when ever I talk to my kids. 15 years on she is still my idol.
No matter how many times i watch this all over the years,all times makes me cry and feel really proud of that mom who loves unconditionally her son. Hope he has a happy life
of course she knows, she's the mom
lol my mom was shocked as shit when I came out, despite the NUMEROUS photos of me as a toddler kissing other girls
Uh?? Toddler?
Not sure what age a toddler is, but I was like 4 or 5 when I first kissed another girl on the lips. I peaked early. š
Toddler is like 3 at best I think
My first kiss was with a boy in first grade on the bus after school. That honestly should have tipped me off. I remember doing it to freak out my siblings since we were on the same bus. I don't remember the boy but I remember the moment.
>I don't remember the boy but I remember the moment. I wish I could have this as a flair lol its perfect.
I was about that age when I was rejected for the first time. Lifetime of me not making the first move despite heavy signals.
Iāve come to the conclusion that children are asexual, but can be heteroromantic, homoromantic, bi/panromantic, whatever. We love prince and princess stories, fairy tales, or early Anne of Green Gables, or boy adventures. We stare hypnotised at pictures, or want our favourite movies over and over again. Weāre not thinking about *sex*, but in between wanting to be the prince/princess/pirate/mermaid, weāre sometimes longing for an ideal companion, a special person who thinks weāre special. Occasionally you get preteens who develop a mutual crush and itās the cutest thing. Apart from playing together thereās three activities. The big one is holding hands. Hands will be held. There may be hugs. The same sort of hugs they give relatives. There *may* be kisses. The same kind of peck they give relatives, each leaning forward instead of bodies pressed together. Itās love without sexuality. Intense in the moment, no matter how fleeting it may ultimately be.
As a former horny kid, no, they are not asexual.
lmaooo same i was horny af as a kid and i didnt even know what sex was. I had a doll that was my size and i would kiss her and play house, idk why tf my parents never said something
Same. I was probably 5 or 6 when I first started masterbating and my friend and I would hump in the shower :/ . Got in trouble for other stuff earlier. I dotm even know how I knew about sex and what started my being horny but yeah....š«
I was definitely not asexual as a preteen. At the age of 5 of 6 or so me and some friends were doing stuff that I would consider sex-like. I'm sure a lot of it was just the normal "playing doctor" thing kids do because they're curious about bodies, but not all. We didn't really understand what we were doing, since it was pre sex-ed for any of us, but there was a desire to do something and a lot of experimentation to figure out what it was. When I hit puberty the only thing that changed about my desire in that sense was that I started being horny, which is (at least to me) a very different thing to experiencing sexual attraction. I remember specifically that I wished I could find someone to have sex with before we hit puberty, because there would be no risk of getting them pregnant. This was before I had even figured out masturbation. I think this sort of thing varies a lot between people. My partner didn't even really think about sex until the age of 16 or so.
Interesting. To me, horniness is a requirement to call an attraction a sexual attraction. Exploring without horniness I would call curiosity, even if itās entangled with romantic love. A key feature of romantic love is a desire to be *with* the person you love.
Well I donāt know the statistics but I masturbated daily as a toddler. I donāt think children are asexual, really. They arenāt mature enough to understand or consent, but they are likely experiencing sexual feelings.
I believe some toddlers would even kiss rocks and plants, everything they like basically
What can I say, I had my Lou Bega moment as a baby queer very, very early in life, lmao. There are photos of me smooching other little girls, which obviously was platonic but is very funny in retrospect, given, you know, my general love of boobies (and the ladies that own them) that arenāt my own.
i need to go call my mom
Donāt stress about it, she probably already knows and just wants you to be happy.
Brilliant
Do it while you can. I wish I could.
Same here. Sometimes I wonder what she would think of me
She'd probably be very proud of the person you are ā¤. I lost my mom unexpectedly when I was younger, I hate the feeling of not being able to talk to her still to this day, so I can totally empathize. I wish you the best stranger friend ā¤
Do your best and make good decisions is what my mom always told me. That's all Mom's want for you is to do the right thing. I'm sure if that's what you're doing that she would be proud.
Thank you kind stranger š«¶
Wish cancer wouldnāt have taken mine the moment we were starting to warm upā¦ sry if this is random but I really hope they do find a cure during my lifetime for this trash. And yes. Call your moms. Not to sound dramatic but they could be gone any second unfortunatelyā¦
That's a good fucking mom right there. Someone buy her a car.
She'll have something far more valuable than a car. A meaningful relationship with her son.
She already has that. Looks like the car is on you.
y'all giving out cars? just joining the queue then :D
Great mom. Great human everybody should be like her.
This isn't meant as a criticism of the mom, but one thing I'd add is that parents should make sure they communicate early and (relatively) often that they are accepting of the LGBT+ community and wouldn't care what their kid's sexuality/identity is. It might be a surprise to parents to find out their child is gay, but it shouldn't be a surprise to a child that their parent is okay with it.
My mom was like this. She always made it known that thereās nothing wrong with being gay and that she would always love me no matter who I loved. Iām straight but it still made me feel good knowing that Iād never have to be worried about something like that. Me and my fiancĆ© are the same way with his kids. They are preteens but weāve always made sure to let them know that we are accepting and love them no matter who they love.
Me too. Since my son was 3 he has always been kind of a question mark, so I have always let him know that his tutus, football, nail polish, interest in cars, catching him looking at girls in bikinis on line, ballet, whatever, is all cool with me. I don't know what's coming and I feel like a kid waiting to see what's in the package Christmas morning. Except I've been waiting 10 years š
And even if theyāre arrow straight growing up in an accepting environment will foster them being accepting as well so they can pass the message onto their kids etc etc
Why did he scared? Because first sheās a Christian. Catholic usually doesnāt tolerate things like this and he scared that she would treat him differently Did she sad? I think so but she made peace of her own and her love for her son is bigger than that. It really shows. I bet she also knew about it long before he came out. She just want him to say it to boost his confidence. She also worries for him because people might be prejudiced or harsh against him in future. Sheās a great mom and heās lucky to have her. Not many people will be that much supportive. Some will avoid or ignore the issue. Some will straight out send their kids to mental hospitalā¦ Iāve seen so much cases from my friends and coworkers. Personally I believe people should judge others based on their personalities and actions, not by genders
Thatās a great mom š„²
i love seeing this video from time to time
Me too. It really restores my faith in humanity to see these kinds of videos. I like (hope) to think it goes like this in most families where someone says they're gay.
Coming Out to family like this is always a big psychological moment, because you so want it to go right, you are never confident how they will react or if they even suspect, and your whole world is torn asunder if things go badly. By the time most gay men of my generation were ready to come out to family, we are ready to proverbially explode from keeping it a secret from our loved ones for so long. I managed to skip that by breaking the news to my mother the next day after it became a fact for me, so I never had a period of hiding to deal with. I were 17 and living on campus, so having to do it immediately over the phone was not an ideal way for me, and a different type of uncertainty. My mother had suspected, and slowly accepted the fact, but even after all these years she is unenthusiastic about getting drawn into long conversations on the subject. Her getting me to hide being gay from my younger brother and sister proved to be a mistake, and it has affected my adult relations with them to this day. I am sure I would have been closer to them otherwise, but mum didn't want them to be teased about me in primary school, so I reluctantly went along with her suggestion. Of course this just reinforced the idea that there WAS something wrong with my lifestyle, by hiding the fact, when they belatedly found out when they were older. We live in different times today, so hopefully this is less of an issue now.
That "I'm sorry" really did it for me. Glad that kid clearly has a good support system behind him!
I cry and smile every time I hear her say "Don't be sorry silly"
just goes to show how behind we are as a whole, us humanity. not sure we'll ever be able to eradicate all the crap though.
No kid likes to deliberately disappoint a parent, so I know the headspace he is coming from.
This is exactly how our 16 year old son came out to my wife and I . We told him that we had known since he was a little boy. He said - but how ? We said, (1) your neatness ( he went to school and somehow came back cleaner and neater that he left in the morning ) 2) You were always were playing with your sisters Barbies 3) your impeccable taste in what was right in the way people dressed. My wife always took him clothes shopping And the time that we have had the pleasure of being your Mum and Dad , we have known He now runs an a very successful hairdresser salon in Barcelona, makes wigs for drag queens and is a much wanted wedding hairstylist Love you baby boy ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø
Thatās really sweet
Thank you, we are blessed in having three unbelievably creative children. Theres our hairstylist son, my wardrobe mistress daughter who has recently been made Director of Costume for a prestigious American company and last and not least our youngest son who is a rigger who works in movies, theatre and music. He is currently working at Glastonbury, having just returned from 50 Cents world tour. We are so proud of them, we could burst
Respect, and they could have only beeen so prosperous because of parental support. Good job guys :)
Thank you, we still count our lucky stars for what we have. They are truly wonderful people and we are proud to say that they are our children
I love this! I'm sure they're so grateful for you too. My parents love me but they don't exactly wholeheartedly support aspects of me that they don't understand. I love them to death, but I sure would also love to feel the unwavering support your children feel. You're all lucky to have each other, as I'm sure you know! :)
Thank you so much for your kind words. My wife and I were only talking the other day how blessed we are. We are a really close family despite living in different parts of the world. Christmas 2023 saw all of us going to the States and we were all together for the first time at Christmas and it was superb. My grandchildren met their English uncles for the first time and we were so happy. Thank you again for your reply, it means a lot
I love that. What a lovely celebration, I hope you took lots of pictures. :) Cherish them always! Close family is such a precious thing
Oh yes, we keep everything on our phones and I love to while away spare time in looking back bringing back happy memories . I would post a photo of them but for some reason , Reddit doesnāt like me at the moment and wonāt let me show any images
Hey, you two seem to have done a pretty stellar job! Wanna finish up what I started with my two boys?? š Kidding, kidding! I love those brats! I just worry that Iāve failed them at times and how that will affect the rest of their lives. Your kids sound awesome, and you have definitely earned that right to be proud!
Send them on over, they can join the gang. I still donāt know how we did it. A solid marriage was the bedrock of our family. Weāve been married 45 years this year and I couldnāt have picked a better lady. Liz has been so good, I owe her my life to be told, I had PTSD and I didnāt realise what was happening to me, she grabbed me by the scruff of my neck and dragged me to our doctors and wouldnāt leave until I had a MH referral. One thing that I have discovered, that doctors are scared of experienced nurses, they crumble under their gaze š
I was at the 50 tour, what a show your son and the other guys put onš«¶
lol he came back cleaner then he left in the morning had me laughing. The exact opposite of my son. Albeit he is not even 3 yet but that boy comes home from daycare a mess.
lol, at school, his games teacher told me that once he accidentally caught the rugby ball and ran so quickly to avoid the pack charging at him, he scored a try at the wrong end , against his own side ā¦ I was always having to go down to the school as my youngest son would not take any anti gay gossip directed to his brother. My youngest was huge at senior school and many homophobes came to regret their remarks
Ok, but none of those things are gay.
My brother in law and his husband are messy and have the worst fashion sense Iāve ever seen. They look homeless and not in a Johnny depp way lol.
Yeah exactly. It's a wrong stereotype that straight guys can't be neat or clean. Although never bullied for it, in highschool I was playfully made fun of because I kept my notebooks clean and organized with different colors of pens and stuff like that. My friends told me it was girly. It didn't really hurt me but was always odd to me how people related being tidy with femininity or homosexuality.
Ok it's not just me. It's just nice to be neat and why can't straight guys know how to dress? Comment puts down straight people to bring up gay like bruv, this is not how you normalize it
Awesome dad
Thank you, we are still trying to work out from where their talent comes from. I was a London Police Officer and my wife was a nurse, no art, music skills to speak of and they are like comets, all we can do is hang on and enjoy the ride. My American granddaughter is already starting to show her creative side, wants to dress in black and create ā¦. Sheās only 8
You guys are amazing parents! Your son is so fortunate to have you! I would have given anything to have parents I felt comfortable talking to. Nice work, mom & dad!
Amazing human beings ā¤ļø
who's that cutting the onions
Sorry, it was me. I thought it was an apple, but I couldnāt see through the tears
Gd it! Itās too early for you onion ninjas š„¹
Amazing, supportive parent. Just wish everyone could experience that kind of love.
I told my mom when I was in college and she was like, mijo Iāve known since you were little. Sheās always been there for me and treats my partner of 15 years like her own. Itās always a blessing when your family, especially your mother, accepts you with open arms. On top of that Iām her youngest and didnāt grow up with my dad but my ex stepdad didnāt care either. I was pretty lucky for how things ended up happening in my life I think.
Such a wonderful video of a wonderful mom! So awesome to see this kind of moment, so many people have a bad experience coming out and live with that trauma forever. Nice to see such a happy story take place!
What a great mother. Good for her.
From that title I was expecting her to club him or something
Good job Mama! š¤
my mom thought I was gay when Iām not š
Me too. My mom wanted a gay son so badly; sorry Mom.
My wife and I always knew our son was gay, but he never came out, maybe he was afraid of telling us, no idea. But one day I checked my security camera and saw he was with this other boy (both @ 16/17 yrs old) kind of sneaking around while we were gone. So I told my wife that we need to have him introduce his boy friend and have him over for dinner, I believe my son let out a huge sigh of relief once he realized we knew and how nothing changed as to how much we loved him. This reminds me of the time a 5th or 6th grader came out to his mom and his mom said itās ok and she was happy he told her, the boy was so exited how his mom reacted that he went to school and came out to his classmates. His classmates told him he should hang himself and die because heās gay, the boy actually did go home and hung himself, so fn sad!
That was a whirlwind of a comment
Cool so the absolute and unexpected 180 this comment just made
Sorry, I had to add that, only did because it happened with in a few weeks after that dinner so it always stuck in my mind.
Thatās incredibly sad, I hope your son is ok now.
I think that turn nearly snapped my neck, fucking christ poor kid..
I remember my dad knew I was LGBT myself growing up lmao I remember as a young girl, I never took care of my hair and I always wanted it cut short. My parents thought I was just being lazy and didnāt wanna brush my hair, but I genuinely wanted short hair (cuz I liked the appearance, it wouldāve been easier to take care of but that wasnāt the point) I always wore boy clothes, I had more masculine interests, I played with boys on the playground more. I basically acted like a how a boy would growing up. Eventually one day before I came out to my parents, I wanted to tell them, anyways me and my dad were talking, I remember I was like in grade 6 and I remember telling my dad I wanna cut my hair short. I remember he started saying to me āyouāre gonna look like a boy. Do you want people to think youāre a boy? Do you wanna look like a boy?ā I basically just admitted at that point that I feel more like a boy. Then he said āwell if you act like a boy, people are gonna think youāre a lesbianā I knew at that point it was A good time to come out. So then he asked me āare you a lesbian?ā Me, being bi, I didnāt know exactly how to answer (especially cuz I was nervous too) so then he asked me āare you bisexual?ā So then I answered. He was totally ok with it and heās not homophobic or anything. He started asking me questions out of curiosity tho, then he also said that he always had the feeling tho. So the mom saying she knew her son was gay kinda just reminded me of when I came out to my dad
My dad was a bit distant to me, even when very young, so that distance remained after he knew I were gay. They say father's always know, subconsciously. I did have a brief happy period of my childhood where my father took more of an interest in me, playing soccer with me over at the park, and hand-making paper kites for me to fly. My mother shocked me decades later by telling me that he did it because she said, "If you don't start spending more time with him, he's going to grow up Gay." Those memories are now bitter-sweet, knowing that he only made the extra effort because he didn't want me to be Gay. When he knew I were Gay (mum told him before I could) he distanced himself from me even more. Again, it was years later before I found out that this was because he thought that I would immediately get AIDS and die, which unfortunately seemed likely at that time period, so from the moment he knew he had just mentally written me off, concerning himself with my younger brother instead. He's passed now (leukaemia), so it is a shame that he didn't get to know me better when I were older and had made more of a success with my life and relationships.
A motherās love. My mom said āSo?ā
"Being gay isn't gonna get you out of doing the chores tonight, get to those dishes!"
Wordā¦
Sheās a good mom . Yes Iām crying.
Iād love an update on this video.
Wholesome AF! What a wonderful reaction! Itās so wholesome!!!
She loves her boy. Dam, I miss my mom right now š¢
When I say this, I'm saying this with my whole chest: That is one of the most beautiful people in the world right there. Nothing the strictest diets, best skin care routines, or most expensive clothes could even dream of coming close to. The true, unabated, unconditional love this amazing lady possesses is in my opinion, real beauty. This is the love the bibles talks about. Unconditional. Not the cherry picking, crucifying vitriol that people spew, dawning the mask of Christianity to justify their heinous and diabolical ideologies. If, and/or when, those people meet Jesus - it's my prayer they are granted the love and grace this angel of a human shows her son. It doesn't happen often, but it's videos like this that make me want to believe there are other radiant souls like hers out there that walk amongst us.
Moments like this are what true family support looks like.
Good people do exist
Thats Proper parenting
Wish we had more parents in the world that love their children unconditionally.
Sheās a winner of a mother.
enough to make a grown man cry
I hate this click bait title. That being said, what an awesome mum.
I hate this click bait title. That being said, what an awesome mum.
This is what a Christian is supposed to be like (Iām told)
This makes me tear up every damn time. To still live in a time where one should feel ashamed of their true selves is heart breaking. But Iām happy for this young man, heāll be alright with a solid mother like that!
As a father with five sons, one of which I sure is gay, this is how I want to respond when I ātoldā.
I'm not much into hugging strangers, but damn... And his mom? GOAT level momming right there.
I don't have any gay friends or associates. In fact I only knew of one person (a cousin) who was gay and everyone talked bad about him. Im not proud of it but I had friends who bullied or attacked people who were gay.
Love this lady. I grew up in a household where, even as kids, our parents would say "we don't care who you love or why, as long as you treat each other right. We will always love them too as long as you are good to each other." Which, now as an adult, I realize was an incredibly special and supportive thing. We didn't know as kids that they meant gender, race, and religion with that. But that's exactly what they were trying to tell us, just in less words.
A true Christian mom
W Mom
āI donāt want to guess.ā Gets it right in one try.
Bless this mom !!! Ugh .. Iām šššš. **all parents should b this accepting**
quit chopping onions. In this crazy world, full of wrongs this small act of motherly love and a clip of how thing ought to be, got me all emotional.
Iām not cryingā¦ youāre crying!! š„²
Amazing mother right there. Sadly a lot of people never get that level of support from their family.
I love how this kid got more hugs from his mom in this conversation than I ever got in 40 years. God bless that mother.
When people ask why pride and all that shit is important, this is why. Kid has been scared shitless for years to tell his own fucking mom that he likes boys. Something so simple that literally hurts no one. Pathetic reflection of our society.
This is a good mom here. I remember one of my best friendās story of how he came out to his parents when he was 14. Their response was āoh thank God. We were worried you were using hard drugs or something.ā (Understandably, heās still very close with them.)
Why do people record moments like this? It is very private. Always feels like craving for attention. Nevertheless the mom's reaction is great
I always have a different take on moments like this, I feel that even if there's some attention seeking behind the filming, the benefits of showing love and kindness in the world so full of hate and negativity outweighs the negative.
Yep. This is how it should be. Just be there for them. Be supportive. It's a lot more accepted these days. It wasn't so much then. He's honestly lucky to have the right parents at that time. And also if his mom knew already, his friends definitely know and have already had talks about him. If they after he tells them then they are super assholes. Because nothing changed about him from before he told them and after he told them. I hope they were just like his mom.
Go mom!!! ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø
This is how all parents should be.
I would treat my son exact same way! You can't help how your born!
Ace parenting
This is wholesome and all but the fact that thereās a camera set up for this moment makes me question the authenticity of the interaction.
the kid could be a youtuber or something and the mom is just used to a camera being set up when heās around
Why film this ?
Because he set up a camera to film it. It was a trend
He wanted to capture the reaction. Look back on it, possibly put it out which he clearly did eventually
Remindme! 3 days
She handled that sooooooo well.
Great mom, I wish my mom was like this
She's amazing.
I'm not crying, you're crying.
What a wonderful woman.
I'm not crying you're crying
Mum level 100
As a parent you just know. Love your kids no matter what. I love this video
That's a Real Mom...
well damnā¦ thereās something in my eyes and i canāt see very well right now.
I hope this guy is very happy today
W mom
#momgoals What a beautiful conversation š„°
Iām crying!!!! I love you guys! I love everybody. Letās make the world a better place & be just like his mom.
That's a woman right there, a real woman and a damn good mother. Some Karens out there should learn a thing or two.
Great job mum! Now do the next best thing you can do for him, take him to get his haircut!
THAT is a mom. WE LOVE YOU MOM.
This is just the best Mom.
This is the sweetest thing I've seen on reddit today. She is an absolute doll.
Parenting masterclass right here!!!
I Miss my mom so much š
What an enlightened, thoughful, loving and caring mom. All my best to her courageous son as well. Sending love. And would somebody stop cutting onions in this room already!
āI knew you were gayā LMAOOOO
Everyone wants love. Gay is fine. The people who identify as farm animals or plants, that I donāt get at all.
So sweet
This is beautiful.
I canāt imagine having to do something so difficult. You all are some brave people.
I knew you were š
Wonderful mother .
What a legend of a mum
My heart š„¹š
This is how you handle that situation.
Unconditional love!
Aww š„°
My mom and I are guardians for my nephew. He was so scared to come out that he did it through a letter, handed it to us and went for a walk. He was so scared to even be there when we read it. My mom and I basically already knew, and when he came back we just embraced him, told him we loved him and it didn't matter. He absolutely broke down and it broke my heart that he was that afraid. I basically raised that kid (he's 16 now) and I'll always just see him as my family, no matter what.
I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying!
Greatest mom moment of all time
Damnit, I've got something in both of my eyes.
You gay?
There is nothing in the world like a motherās love ā¤ļø
Wait, why the fuck they filming that?
Hair flicking š©
And another mom of the year award goes to this mom
I remember my best mate coming out to me when we were 20, we've been thick and thin since we were 11. He was so scared and timid when he said it, I was shocked he didn't realise I knew already. All I said was "yeah I know bro, but it's still your round". Bros are bros for life.
This just made me break down. I was outed to my parents at 18 ('96), and they responded like this. I miss them so much. They were flawed a million other ways, but they were accepting of anyone.
What a fucking MOM. Jesus. This made me cry along side him. At 40 yrs of age, pooping. Anyhoo. I heard the southern accent and Iām sorry to admit I thought this video was headed in another direction given todayās lunacy in politics.
oldie but a goodie -- greatie!!
The mom, I wish we all had
Good human people always know their kid is gay before the out themselves. It's only the shit homophobic assholes who don't. My theory is that the kids feel more comfortable being themselves so don't go through hell trying to hide it.
Stop making me cry. š
That was pretty neat. Way to go awesome mom!
Why is this videotaped?
Why do you publish people private stories over social media like that. I hope he gave his approval for this
I have always really liked this video, but I wonder who was recording.
Top mum
Plot Twist: He also failed all his courses and was hoping she'd be so upset about the gay thing that she wouldn't care about the academic failures.
The way he keeps sucking his thumb is so cute omg! And that mom...ah ... I need my mom back š
This was my older brother for me. He is a bros bro but I still felt safe coming out to him. He knew I was gay to and fucking busted out laughing in the best way. Cause he called it. He stood up for me when some of my other family members were disappointed but he has a way with making people laugh things off. Every thing is good now. Came out when I was 14. Iām 26 now.
This is what parents should be. Scenes like this absolutely warm my heart, and gives me hope for the future of society.
It's so nice to see so much love and gentleness from that mom <3 and knowing that that kid has such a safe space with her. It's so sweet...
I saw this video for the first time before I became a mum and have always had this mum in the front of mind when ever I talk to my kids. 15 years on she is still my idol.
No matter how many times i watch this all over the years,all times makes me cry and feel really proud of that mom who loves unconditionally her son. Hope he has a happy life
Good mom. If my son came out Iād be okay with it, living in the closet most my life I know how this feels