Confessions

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So. As it happens, I have a boyfriend. And I'm very strongly considering telling him about Johnny - as in, I'm probably going to tell him pretty soon.

The good news: he's an open minded, extremely non-judgmental person, and he likes me a lot.

The bad news: he knows about the headmates of a mutual friend of ours, and while he certainly isn't intolerant or wrongheaded about it, he doesn't seem to take Talon and Leena very seriously as people. This could cause friction on its own, but on top of that, Johnny's straight, and thus not attracted to my boyfriend at all. Actually, it's only lately that Johnny's started to even like him. At least some of this is bound to come out, and I'm not sure my boyfriend will be able to understand that Johnny's opinions and feelings aren't mine, not even subconsciously.

I almost have to tell him, though. He's very emotionally sensitive, and he can sometimes tell something's up when Johnny's co-present around him. He hasn't figured out what yet, but keeping the secret isn't going to be plausible a long-term option. And anyway, if he knew about Johnny, I could also tell that whole group of friends (they could hardly accept one multiple and reject another), which would be really cool.

So... I dunno. I guess I'm wondering what the community has to say about this. Advice, stories about similar situations, random comments, whatever.

- Rob

PS - I'm finding the concept of coming out to my boyfriend very ironic. - R

Review of Psych Episode.

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

Dunno how much good this review will do, as I didn't pay attention during most of the episode, but there was an episode of Psych that featured a male multiple. The portrayal was kinda bad. Kept up stereotype of "no-one knows anything about each other", and the infamous Male=Criminal stereotype. The system in question had three selves. The boring host, the woman named Regina and a possible soulbond named Martin Brody. The system was preparing to undergo gender reassignment surgery, and of course, one self killed the doctor another was seeing about it. The fake psychic this show is about figures it all out, and it ends with the multiple in the company of the Nice Men in White CoatsTM. Poor portrayal. Kept one system member laughing all night. So, without further ado, discuss.