Thinking about 'coming out'

[stealthdragon.livejournal.com]

Someone over in asperger recently commented that no-one should have to hide what they are, whatever that happens to be. We thought, "if only it were that easy".

This morning, while lying in bed, we realised that it really doesn't have to be any harder than that. We could just, y'know, tell people.

And we realised that we truly want to. We're tired of keeping up the mask to all but one or two of our closest friends.

We'll be telling our boyfriend first. We do, as they say, "fear rejection" - more from him than the rest of our friends, because we have more to lose. Our friends are an accepting bunch, though. Soon we'll see how accepting.

Perhaps we'll lose our nerve. Perhaps this thought will vanish into the abyss of memory. But then, perhaps not.

We're set to visit our boyfriend in the beginning of June. We'll see how it goes.

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[shandra.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. Ummm... I'm thinking. I think I've just told them, when they've calmed down, things like "remember when you went to the food fair? That was Lyria!" But I usually also have tried to make the point from the start - sort of like "hey your friend is several people" rather than "I'm your friend and I'm multiple."

In AIM I'm not sure how it would work. I tend to want the body language for reassuring people just 'cause of who I am. I did tell a couple of friends via email but I don't think they felt ok with it 'til they actually saw me. But a lot of this was in the dark ages when the 'net was still less common than it is now.

I hope that makes sense. Not enough sleep or coffee yet. :-) I hope it goes really well.