We just came out.

[rabbitsystem.livejournal.com]

To a very good friend of ours, but unfortunately msn has now gone wonky on us and won't sign in.

He seems to be taking it rather well - he's accepted the concept of *us*, and was asking how we realised we were several when the connection went. It apparently was not the strangest thing he could have expected from us - don't know whether to be flattered or insulted by that!

I just wanted to tell you all that we've done it :) There is now someone who knows us in RL and knows we are an us.

Has anyone else had a "Oh...truly? Alright then." reaction to telling people?

Comments

[idianshire.livejournal.com]

When I came out to the woman I was living with at the time I was sure it was all going to go apeshit on me, we had envisioned so many bad outcomes, mostly because the only open exposure she had to multiplicity was via the media, so basically, pyscho axe murderers, or irresponsible dangerous slut types, or both. We got so worked up we actually had professional support with us when we told her. Her reaction, well after she went and threw up (worked out later she had had her drink spiked when we were out the night before)was to say, yeah ok so what's the big news you have to tell me. She had worked out pretty early on that we were either different people, or totally out of touch with reality. The latter didn't fit with everything else so she just assumed we were somehow different people. She had already worked out a few of us, who she could joke with, who she could flirt with, who she should let be. I remember being slightly annoyed with her (not angry or anything) and saying, well why didn't you tell me.. her response... well I always gathered you knew you were many

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

We had a roughly similar experience with an ex-coworker, who said "I thought so, but I didn't want to say anything, until you did."

[catskillmarina.livejournal.com]

One co-worker of ours figured it out as well. He said that Einstein was multie as well
and had nothing but good to say about multies. He said a relative of his worked with
multiples and explained it to him.

--- Miri

[linnai.livejournal.com]

Happy to say that we've had a similar experience ourselves! We came out to my girlfriend, Skye's boyfriend, our maternal grandmother, aunt, brother and our best friend also and they all accepted it!

My aunt was a little iffy, but we feel that's based on the conversation and not the concept of multiplicity, and brother and boyfriend are very cool with it though struggle a bit at times. The girlfriend is also the system-wide best friend and biggest supporter. The other best friend is very cool with it. His only concern was "Everyone in there is cool with me, right?" And of course we were so yay!

Daye, of Elses

[rhymer-713.livejournal.com]

Yeah. ::Grins:: We told some one once and they said, "Well now that you mentionit..." Congratulations!!

[rabbitsystem.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[rhymer-713.livejournal.com]

You're welcome.

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

Yes, once. He's a writer and much more interested in himself, his day job, and his own creative work than in anything outside of that. He does recognise that we are different persons. At times he tries to locate references to multiplicity, or what seems to be multiplicity, in popular culture, particularly in comic books / graphic novels, and he once suggested that "Legion" would be a good name for a multiple hero, where each of the people would have a different ability as well as characterisation and perspective.

[tej-agni.livejournal.com]

There's already a Legion in X-men. (Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_(Marvel_Comics))).

[tej-agni.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it went well. :)

Most of our experiences ended up badly, so we don't share anymore.

[tej-agni.livejournal.com]

And I didn't mean for my comment to sound the way it did.

-Butterfly

[catskillmarina.livejournal.com]

Congratulations ! It always takes bravery to come out, but often it is worth it.

YMMV.

--- Miri of Mtribe

[cirape.livejournal.com]

You know, the last time I came out I got "get away from me." Later (within a few hours), however, the girl seemed to have forgotten or didn't really care. From the reactions we've gotten to coming out so far--except for Barb (the body's mother)--I don't think coming out as multiple is really a big thing. But perhaps I'm just lucky.

[liliana-warsaw.livejournal.com]

I just recently did the same thing and it went fine. He said that he really had no idea, but that it sort of made sense as to why I seemed different at times. He's treating me like he always has, so it seems to have gone okay.

[pthalo]

we've had a few, mostly online though when we first started realising we were multiple we got a lot of comments along the lines of "we were waiting for you to figure that one out"

in real life, though, most people don't seem to know the difference between multiplicity and schizophrenia, seem to think it's very dangerous and could harm our religion to state that we have more than one soul, and generally at clueless.

[stealthdragon.livejournal.com]

One of my friends commented along the lines of "You know, that explains a lot." So, kinda. :)
- Kat

Congrats,
- All of Us

[redrainstorm.livejournal.com]

Well my girlfriend knew right away and didn't mind just had a lot of questions, and still does but loves us all.
My friend was majorly confused because the way it happened was he met a very angry person who shoved the fact of us being multiple in his face and he was just confused as to what was going on.
My gf's friend was very accepting and just said ok, I love you all.
Another friend didn't really care...
A girl at school found out (after telling the above friend) and ran around making fun and saying "i have a little".
The school psychologist my friend dragged me too and said "She's MPD!" looked at me like I was a loon and told me that I was just acting out.
My past therapist didn't really care either way.
My current therapist is very accepting and always has bee

[ex-pinkmonk.livejournal.com]

*snerk* Constantly. I usually get, "Oh, THAT explains it. :D :D :D." Not that I've told a particularly great number of people, but those I have told either ended up being multiple themselves, or were open-minded to such things.

[ricktboy.livejournal.com]

we try to live openly now, but it's sometimes difficult...in the past, coming out to people we've gotten mostly good reactions...I think aside from my old med dr's reaction which was "omg, really? I wanna meet them" the best reaction was from some aquaintances down south, who liked to have conversations with all of us, and wanted to become our system's "out of body chroniclers".

We're currently moving into a new apt, the basement of a house belonging to a couple of friends...and they both know(they're sisters), and have no issue with it, although it doesn't often come up, we switch as we see fit, and they go with the flow. They don't often call us any name at all, so as not to offend someone by calling the wrong name.

*shrug* it's been cool...the mother doesn't really believe us, but *shrug*.

Rick
Pack Collective

[mirrorbrothers.livejournal.com]

Mostly I get a "huh, that's interesting," sometimes with questions. But Johnny fronts so seldom that we're not obvious, except for the talking to "myself." Once, though, I got a "you too?" That was pretty awesome.

Rob

[foreverwish.livejournal.com]

Several. My father and the other primary fronter told some people he knew outside and they were not surprised at all or in the case of those who were surprised, they would just ask. :)

- Darwin of the Fen Group