Shoot! I accidentally outed myself to most of my family.

[lightningandsnow]

Shit.

They are FLAMINGLY conservative, and very Jewish... oh crap.

Never add your relatives on facebook, especially if they are freepers.

I'm not taking any information down though, on account of the fact that I have too much (gay) pride to look like I'm trying to hide my sexual orientation.

Luckily, nobody has said anything...yet.

[ThomCat]

1. It's only a matter of time.

I found out when I created a MySpace page that relatives will go over it in detail and spend a whole lot of time on the phone with each other talking about it.

:hug:
I hope they can suck up and deal with it, without giving you any grief.

[lightningandsnow]

8. aww...thanks.

hugs to you too!:hug:

[DS1]

2. sorry, but amusing choice of words with flamingly conservative

anyway, good luck with it all!

[Blarch]

3. Fuck it.

Sounds like they are the ones with the problem, not you.

[Omphaloskepsis]

4. I thought you were young.. (still living with your parents)

If they give you shit.. Tell them that "Maybe I haven't given cock a a chance."

Offer to go out and fuck as many boys as you can. Maybe one will strike your fancy..

</terrible advise>

[lightningandsnow]

5. My parents already know...

we're talking about the extended family here... but my family is very close.

[unpossibles]

6. on the bright side, it's done

if they can't handle it, maybe you don't need them in your life until they can. I know it's harsh, but trust me.... you're better off being yourself as hard as that can be sometimes.

[Orangepeel]

7. small point of order: plenty of Jews support gay rights.

A reform temple in my town has a lesbian rabbi.

Congrats on coming out AspieGrrl!

[otherlander]

12. Lesbian rabbis!

w00t!
:woohoo:

[pitohui]

9. gosh i don't know what to say

my relatives wouldn't look at my page on a bet, when they ask to see a photo of this or that, and i say, but it's on my page, they're all like...why should we bother to click to visit YOUR page?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. Take a deep breath...

You'll get through it, because you're strong. :hug:

[hippywife]

11. Well, look at it this way:

at least you didn't blow your cover by accidentally blurting something out at a big family function and have twenty or more sets of eyes giving you a slack-jawed stare. This way they have time to digest it and get used to it. They may never bring it up, ya never know. I hope they are all loving enough to understand and accept you for who you are.