#My mother.

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dense loom
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Coming out to my mother didn't go great. She keeps saying that "Oh you're too young to know what all that stuff is." Mother. I am 13. I know who I am, why can't she see that? Ig she's against lgtba+ bc she doesn't like when I say to others that I'm aroace.

twilit flame
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I disagree with your mother’s words and approach but the way I interpret what she said is things might change as you grow up and mature (but yes she expressed that in an extremely dismissive and unhelpful way)

nocturne ermine
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My parents said something similar to me when I came out at 14 as ace. I told them that yes, my hormones might not have kicked in yet and they may later, but that I'm choosing this label currently, and that if I do feel sexual attraction later in life, I'll change it, no big deal. You're still growing, after all. If you don't feel sexual attraction, then no need to change anything. If you do, it's not the end of the world. Find a new label to express yourself with and move on. Try to explain to her that your orientations aren't necessarily set in stone, and that change is completely fine, but that she does need to respect how you feel for now.