is this plan good enough?

[manic star]

so, last night actually, i thought over how good it would feel to come out to my parents and friends and sorta accidentally made a full fledged plan

so my plan is that, on my birthday i will come out to my parents through a written out text message (preferably) containing basic definitions of terms like gender apathetic and whatnot, blah blah blah please don’t fucking hate me etc. I know they are supportive of LGBTQ+ and all but of course it’s just the initial actually coming out part that really gets me nervous. I think that doing it over text would make me feel a lot better than having to verbally explain it, cause it is extremely likely that I will stumble over myself or start crying in the middle of a conversation.
perhaps after the initial text, I will then unearth myself from my room to actually see what they think. well, not perhaps, because it’s gonna happen eventually anyway.

so next, my plan is to, maybe over the weekend, make a large group chat comprised of all my current known and good friends, which is a few, excluding a couple people, who already know of my situation. I will then make an “announcement” to them comprising of similar things that will be contained in the message to my parents, but with extra added details such as “im still the same person! just different pronouns please” and so on. then I’ll be faced with them on a Monday to see what everyone thinks. my suspicion is that they also will be accepting. but I also suspect that some will take it with a slight awkward grain of salt, though im sure they wouldn’t blatantly try to.

this is my plan that will hopefully take place quite soon. dunno if anyone will actually read this, but it’s worth a try. I’d just like to know if this plan actually works or if I need to completely rethink it? also, should I email my teachers of my coming out? my thought was that I’d email a few specific ones I’d like knowing, and do a sort of “quiet coming out.” thanks, pridecord!

I know it’s quite lengthy, but I did say id come up with it in detail

[main bay]

personally i believe doing it in person makes it more authentic, but i'm not saying your plan is bad at all. if it makes it easier to come out over text (which i understand, doing it without being face to face is def easier lol) and you know your friends and family will react well, or at the very least not badly, then I'd say go for it. i can't tell you whether this will work 100%, you're the only one here who really knows these people and how they would most likely react. but, what i can say is that this isn't a bad plan and with everything you've shared, i think it's likely to work. if you want to come out to your teachers too, and you know they won't react badly, then i don't see why you shouldn't do it. i suggest coming out to the teacher(s) you like the most/have the best relationship with first, and then move onto others if you want. best of luck! :)

[grave berry]

Good luck, I hope it goes well :)