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Advice?
Apr 8, 2014 16:07:51 GMT -6
Post by Matt Stout on Apr 8, 2014 16:07:51 GMT -6
It is very important that you understand our online forums are a place we have created for others to go for advice when going through rough times in life. With that being said our online forums are a judgment free zone. By creating account or posting on the online forums you agree to be judgment free to anyone posting on the site. Anyone found judging others will be ban from the forums, and any future benefits from LGBTSupport.org. With that being said...
This thread is designed for all of the LGBT Community to come to be able to ask for advice. Feel free to create new topics in this section when you need advice, or when you have advice to provide to the community!
~Matt
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Advice?
Apr 12, 2014 18:22:51 GMT -6
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Post by thedawnmarie on Apr 12, 2014 18:22:51 GMT -6
Hey guys! So I am in need of some advice. Although I am straight, I am afraid to talk to my Dad about the fact that I support the LGBT community a lot. I love him and I want him to understand why I support the community. I don't want you to think ill of him at all! But if he sees any gay/lesbian couples or people who he think might be, he talks so poorly of them and it breaks my heart. WHAT DO I DO?!?
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Advice?
Apr 12, 2014 21:19:36 GMT -6
Post by Matt Stout on Apr 12, 2014 21:19:36 GMT -6
Dawn, If I were in your shoes, and it is something that you really wanted to discuss with him I would take the time to sit down and talk with him about it. Make sure it is a time where neither of you will be distracted by anything and you can both focus on the conversation at hand. Express to him how you feel, and why you support the community so much. And of course let us know how it goes!!  ~Matt |
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Advice?
Apr 13, 2014 9:04:19 GMT -6
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Post by thedawnmarie on Apr 13, 2014 9:04:19 GMT -6
Thanks Matt!!
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Post by Racheal Acuff on Apr 13, 2014 22:16:20 GMT -6
Dawn,
I know how you feel and I can completely understand what your going thorough. I am also straight and obviously a very giant supporter of the LGBT Community. My family is also very religious and very opinionated about my new job, and trust me they have nothing nice to say. When it was first discussed around them it would always get very heated and I would end up leaving mad and nothing would get solved and I realized that while I was always defending myself it was always in a loud and heated way not in a passionate way that it needed to be, so the last time the company was brought up and it began to get heated, I chose to get passionate, I poured my emotion out about my love for everyone and how everyone should be treated equally and that at the end of the day we are all humans and all deserve to be loved and love who we choose. I told my family calmly but again with passion that I respected their opinion but it wasn't going to do anything to sway mine. This was my life and this was what I was going to do in my life. So while we still have very strong different opinions on my choices, our discussions are now not so heated because they know it isn't going to change anything. So my best advice is to get passionate, respect his opinion but stand your ground. I hope it goes well talking to him and as always I am available to you whenever you need me!
Much Love,
Rae**
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Apr 13, 2014 22:48:50 GMT -6
Post by thedawnmarie on Apr 13, 2014 22:48:50 GMT -6
Such good advice, Rae! Thank you so much!! I just have to find the right time to talk about it now. Yall are the best |
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Post by Racheal Acuff on Apr 14, 2014 16:27:45 GMT -6
Thank you! As always we are here for you! Of course let us know if you need anything else!
Much Love,
Rae
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Jul 12, 2014 2:26:19 GMT -6
Post by emj8234 on Jul 12, 2014 2:26:19 GMT -6
I need some advice. Not long ago, I thought I was bisexual. I had this "crush" on my friend's friend. He was flirting with me on facebook, so I gave him my number. We talked all day and made jokes about running of to Europe together. I thought I really liked him and he said he really liked me. The more I thought about liking him, the less I liked him and also the less I liked guys. I knew, as of the couple of days after that, that I was lesbian. I don't know how to tell him. He really likes me and I feel really bad about leading him on like that. I don't want him to be mad at me. What should I do?
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Post by Racheal Acuff on Jul 12, 2014 22:28:46 GMT -6
Hey!
First off welcome to the forums. We are so glad your here! Secondly I know it can be so hard to think about hurting someone you care about, with that being said you have to be yourself and do what makes you happy. You can't be with someone or give the impression that there is hope for you when you know deep down in your heart that you don't feel that way, yes it is going to be super hard to see him hurt and your going to feel pain for hurting him but your just being honest and at the end of the day that is all people really expect of each other is honesty. I can't tell you what the outcome is going to be but I can hope for a positive one! Please let us know if we can be of anymore help!
Much Love,
Rae**
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Post by Matt Stout on Jul 15, 2014 18:20:09 GMT -6
I need some advice. Not long ago, I thought I was bisexual. I had this "crush" on my friend's friend. He was flirting with me on facebook, so I gave him my number. We talked all day and made jokes about running of to Europe together. I thought I really liked him and he said he really liked me. The more I thought about liking him, the less I liked him and also the less I liked guys. I knew, as of the couple of days after that, that I was lesbian. I don't know how to tell him. He really likes me and I feel really bad about leading him on like that. I don't want him to be mad at me. What should I do? You know this is always a difficult spot to be in. When I came out I was in a very serious relationship with a girl. I just knew deep down inside of me that it just was not right. Finally when I told her... Of course she was mad, however in time she came around, and to this day we are still very good friends. You have to be yourself, and you have to be honest with him. Don't be afraid to be who you are, and don't be afraid to tell him who you are. Even if he does get mad, in the end he will understand, and come around. ~Matt |
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