Originally posted by Jasun
I mean really, as it is, there's this huge piece of your life that you've held back from them, you've been acting and pretending to be another person, and quite frankly, that's the person they think is their son, and they're wrong... dead wrong.
First of all, thank you to everyone who's replied so far. I'd like to see this discussion keep going. And Gary-Alan and Scorpio, your kind words make me feel a lot better about this situation.

Jasun - I respect what you have said and you raise several good points. However, the sad part is that my parents have this fantasy of who and what I should be, and they don't seem to want to break away from that. I've tried to let them in on a lot of parts of my life, from my music, my friends and a lot of things, and they really weren't interested. It's not that they are bad people, it's just that they don't really have much comprehesion about things outside of the little box they live in. And the fact that I'm sort of the black sheep of the family is hard for them to take in the first place. In their eyes, I should be working for a bank or insurance company, with a wife, kids and 2.5 children, house, white picket fence and all that crap. But again, thanks for the input.

The reason why this comes up is because I am in the process of de-gaying my house. This makes me more sad than anything else. Putting away pictures of my friends, awards I've won and other things that deal with my life in the gay and leather community. But the funny thing about this is that I almost forgot to get rid of the porn!!! I didn't even notice all the left over bags of swag from Internext or the DVDs of movies I've composed music for. I don't even think of it as porn anymore, it's just business! LOL!!! Last minute dash to hide the porn. I feel like I'm in high school. LOL.