Wow, lotsa new gripes from people!
@Kinna: Statistics and Accounting are putting me to sleep too! (It's partly my fault for staying up 'til midnight to watch Inuyasha, then getting up at 5:30 am every morning [img]graemlins/sleepy.gif[/img] )(Gotta love Inuyasha!!!)
@Spin: I don't know why parents can't accept certain things about their children. But at least both of you are getting away from the daily abuse. She should tell her parents that she doesn't have an abusive roommate, she has emotionally abusive parents! (Kinda joking, kinda serious).
@Yue: First off, I like your new avatar. [img]cool.gif[/img] Second, sometimes people can't always be happy about everything. If you don't express other emotions (and BELIEVE ME, everyone has negative emotions) then they come out in other hurtful, sometimes dangerous ways. So don't be afraid to whine and complain sometimes. (Besides, if you do it here, you have plenty of support from all of us! [img]biggrin.gif[/img] )
About your friend, I'd say wait. Sometimes feelings don't hold up in the long run, and sometimes they do. Meet her, talk to her more, just take it slow. Take the time to figure out what you're feeling. It's a big step, telling people you know (people you see all the time!) that you're different. I happen to be the most open minded person in my family. My parents don't even know what yaoi is. If they knew I had it, our home computer would probably be cloroxed to death. I'm not a lesbian, but I have friends who are homosexual, and they're just 'normal' people who happen to be different from the majority of humans. And some of them had it pretty rough when they 'came out' and told their families. If you're not sure, that's just one more (huge) point your family/friends/parents can use against you.
*sigh* Great. See what happens when I get on this subject? But (and here's my gripe to add to the list) I can't talk about this kind of stuff to anyone in my family. Mom says, "It's evil. God meant for one man to have one woman. That's final." Dad (who usually talks to me about a lot of stuff) just gets grossed out. My sister (who I love dearly even though she drives me crazy) is happily engaged about to be married, and she has no interest in either yaoi or homosexual issues. Her fiancee, who I love almost like a real brother, is actually very judgemental. He is always (constantly) placing people under labels. Even on TV shows, if a guy speaks a certain way, or gestures in a particular manner, he instantly says, "He's gay." And that's all there is to it. He is very intolerant on certain things.
**WHOA** I just realized exactly how much I wrote. But it takes me that long to express complicated issues. Oh, well. (Maybe this should go to another thread so the gripes can gripe in peace. *heehee* [img]tongue.gif[/img] )
edit: Good luck moving, Spinshadow! Hope nothing breaks or gets lost! *crossing fingers*
<font color="#660033" size="1">[ August 27, 2003 12:12 PM: Message edited by: Crystallyne ]</font>
*gasping for breath after sitting here laughing hysterically for over ten minutes*
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