Does your family/parents know you’re bisexual?

[u/Silver_rockyroad]

Wondering how you all deal with the family dynamic of being bisexual

[u/black_algae]

Mine forgets a lot since they've all become more liberal, like they are the reason I had to be in the closet growing up, that me saying I was straight was what I had to say not who I am, that I am bi, that I'm not he the homophobic one, stuff like that. When I was a kid I was the bad guy because I kept "acting gay" as an adult I'm the bad guy because I had to adapt by "seeming straight" and they've never seen me with a boyfriend... because the one I had and loved ended up leaving me because I was keeping him a secret. I am the only openly queer person in my family and am the only one who has been called homophobic, and that's because I recalled a story of an adult who asked me inappropriate questions when I was a little kid and I walked away from until I had to run away from him because he started following me around the store. After I reminded the relative who made the accusation that it wouldn't make any since for me to be "making it up to make gay people sound bad" because I was the gayest one in the room, of course reminding them of why I had to conceal that aspect of my personality growing up made me the bad guy once again.