Roh, roh. It was coming down to crunch time, as coming out to my parents is something I’ve managed to avoid for God knows how long… It’s probably the hardest thing I’ve ever had to face since I’m the kind of person who goes to great lengths to avoid confrontation, especially when I know it might hurt the ones I love the most. At the end of the day, the issue at hand is really about love and my own happiness if you think about it. It was difficult for me because I have lived my entire life thus far trying to please my parents and obsessed with worry about their approval. I’ve always lived with this feeling that nothing I’ve accomplished was ever good enough, and that I could always be better… Ah, is that super Asian of me or what!? On top of all those crazy thoughts, I never really had any sort of gay support group or openly gay friends for that matter. I was filled with anxiety but finally came to the realization that my parents would love me no matter what and because of that would want to see me happy - not to mention the definition of gay is just that  —Synonyms  1.  gleeful, jovial, glad, joyous, happy, cheerful, sprightly, blithe, airy, light-hearted; vivacious, frolicsome, sportive, hilarious. Gay, jolly, joyful, merry describe a happy or light-hearted mood. Gay suggests a lightness of heart or liveliness of mood that is openly manifested…

I guess it was time to openly manifest my gayness… or something like that.