Reply #50: Still closeted after over 20 years. [View All]

[davsand]

No way I'm coming out to my family--it is just not worth the huge meltdown it would cause. I am out to selected people who know me well--and extremely private in the workplace. I am who I am, I found my path on my own, and I figure it is nobody's business unless I want to share it with them. I feel no desire to recruit, nor do I feel any interest in converting.

I did go thru a lot of angst about when to come out to the men I dated, and finally got to a point that I decided telling them, "I'm a witch" was the last real test of their ability to deal with me in my entirety. If they made it that far, then they could hang around a while. One man did--and I'm still with him 12 years later.

I have tried to raise our daughter with personal ethics and a respect for ALL traditions. My hope is that she will find her own path early in life, and that if she learns nothing else at my hand, I just hope she walks away having learned that free will is the one thing that must never be violated.

Pax to you all, and Merry Meet!

Laura