Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Coming Out is Scary

I don't think I'll ever go back to men again.  It scares me to think that because it's all I've been used to.  The more I think about it, the more "okay" I am with the whole idea, though.  Men just...are a big turn off to me.  The sex is exciting the first few moments but very quickly gets terribly boring and unarousing to me.  I've been told I need to find a REAL man.  But I think that is just complete utter bullshit.  When I'm with a woman I feel extremely different.  I can't get enough of her.  (No one in particular, just generalizing).  I get butterflies simply holding hands.  I smile.  Really truly smile.  I feel complete.  I feel right.  I feel me.

As my friend says, "Marlene, you are gay."

I tried to prove everyone wrong and played the straight game to make my family happy.  But I can't play this game anymore.  To think, I wanted to be a man just so I could call myself straight.  I felt desperate to feel "normal".  Now I feel desperate for the real truth the real me to be heard.  To finally be myself. 

I am scared.  Terrified.

I've already had a taste of discrimination.  When my hair was cut short and I looked butch, no one would smile at me.  Some avoided me like the plague.  Now that my hair is down to my shoulders, I'm treated much different.  I feel undercover.  Like I'm living a lie.  Once again, I grew my hair out for others to make them happy--not myself. 

All I want for Christmas is a girlfriend.

I am officially a lesbian.  I am me.

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