Comment meme!

[ladydrace]

Leave a comment and I'll:
1. Tell you why I friended you. 
2. Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a color, a photo, a word etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you. (To which you must respond!)
6. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
7. In return, you must post this in your LJ. (Optional)

Go on! Wohoo!

Comments

[lady-drace.livejournal.com]

1. I friended you after seeing your advertise for your community somewhere. (x_slash maybe? can't remember). Read your bio and thought you sounded like a cool guy. And you are!
2. Justice League. Can't wait to see more of your artwork btw.
3. I love how you are so open with your life. Not a lot af people are comfortable with putting their most intimate thoughts on display.
4. What springs to mind first is your post where you talked about the dream future you had for you and Russ. With the kids and the dog and the picket fence and all. It sounded so much like my own dream future that it just stays with me. Good to know I'm not the only soppy romantic out there.
5. When did you come out of the closet? Were you ever even in it?
6. The one where you and Russ kiss. It's just lovely. I only have one picture of me and hubby kissing. Must make an icon soon.
7. I see you posted already. And I of course played along immediately! Mwahahah.

[nerdboyout.livejournal.com]

In response to number 5, yes, I was in the closet. I was raised in a very conservative Roman Catholic household. My parents outed me by reading my journal when I was 17. My mom told me I was an abomination in the eyes of the Lord and they kicked me out. My mom, who's an alcoholic in denial, even tried to run me over with her car. I stayed at a friend's for two weeks and then they let me back in, but our relationship took forever to get anywhere near stable again, and there are still things that need to be worked out.

The first person I came out to was my best friend Dave. I was going over to his house for a sleep-over (we were 15 and he lived about 45 minutes away from my parents' house so it was easier to just stay over) and I wanted to tell him before I went over because I had been thinking about it and I didn't want him to be upset about it. So I said, "Before I come over, I want to tell you something, and if you don't want me to come over, just tell me." And he goes, "Okay." And I say, "I'm gay." And he goes, "Okay, are you still coming over?" So I went over, and I walk in and he's like "Alright, so you have to tell me the truth about something." And I'm like, "Okay." And he goes, "Am I hot?" I told him I didn't think of him that way, that he was like a brother to me, and he just said, "Okay, let's watch Aliens."

We're still best friends and he was my roommate in college and he's never even talked about any of my relationships as if they were any different from any of his. He rocks.

[lady-drace.livejournal.com]

Eeeek. Not fun with the parents. Yeikes. But I have to say, the experience with Dave made me laugh. It's just awesome. He sounds like a really fantiastic friend. :o)

Knowing that about your mother also explains a few things about your father. My hat's off to him for even trying to be open about it with an influence like her always present. I'm sorry if I was a bit of an ass about his doubts about the wedding.