#dont rbb

On the plus side, apparently when my mum was in the UK she told my great uncle that I'm gay and he apparently changed the subject, but thought about it for a while and told her "You tell Julia that I love her and support her no matter what, I will always be her great uncle and I will protect her and look after her if she comes over here" etc etc. I was so touched because I've only met him a couple of times but he's such a great guy and when his wife (my granny's sister) was still alive they used to send us Christmas gifts and cards and they've always stayed updated on us because they never had kids/grandkids of their own.

My mum mentioned that fact that I'm gay in front of my crazy religious aunt and uncle today (I genuinely do love them and they love me but I know they're kinda "hate the sin love the sinner" types, mainly my aunt) and it was physically painful. They knew, but we've never acknowledged it in front of them and it was hard. I think mum regretted it before she even said it because there was a weird pause when she was saying it like "and then I told him Julia was -- gay and..." but thankfully they didn't say anything and acted completely normal.