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A teen boy, who secretly set up a camera to record the moment when he told his mother he was gay, received a big surprise when his mother revealed a secret of her own.
Hayden Smith, who uploaded the video to YouTube, tucked his camera onto a shelf before yelling for his mother to come into his “messy” room.
After she enters and he asks her to close the door, he flatly states “I’m gay.”
“Are you? That’s OK,” she replies.
His voice trembling, he says, “I’ve known for awhile.”
Placing her hand on his knee, his mother says, “Honey? That’s very brave of you to tell me that. Thank you for telling me. Doesn’t make me love you any less, at all. OK? You choice is your choice. And I accept you however way you are. You’re still my boy, you’re still my son. It’s OK.”
After some discussion over how long he has known and the difficulties he has been having keeping it a secret, his mother asks him if he is worried what other people will say.
“No,” he replies, “I was worried what you were going to say.”
Then his mother surprises him.
“Can I tell you something too? Since you’ve opened up to me, I’ll tell you a little secret too,” she says. “I’ve had a girlfriend. Not since your dad passed away. It goes both ways. And I was always worried what you would think.”
Watch the video below, uploaded to YouTube by Hayden Smith:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUvfxRkITcYmOkwyKeZcvW_g&feature=player_detailpage&v=bjlYvu45GS4
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/watch-teen-comes-out-to-his-mother-and-she-surprises-him-with-her-own-confession/
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Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)I hope this doesnt become a thing where people think its "cool" to secretly record their families and upload the videos for all to see. I've had very personal conversations with family and it would just make me sick if I found out they were recording the whole thing.
Unless a crime is being committed this is totally unnecessary. I just hope this doesnt become a thing because if people can't trust their own children, its just going to lead to something really nasty.
jmowreader
(50,528 posts)Sexuality isn't a "choice."
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)First off, I'm not gay.
But I feel that many, many aspects of sexuality are related to choice. Just like a straight person, a gay person chooses what kind of person that they want to be with. Some people go for looks, some go for kindness, some like to be with a funny person, some want a dependable partner, or one that treats his mother well.
I understand that, just like me (born straight), gay people were born gay. Of course they were born that way, just like they were born to have blue eyes, or long legs; if they were born, and are homosexual, it can ONLY be that they were born that way. Selfish, hateful, controlling people (not the mom in this video) like to insist that homosexuality is a choice, because then they can insist that the gay person could be straight any time they want. Or that the gay person is only doing this to hurt them. I think there are people who enjoy being the victim a little too much.
From my point of view, I could not care less whether a gay friend or family member was gay by choice or nature. If they were born that way, fine. If it was a choice...well, that's fine too. If they are gay by choice, that means that I am straight by choice. And there is nothing that makes my choice more acceptable than their choice. In my opinion, everyone deserves every bit of happiness that they can squeak out of their life on this earth. Be with who you love.
markpkessinger
(8,392 posts). . . a gift many LGBT youth would give the world for. And you're going to quibble with the language she used? Seriously?
My mother gave me a similar gift when I came out to her some 32 years ago. Her understanding of the issue may not have been complete or terribly sophisticated, but her love certainly was.