Coming soon - Get a detailed view of why an account is flagged as spam!
view details
22
Need advice after coming out blew up
Post Body

Hello friends, I need some advice.

I am a woman in my mid-twenties. I live with my primary partner and I have another long-term partner. A situation during quarantine has forced me to come out as poly to my family. I would never in my life have done it because my parents are very conservative. Older siblings took it well and are supportive.

My parents are divorced and I am no contact with my dad. I don't care what he thinks, the abuse I grew up with from him makes him dead to me. I only care a little what my mom thinks and this is where I need some help and advice. I had a very bad relationship with her growing up until I graduated from college. I was perfectly happy to go no contact with her as well but she put her heart and soul into getting me back. It wasn't perfect, but it was pretty good for a few years (that is, until I came out) and I was pleasantly surprised that she took all the initiative. However, she is 100% not on board with my lifestyle even though I tried being patient, listening to her, explaining things, explaining feelings and safety and everything involved (we are from a country where you would get into a lot of trouble for being in a relationship that's not strictly straight and monogamous). She's called to berate me, slut shame me, and to try to guilt me out of it.

I would happily hang up the phone and not put up with this in my life. BUT. My little siblings live with her and now she wont let me see them. They are in elementary school and nowhere close to being 18 (my parents' first and last children are 30 years apart). I love them so much and it breaks my heart that I can't see them (I am covid-vaccinated and the 2 people in my circle are strictly these 2 people and we see no one else and work from home). We still video chat but it's not the same. I feel like I am losing them. They have had the adults in their life disappoint them so much and now I am another one of those adults because I told them I would take them for a sleepover at my house and when my mom found out, she wont let them come (she told me specifically how I made them cry because I chose "sleeping around" over them).

Has anyone else gone through anything similar or have anything that might help? Any advice you can give me? I also know that I need therapy badly. Can you recommend a female therapist who is poly friendly?

TLDR: came out to my mom and she wont let me see my siblings

Author
Account Strength
90%
Account Age
4 years
Verified Email
Yes
Verified Flair
No
Total Karma
524
Link Karma
391
Comment Karma
133
Profile updated: 1 day ago
Posts updated: 1 year ago

Subreddit

Post Details

We try to extract some basic information from the post title. This is not always successful or accurate, please use your best judgement and compare these values to the post title and body for confirmation.
Posted
3 years ago