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"Coming Out" as a Brokie.......
Shasta542:
He sounds like a great kid, Optom3. Rare for a child that young to be so sensitive to others' feelings.
Kd5000:
PPl know that I compare every movie I see with Brokeback Mountain, even Cloverfield. :D
I do agree with other posters that Bettermost and other forums have been great outlets. I may not be the big poster, but I just love the feeling of coming to Bettermost. Brokeback Mountain is still an edgy film (I've gotten that look!), so it's not like I can just go expressing my love for BBM at my leisure. Sometimes, I walk around the subject with ppl, i.e. mentioning Wyoming or Annie Proulx, etc, so how ppl will respond. Recently somebody who went to the University of WY told me that ppl there are still upset the film wasn't actually filmed in WY. I thought she was going to say ppl were upset that the film was suppose to take place in their state and that it didn't portray the state in a flattering manner. So sometimes it pays to bring up Brokeback Mountain with ppl you aren't well acquainted with...
Brown Eyes:
No one in my "real life" knows that I'm a Brokie. There are some or maybe even several who know that I love Brokeback. But in conversations about it with friends and family I usually keep my comments about it rather brief. No one, as far as I know, in my "real life" knows about BetterMost or even about the fact that I went to Colorado last May for the Brokie BBQ. So, yes, I'm very secretive about my Brokie identity, and for some reason I kind of like it that way. It's fun to have a secret identity. Of course, now too, I've met a number of Brokies in real life, so categories do begin to break down.
So, it's interesting, far more people in my "real life" know I'm a lesbian than people who know I'm a Brokie... As far as the "coming out" question goes. ;D
optom3:
--- Quote from: atz75 on March 16, 2008, 12:41:33 am ---No one in my "real life" knows that I'm a Brokie. There are some or maybe even several who know that I love Brokeback. But in conversations about it with friends and family I usually keep my comments about it rather brief. No one, as far as I know, in my "real life" knows about BetterMost or even about the fact that I went to Colorado last May for the Brokie BBQ. So, yes, I'm very secretive about my Brokie identity, and for some reason I kind of like it that way. It's fun to have a secret identity. Of course, now too, I've met a number of Brokies in real life, so categories do begin to break down.
So, it's interesting, far more people in my "real life" know I'm a lesbian than people who know I'm a Brokie... As far as the "coming out" question goes. ;D
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Same here most people know I am bi polar bit not a Brookie,how bizarre is that.I am not ashamed I just dont want to be shot down in flames by those who just don't get it.I guess It is so complex I cant explain it to myself let alone others,who have not experienced it.Bi polar is easier,just go and google it!!!!!
Brown Eyes:
Heya,
Yep, I agree, one of the hardest parts about imagining "coming out as a Brokie" to non-Brokies in "real life" is that it would be really hard to explain. It would be hard to convey how important and even profound the experience is for me. I wouldn't want it to come across that this experience is simply about being something as un-complex as "being a fan." Mostly, the idea of trying to explain it sounds sort of exhausting.
There's an old saying that goes something like... "if you have to ask you'll never know"... and to a certain extent I think this applies a bit to the experience of being a Brokie. Those of us who are Brokies really, really know it, and understand. And people seek out these forums and Brokie communities. Again, it would just be hard to convey all that this means to someone who's on the "outside" of the whole experience (and especially to someone who didn't like the movie or was only lukewarm in reaction to it).
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