Thanks tampatalon, and thanks brokeplex!!
You say tampatalon: Brokeplex, Thanks. He may have been heavy handed and quick tempered when it came to
discipline for my childhood transgressions but fortunately he gave me support where it counted the most. He did understand for his time period that queer (would have been his terminolgy) was something he could not change.He did the best he could talking me through the heartache of my breakup with my first boyfriend and stuff like that in my teenage years. I know that must have been difficult for him, for this was something slightly beyond his grasp but he always faithfully performed what he considered his fatherly duties. He was always there when I needed him.
May his soul Rest in Peace
My I say that I am happy that you reveal that to us!! I had a similar event! I had fallen in love with a new neighbour who was slightly older that I was, as older(?) teenagers. We went out with girls, even together but no sex nor kissing!! I always thought him to be gay, as I slept even in his small bed with him!! But when I tried my move in a cinema, I got refused! So, after that, he refrained from seeing me! That was over or near 50 yeays ago, in the sixties! Guess we were Ennis and Jack (but no sex nor no kiss, unfortunately)!! So I tried to drink... and I saw that mother and father knew about it... my first romance like flirt!! My parents did the best they could to consull me, and not worth it for becoming an alcoholic because of that they said! Now that father past away, I wonder if I should have talk with him about that?
So, we, us all gay men, do have similar experiences, we need to share and to treasure and be helped with??
Hugs!