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jstephens9:
--- Quote from: DavidinIndy on January 25, 2009, 12:19:43 am ---I can't imagine you being ANYTHING like Bobby's parents Jess!
My parents put me through hell when I first told them I was gay. And ironically it was in 1982, about the same time Bobby did it. I remember it was 1982, because I told them about a month before my grandma passed. She died in November of 1982.
I'm watching it again Paul, so I still have it on! :)
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Yeah I remember going through that too and it also was around the same time. My father even gave me the talk about that animals didn't do things like that. I will never forget that. I was in my first relationship with Steve. We had an apartment and my parents came by to talk. Basically I was disowned by my father, but somehow my mother got him through it, but she was devastated too. Years later she told me she had always known I was gay just like what was said in the movie. The first indication I got that they knew something was going on was when my father asked me why I didn't ever mention girls when I talked about my friends. I was 17 at the time, but I was already going to the bar. I had a fake ID. I said, oh yeah there's lots of girls, there Billie Jo, etc., etc. Billie Jo was a drag queen and the other girls I mentioned were lesbians ;) But now I am very close to my parents.
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: jstephens9 on January 25, 2009, 12:17:02 am ---Austin Nichols who played Bobby's older brother was in The Day After Tomorrow with Jake. Did anyone know that?
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I didn't know that Jack. He's beautiful isn't he?
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: southendmd on January 25, 2009, 12:25:44 am ---Jess, I don't know you very well, but if you were like Bobby's parents, you wouldn't be here.
David, you and I are close to the same age. As difficult as it was coming out then, I was lucky that my parents were more accepting, despite being Catholic.
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Hey Paul, I'm glad your parents were accepting of you too! :-*
Re Jess: I totally agree with you Paul. She wouldn't be here if she was like Bobby's parents.
southendmd:
Oh my, I had a "members only" jacket, but it wasn't gold. it was purple!
jstephens9:
This is interesting. I found it on Wikipedia concerning Austin Nichols:
"Nichols has been friends with fellow actor Jake Gyllenhaal since the two met on the set of The Day After Tomorrow in 2004. Nichols said in one interview, "I've learned a ton from Jake. He's a really sharp guy. He told me everything about acting, the business, girls, life."[2] After the film was made, there were some rumors that the two were a couple, which Nichols dismissed as "all new to me" and "ridiculous".
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