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[quote=Anonymous]I am very close to my cousin and on good terms, but we live in different states and I suppose we are not so close that this would come up as a topic of conversation. I want to know for a variety of reasons: I want him to realize that I love him either way and I don't care if he's gay; if he is gay and does indeed have a boyfriend, I want to be able to include this person in family events; I just want to address the elephant in the room. He's 35 years old and has never had a girlfriend. We (all of us cousins -- there are 22 of us and I'm the oldest) are very friendly and all on very good terms with each other. It is very commonplace for us to ask each other if there is a girlfriend in the picture, etc. This topic of girlfriends is a topic that is avoided with this particular cousin, and it feels weird to avoid it. I just want him to know that I accept him no matter what. I also wonder if he is afraid that our grandmother (very Catholic woman) might not accept him. Everyone has always felt that she is very intolerant of homosexuality, but I have recently spoken to her on this issue and she has changed her views to become more tolerant and less judgmental. She has an "everyone is god's child" attitude now. I guess I would also like to let my cousin know that she seems to have changed, in case that is a reason for him not coming out.[/quote]

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