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[quote=Anonymous]Not sure if OP is still reading this, since it was first posted a bit ago, but I had a very similar reaction when my daughter came out at 10. I thought, surely this is just a phase, etc. and I was sad, despite literally being surrounded by LGBTQ folks at work, and I consider myself an ally.

She has remained very true to her coming out, and 2.5 years later, still very much "out" and not wavering. What changed for me/us is that because she was out, we talked about it. So now, I hear about her celebrity crushes, who she thinks is cute, etc. like any mom would hear; they're "just" all girls. So once I started to talk with her more, it just became who she is. Just the other day she said, "I don't know if I ever want kids, but if I do, I really don't want to actually be pregnant" and without missing a beat I said, "well, you'll have that choice in whatever relationship you're in, you two can figure out who's going to carry a kid if you want to have one" and it was just so normal.

But it took time. It did take time to solidify it all in my head, but once done, not a problem. I might have "issues" if she does in fact end up with a boy/man!!! I'll have to redo my thinking there! But I don't see that happening.[/quote]

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