My familyparents specifically , lifelong abusers of me as well as just being not my type . I ' ve always been different from the rest , who gleefully put the cunt in country every chance they get . I ' m also gay and from a family of devout southern Baptists . Six months ago , I left for work having already quit my job , and went to a parking deck , where my friend from the next stage over came to pick me up . We drove back , again still not having told my family , and found me a hotel . The phone calls were unpleasant at first , especially when I said I was gay , and my mother hung up on me . Things have turned out wonderfully , however . Im so so much happier and relaxed now , and that dear friend is now my fianc , and we ' ll be married next November . I ' ve hardly communicated with my family in sixth months , and it ' s been soo amazing not hearing my mother criticize and scream about everything .