Coming Out For Dinner

(My best friend is in the foster system, and has just been placed with a young couple. He’s terrified of telling them he’s gay, because the last family he told that threw him out. I go over to their house the day he decides to tell them.)

Friend: “So… I have to talk to you about something.”

Foster Mom: “Sure, what’s up?”

(His foster dad turns around.)

Friend: “I’m… gay.”

Foster Mom: “Okay, do you want permission to go to the pride festival this weekend or something?”

Friend: “Um, no, I… people don’t usually react well to that. That was it.”

Foster Dad: “Oh, okay. I’m hungry.”

Foster Mom: “Let’s all four of us go out to eat!”

(That was how he came out to his foster family. He aged out of the system with them, and when he had a civil ceremony with his partner, they threw him a pretty awesome party.)