Ari
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But at the time I had no idea who she was.
I just did not have a phone freshman year.
And I said, Hey, I'm trying to get picked up.
Can I use your phone to call my mom?
Didn't even ask about the ride.
I just said, Hey mom, you're right.
Cause you know, growing up, she always told me I was going to be gay.
I can't like girls, all that.
So I just said, you're right.
My heart raced so fast, I regretted it.
But I couldn't take it back.
Now, mind you, I should have done it when she wasn't mad at anybody.
Maybe when she was at her happiest, but I just... So...
I get home and she sits down and she lectures me for about an hour and tells me how much of a disappointment I am, how I should expect to get bullied by anybody.
No, but I think she used religion as image.
Like I said, from preschool to fourth grade, I was in private school and I was Christian.
And then after I came out,
Coincidentally, my little sister ended up at a private school.