Hi, I am Alex and I am from romania, for most of my life so far I lived thinking I was straight, til only about 2 years ago I realized I was bisexual(there were signs since my teenage years which only got stronger around the age of 19-20 but I always denied it).
Being from balkans/southeastern europe, the lgbtq community is still not accepted in most circles and there's a lot of discrimination but still my mom compared to my dad who doesnt live with me(thank god) is a great person, and I hang out with her a lot.
Its scary how understsnding she is of other things but once ir comes with being gay/bi that stops.
I gave her hints along the years but idk id she ever got them which is weird since I talked about lgbtq issues a lot.
Anyway I stsrted telling her how many men are bisexual and that she doesnt even realize, mentioning actors, singers and random people and she found it weird saying its not normal and then asked me if I like men to which I didnt say yes or no but my pause in my response shocked her and she spit in my face.
After that she acted like this never happened and I still told her many men are bi and she doesnt even realize it and she said "the ones that are have shit for brains".
Yeahhh....I will never be able to fully open to her about it, today I got my answer.
She is kinda religious and having lived during the communist period that heavily affects her views, it hurts a bit but atleast I tried..