So, as planned in my last post, I did come out to my siblings over the Easter week-end, while we were all together with their respective spouse and children. Everyone proved really supportive and understanding.

It was apparently a big surprise for my brothers, until they realised that some of my past started to make much more sense seen in this light. Not so much of a surprise for my sister, because of things I had hinted at in the now distant past. And also because she's now very close to my best friend from junior high whom I kind of lost touch with after I went to boarding school and then moved to Paris to go to college. I wasn't around when he came out at 23. He now is in a civil partnership with another guy. Anyway... he spotted me on his gaydar some time ago and voiced his suspicions to my sister.

It's a relief to know that my siblings will be there to support me when I decide to tell my parents. I believe that my parents would be more ready to understand now that they would have been 15 years ago when I almost told them. They've somewhat evolved along with society, even if society changes more slowly in rural France than it does in the cities.

Anyway, I've been changing a lot too. All my gay sensors, that had been decommissioned in 1997 are back, more or less in working order. I suspect they're trying to make up for lost time, and getting on overdrive. The other night, I was with a group of American and Brits (men and women alike) in a bar, just trying to know each other better. I talked to 3 different guys and each time got convinced they were gay. It turned out that #1 had a daughter, #2 had "kids", #3 was setting up a surprise anniversary party for his wife.

Either my gaydar is really screwed up, or I'm meeting a lot of bisexual guys like myself.

Looked up "gaydar tuner" in the Yellow pages but didn't find anything. *sigh*