Oh he's gorgeous, and he's quite happy to post pictures of himself in various states of undress all over twitter too.

Of course, make yourself at home
They really are

lol I've so just done the same as you

I don't really find our Divers as attractive as everyone else seems to find them David Boudia all the way for me

Indeed, ahead of Daley in my books

Though while on the end of the board they focused in slowmo of his feet... Hairy toes... :sleep:

Pervy!

Did yous see the German diver yesterday land on his back? Ouch! Bbc had the clip front page

Anyone seen this
or
This?

haha! Nope. I actually done a search for my username a few months ago to see if anyone had quoted any recent posts of mine and I found alot of discussion about me in this thread. Apparently you guys knew I was gay before I was, haha. I can't ever remember "coming out" on here before.

But whatever, i'm here now. I've accepted myself after months of struggling. So begins my journey of telling friends and family....

I just have a way of knowing things dear, I'm old and wise.

I hope you're happier these days.

How are you finding it all?

Thanks.

Uhhh, pretty strange. I don't really want to bore you with my story........

.....unless you want me to.

It's fine, I'm interested/nosy!

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Well looking back i've pretty much always been gay, although I didn't notice it until last October and didn't accept it until a few weeks ago. I remember as a teenager my mates would show me porn videos and pictures of naked girls and I just wouldn't care. I wasn't disgusted or anything, I just didn't feel anything. Of course I pretended I was fascinated though just to fit in. I had a few girlfriends but the furthest I ever went was kissing and I can't remember ever having a girlfriend for any other reason than to "look cool". I know it's not really anything to do with being gay but I've also always listened to alot of cheesy pop music like The Saturdays, Katy Perry, Lady GaGa etc and I'd never be interested in cars, guns or sports like the other guys. I did play football, though.

Anyways I used to skip my college classes last autumn and i'd sit about in Glasgow Central train station for hours waiting on 4pm arriving so I could go home. I remember i'd sit there on the seats and just stare at guys. And i'd have a "butterflies" feeling inside of me all the time. I'd felt that feeling for years but always put it down to me wanting the guy to be my FRIEND (since I was always lonely and depressed, I thought the only reason I felt that way about guys was because I was craving a friend). I'd felt that way about tons of guys throughout my life from reality TV contestants, to pop artists, to film stars, to people at my school etc but I never once thought i'd fancied them or thought I was gay. One day in October it just hit me, though. I went home and looked at pictures of girls in bikinis and thought about having sex with a woman/having a relationship with one and realised I just didn't have any interest at all. I thought about kissing a guy and having a relationship with one and realised that's what I wanted. I remember just bursting into tears and began to despise myself. I refused to believe it and tried to tell myself it was just a phase.

Whenever I'm out with my mates occasionally they'll talk about girls or show me pictures of girls on their phones and i'd go "OMFG she'd get ****ed " and "awwwww man, what a wee dirty" (sorry for the language I am an 18 year old guy haha) but inside I felt nothing. A few weeks ago I just sort of lay in bed and realised I couldn't change myself and that it was just something i'd have to live with. I began to recognize myself as being gay. I told one friend who took it very well (she's already got a different "gay friend" so she didn't really care), then I told another (who was really nice but now tries to get me to talk about it all the time) and I also told another friend on the same night (we were all drinking at his house, and I text them instead of telling them face to face) and he text back "you serious bro?" and I said "yep" and he didn't reply or mention it again, that was three weeks ago. He either can't remember, didn't believe me or doesn't want to mention it.

I've tried to straighten up a bit anyway. I'm not really camp at all so my friends were shocked when I told them the truth. I watched films like Shelter, Prayers For Bobby, Mysterious Skin, Beautiful Thing and Patrik 1.5 to educate myself on what being gay is like and what i'm going to go through in life. I'm not looking forward to the prejudice, hatred, awkwardness and lack of equal rights but i'm going to make sure i'm sticking up for myself. I'm not sure i'm going to tell my family the truth because I don't really get along with them so i'm thinking about cutting contact with them when I leave home.

I just want to be happy and find someone decent. I know i'm only 18 and still discovering myself but I'm already sick of living a lie. I hate how being gay has to be kept a secret and how people treat it as a joke/sin. I hate how the statistics of gay people are so low compared to straights and I hate how my friends will grow up and get married and have kids without any problems while i'm stuck being gay, but whatever.

Yeah, sometimes, you just have to stop trying to kid yourself hey?


Sorry to hear about the loneliness, I can understand how that would have clouded things a bit, I can't say it's something I recognise as having gone through myself, but I can empathise.


You might lose some friends, you might discover some friends where you thought there'd never be anything, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Most of the people from school don't really talk to me any more, because, "Eww, you're a battyboi innit blud," I tend to think people like that aren't worth my time.


You don't have to behave in a certain way, or do things a certain way..unless you want to live on the scene. Just be you, that's fine.

As for your parents and family, they might surprise you. Mine were pretty accepting to be honest.

I mean I know like, my brother and my uncles don't like it, but my mum makes the rules..and she's fine with it.


I don't keep it a secret. In fact, I talk about it pretty openly. Had a customer tell me talking about it wasn't appropriate today..I was actually talking about acceptance, and explaining to someone why I think equality is so important...

If mentioning being gay isn't appropriate there, I'm not sure what is..

You can still grow up, have kids and so on, being gay isn't a barrier to that.

Thanks for the response. This part stood out to me, though.

I kinda wanna straighten up a bit purely to educate my friends and family. Whenever gays have been mentioned they typically make jokes about fake tan, high voices, Kylie Minogue, hand on the hip etc and i'd really like to show them that you can still be gay and act perfectly straight at the same time. I dunno if you watched Emmerdale but the character Aaron in that is an example. Perfectly straight acting but gay, plus the character from the movie Shelter and so on. If I show my friends that anyone can be gay, even the ones who act straight, and show them that it's not a choice to be this way then maybe it'll open their eyes and they'll think things differently?

If that's who you are fine, but don't feel you have to behave a certain way to prove a point.

Would it be a problem if you were a fake tan wearing, Kylie loving, high voiced, hand on hips mincer?

I don't see a problem with that.

If I had to rank them, then I guess I'd go with Chris above Tom!

lol you notice the most random things Javvy

Pervy I'm simply appreciating as much of this once-per-four-year-spectacle whilst I have the opportunity to

I caught the footage of that and it looked really painful! Am I right in thinking he slipped off the diving board or something technical like that, or was it just a bad error/flop?

I've already seen the diver one but this Phelps one is great too
Agree wholeheartedly with you Jase, such great advice I hope you find the happiness you're looking for Shadow

Shadow, thanks for taking the time to write that, I can certainly emphasise with your story. You certainly give me hope for finally taking the plunge.

Yeah Shadow just to re-iterate what Jase said, if your friends can't accept you for who you are then maybe it's the wake up call you needed. Your true friends accept for who you are and if they can't maybe they aren't worth the time.

I can empathise with you, it's hard when your closeted and feel alone, and by the sounds of it having homphobes as friends but there are better people out there who will accept you for you, if they don't like it... f**k em is what I say.

Hey guys, long time no see! Loving the Olypic coverage right now. Going to miss Mark Cavendish though And I've really appreciated the extra coverage of Jake Humphrey
I think that it's really brave that you've been able to overcome your fears and confusion especially since you appear to come from a very masculine dominated environment. I know exactly what you mean about pretending to be interested in girls and I think that can make things quite distressing as well because you get yourself caught up in a lie and then it's even harder to come out that it would have been.

I still do that as a hobby while I'm awaiting a train, I see it as a perfectly natural appreciation of the male physique. But, I really feel for you because you seemed to have a much harder time coming to terms with it than I did. The loneliness couldn't have helped either because I'm sure that it just exasperated the hurt you were already feeling. The fact you've came though this just shows your strength of character though !

It's always hard coming out at first but it will get easier. Try to remember the good experiences ahead of the bad ones, if you have any. It can be really disheartening to have people react badly especially if that comes just as you start coming out. However, I think that quite a lot of people don't mind and that it wont be a major thing. To be honest, the second person you mention is the one that I've encountered most. They don't mean any ham but it is in some ways a novelty to the and so they talk about it a lot and it can get tedious. It'll also be much harder if your not at a stage to talk about it yet but it will get easier!


I can understand the logic behind what your doing and I do think it is good plan but just make sure its what you want. Forcing yourself into another stereotype might make things worse if you don't really want it! Also, being gay does have its bonuses - no unwanted teen pregnancies Seriously though, it is easy to get caught up in all the bad stuff affecting gay people and not realize the good stuff. Even though homophobia is still large, we're also living at a time of increased rights and it is getting easier for us.


Lots of gay people do find someone to be so I don't think you'll be any different Just remember that being secretive about being gay and it can make finding someone very difficult. I think this statement sums it up really well. Anyway, I didn't mean to write all this but you seem to be doing a good job of coming to terms with something that your obviously finding very difficult and I think that you've made both the hardest and most important steps and that it will only get easier from here on in. Good luck!

Very happy for Nicola Adams becoming the first winner of womens boxing!

Guys! Cross your fingers! Tom Daley can wait...

I just saw this, never before have I had any interest on any team but GB winning gold until now So do you think you could pick one Olympian that you've fallen for since the start of the games? Chris Hoy comes to mind for me

It was great wasn't it I also loved Jade Jones winning our first Taekwando medal (and Gold to boot )!!
lol I think I'd allow Tom to get Silver in those circumstances
If I had to pick from TeamGB it'd probably be Kristian Thomas I seem to have developed a fascination for the gymnasts

Honourable mention to Laura Trott though for the females, just purely for her infectious joy and happiness

I thought that all the team GB gymnasts were rather dashing tbh

Yeah, Laura Trott always seems to be happy, it's really uplifting watching any of her interviews!

They were, weren't they

It was like seeing my wee niece on Christmas morning with how giddy and happy she was Can't help but smile when you listen to her being interviewed

How's things with you Daz? Are you lot back doing your Highers up there now, or did you end up applying for the Conservatoire up there? (Apologies if I've totally gotten the wrong person who was thinking about applying to the Conservatoire btw )

Louis Smith was probably at the top of the bunch though - in terms of gymnastic ability, obviously
I know but then I guess I would be too if I had just won a gold medal

The schools go back next week I believe but luckily I've finished all six years I was thinking about applying to the Conservatoire (well remembered btw ) but decided against it and applied for History at Glasgow and Strathclyde. Luckily I got the results I needed this week so I'm heading off to Glasgow Uni in September - over the moon!!!

hehe. http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/the-2...-doppelgangers

Some are complete gems xD

Obviously
Haha, fair point

Ooh congrats! I knew it was one of you guys from up North and was pretty sure it was you but woop for getting it right Have a great time at Uni (though that's pretty much a cert ) and have fun studying History!!
They really are Particularly loving the Nole one It reminded me of the video where he does the skit of Masha

I found the one about Boris Johnson especially hilarious though all of the were pretty good

Thank you !