All I can say is that I thought my mother would be ambivalent about it. My father, whom is divorced from my mother, was another story. The majority of his "jokes" focus on racist and homophobic undertones. I just ignored him for about a half a year, but then I finally came out to him, and he didn't really care that much. The only dissent to it was, " Would I rather you be straight, yeah, but you're still my son." It kinda made me uneasy, but at least I wasn't disowned. I guess all I am saying is that sometimes you do know how your parents will react. With that being said, I have heard AWFUL coming-out scenarios. If your parents are very religious and conservative, like go to church every week or so, it might not be best to tell them quite yet. If they are not too conservative, and are not quite as fundamental and "traditional" in their religious views, then maybe you ought to come out. All-in-all, sometimes people are too ashamed to come out, like I was, even thought the reaction is not even close to as bad as first perceived.
