Bit the Bullet

So today after my meeting with my advisor, I stuck around campus in my attempt to "run into" my gay friend which I'll call CMG. We and a couple other friends chatted for half an hour about the Amazing Race and Wife Swap :-)

Anyway, about 5 minutes before his class I got him alone and told him I'm gay:

PW: "I want to tell you something."
CMG: "Sure!"
(5 seconds of silence)
CMG: "What is it? You're starting to scare me."
PW: "I don't know why I didn't tell you this sooner, but..."
CMG: "You are?"
PW: "Yes."
CMG: "That's cool."

It was as simple as that. I didn't even have to say the words. He knew exactly what I was trying desperately to spit out.

I don't know why I was so afraid to tell him. But now that I have, I feel a tremendous sense of freedom.