I'm bi and my mom doesn't accept it. What do I do?

[Vicky]

so i'm bi and like two years ago (i'm 16 now) i told my mom about it, she wasn't exactly mad but she was like "it's just a phase and if you really are what you are you have to know this is not normal" ect. and she also told me i couldn't say a word about it because her image would have suffered or whatever. by the way i was still trying to figure out if i really was bi so i didn't tell anybody about it, but after two years now i'm 150% sure about my sexual orientation and i'd like to come out but i'm too scared. also, today she saw some of my posts on facebook and she called me and told me to delete them because people could have thought that i'm lesbian or bi and she was really mad and told me that until i live in her house i can't be "whatever i am" and she told me she didn't want to hear about that anymore.
but, the fact is that i can't hide it anymore from my friends and i really need to talk with someone about it because i feel like i'm acting and this is driving me crazy (this is probably why i'm writing this, i need someone to know that)
so, what do i do?
i know my friends have an open mind and they would accept me but i just really don't know how to tell them.

P.S. i'm italian so i'm sorry if i made some mistakes writing this
P.P.S. i've just subscribed to this site and i have no idea how this works so i hope i'm doing this right.

i want to thanks everyone who will answer <3

[FLEX]

Your mom is too worried about her "image" like you said. But she's just going to have to suck it up and get used to it eventually

[John M]

Do what your mother said.


WHO's house are you living at???


Their are reason people do not approve from religious reasons.

[smile]

It was really brave of you to tell her your feelings in the first place, two years ago. Although it is unfortunate that your mother refuses to see past her beliefs and accept you, her opinion probably will not change. The best advice I can give you is to be yourself and do what you want, but be careful. If you think that something you do or say might make your mom kick you out of the house, I don&#x27;t recommend doing&#x2F;saying it. But just remember that everything will turn out okay, just stay true to yourself.

[Sarcastichydrant824]

You should talk these things out with a therapist, they are very good at finding solutions to things like this. But, to be honest your mom sounds like an intolerant homophobe. You shouldn't let it hurt your confidence too much. There are douche bags out there unfortunately. I can relate. My father was completely homophobic to anything even remotely LGBT, so I just never told him and have had no contact since leaving. I know he would have disowned and/or thrown me out. You don't need people like this in your life.