Out with Dad - Coming out to a parent

Rose, you look like you got something on your mind. Actually dad, I do have something on my mind. It's kind of a big deal. Tell me about it, and in no way will I freak out. Well you know how Vanessa and me have been getting real close lately? Well, I think that... Well, I know that... I don't know. Hello? Hi dad. It's time. Tell him. Come on. I'll get the bowls, you get the plates and the silverware? What? Spoons. You get the spoons and the plates for the bread. Right. You could do it now, casually, like it's not a big deal. You don't even have to look at him. Just say it: "I am..." Ok. Do it now. Now, now, now, now, now! Tell him! It's perfect. You've practiced, you're ready. Do it now! Tel him! Now, now, now, now, come on! Oh, messages for you. Kenny called. He says you're awesome and so is he. He wants to meet you before school tommorow. And Vanessa called. She really wants you to call her. Are you ignoring her or something? ***. Don't do it now. Hold off. I'll call her back. Ok. How is school? What? Tell him. How is school? Tell him. Fine. Tell him. Good. It's so simple. "Dad, I like girls." - Kenny... he's hilarious. - Tell him. He's a sweet kid. Tell him. He's gonna ask out Alicia Van Haren. Oh. Good for him! Yeah, he's interested in her the same way you're interested in you know who! Tell him. Tell him. Tell him. Tell him. You seem distracted. - No. - Oh come on, that was a perfect segway! Ok! Yeah... I am distracted. I got a lot on my mind, actually. Well, not a lot... It's more like one big thing... ...so it just feels like a lot. It's a lot in the sense that it's occupying a lot of brain activity, you know? Sounds big. Yeah. It doesn't have to be. Right. - So... - I'm gay. I know I am. At least I'm fairly sure, anyways... No, no. I know. I always knew it was something. Say something. They say that when a child comes out to a parent,!that parent transitions through 5 stages, even if they already suspected it. So this on my face is stage 1: shock: The second is denial, which I pretty much already gone through my own, so you may not be experiencing that one. Stage 3 is anger and guilt. Did I cause this? Is it because you grew up without a mother? Should I've concentrated on my own dating life more? Are you trying to fill a womanly void because of the absence of your mother? That one sounded a little too Freudian. - You hate Freud. - Stage 4. Making decisions. Being supportive, being conditionally supportive, being unsupportive/judgamental. There are 3 possible paths a parent will take: No contest there! Supportive. Stage 5... ... is acceptance. Aparentely stage 1 is still lingering a bit... It'll pass. Daddy... My little blossom is blooming. I'm such a dork! I love you. I love you so much.