Despite what individuals state, no, you didn’t make me gay. I am sorry situations went the way they did; I had not a clue who I was and I also had a need to rebuild a life for myself from scratch. These Days, I’m
more happy than ever before
and although we failed to find yourself with each other, You will find one to give thanks to regarding in several ways.

1. 
   Thank you for letting me personally crash on the settee when I arrived on the scene.
   
   Not a lot of folks learn you did that for me personally.
   Realizing I was homosexual
   and voicing that knowledge to the world was really tough, but I got to let get of 23 years well worth of lays and begin embracing just who i must say i had been. At that point, I didn’t know where to go. Individuals were crazy at myself but we knew I was performing ideal thing because for a change, I found myselfn’t angry at myself. You probably didn’t have so that your baby gay ex-girlfriend collision on the couch that summer time, however performed. Thank-you.
2. 
   Thank-you for supporting my lady-seeking endeavors and never considering it was unusual.
   
   As soon as you understood i possibly could in fact get women, you began to contend with me personally but never ever did mind discussing your clothes. Once I arrived, we stole your bro-tanks and snapbacks like an actual (child) Miami lesbian. It believed so right. You have thought it was awkward or unacceptable to
   be my wingman
   but you didn’t and that I relish it.
3. 
   Thank you so much when planning on taking all my
   post-coming out
   Instagram pics.
   
   We have many of the best a single gay lady photographs of them all from 2015, just like the among myself at Southern seashore chillin’ on my skateboard and flexing within my newly handed-down bro-tank. It’s my job to feel an a-hole inquiring to possess my image used and many my buddies hate it, nevertheless completely encourage a well-angled IG-worthy photo and happened to be thrilled to help me go.
4. 
   Thanks for allowing me to check out women back in school.
   
   We were however with each other next therefore surely recognized I happened to be completely homosexual before used to do. You poked fun of me regarding it therefore happened to be right, but I never ever would like you to feel like a reduced amount of a person because of my real sexuality. Initial woman you helped myself continue a romantic date with was great.
   We vibed effectively
   but she don’t see myself much afterwards since you and I also happened to be with each other. We’ll acknowledge that i really could have conveniently dropped in love with their and ended it along with you, saving you many years of crisis and mess, but that’s not what occurred and she left myself feeling baffled. You had been indeed there for me personally throughout everything and I also’ll often be grateful.
5. 
   For anyone times you assisted myself coordinate an escape policy for Tinder times, thank you.
   
   After I was released, I got not a clue the way to get a female’s attention. Programs like Tinder, Her, and Bumble gave me a place to rehearse. I believed better going on a night out together knowing that you knew where I found myself and what my personal plans had been. When we recognized this one woman from Boca was actually off the woman rocker, blowing upwards my cellphone chatting insane, we talked a great deal about it like two good friends would. Because frustrating because it will need to have already been to see myself
   start more than without you
   , you stayed my friend.
6. 
   Thanks for introducing us to cannabis.
   
   The two of us spent my youth in rigid families and we’d merely been revealed in to the crazy as soon as we met. We were on our own for the first time, undertaking most of the partying. Whenever college life had been more than, the weed remained with me. That eco-friendly leaf conserved my personal sanity making its way into my entire life as more of a medicinal help than a celebration favor, specially when I worked through my dilemmas surrounding my sex. I am so thankful for weed therefore the proven fact that you introduced me to it in university.
7. 
   Inform your mom and grandma I stated thanks for assisting me personally learn Spanish.
   
   They may be among the better teachers. I’m still not as fluent just how I’d like to end up being, however they linked myself with parts of my personal society that I would already been craving is a part of. Latinxs usually scold myself for not-being fluent and it’s really embarrassing seriously, but those two girls never forced me to feel second-rate for just trying to learn. Not only this, nevertheless makes me personally alot sexier to the ladies I date. Win-win.
8. 
   Thank you for only as a whole assisting me be a really delighted, life-loving, woman-loving girl.
   
   Screw anybody who makes you feel significantly less than since your ex-girlfriend is actually gay. I liked women since very early puberty and that I take all the credit if you are homosexual. But because i have dropped obsessed about my personal rebirth these final several years, i will have healthier and rewarding connections. I believe all of our fallout ended up being a rock-bottom both for folks, but i really wish your own progress skyrocketed just as mine features.
   You deserve it
   .