27 year old Gary Smith finally came out of the closet today in a bid for a new life. Mr Smith has known he is homosexual since the age of 14, but spent the past 13 years of his life living in the closet.
“It was a really big decision” Mr Smith said in an interview with reporters, “It was just so comfortable living in the closet, you just have that sense of security. However, it was very lonely, and I felt now is the right time to make a change”. He described the hardest part as finding the courage to admit that living in the closet had been a ‘bad decision from the start’, but said the best part about having come out was having much more room to store his clothes.
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Gary Smith discovered that there is much more room in his closet when there isnt a person living in it.
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“You just don’t realise how much space you need to live until you really start to expand and dream of bigger things” he said. “It’s ok when you’re a kid and all you need is a bed and a laptop. Now that I’ve grown up, I just found that I needed more in my life”. He said that upon finding this extra space, he immediately added to his shoe and scarf collection.
Parents Judy and Max, who have known their son was gay since the age of 15, said that it was such a relief that their son had finally come out. “We were just so worried about his mental state” commented his mother, “living in the closet for so long must have been so bad for his social life. He couldn’t even bring any boys over. He’s not even agoraphobic!”. His father added that “It’s just so good that we now have a chance to really get to know our son. It’s very hard when you have to yell at someone through a door”.
Gary said that he intends to get on with his life, making good use of his new found space. He hopes to find a room in the short term, and perhaps even move into an entire house, although this goal he says this is “all but a dream. Still, it’s going to be nice not having to worry so much about moths and spiders anymore”.
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