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Hello, I am 18 years old and I am also Autistic and bi.
I have not yet come out to my parents. If I start dating a guy, only then will I come out.
Speaking of which:
I wonder how my parents would react if I started dating another dude. Of course, due to anxiety of them finding out, I'd try to keep it secret, but I wonder how they'd really feel.
They are Christians, and they made multiple attempts to make me be the same way, the most recent of which were almost successful (I snapped out of it a couple months after). I wonder if they'd not care if I dated a guy or not. I could see my Dad not giving a crap if the person I choose to date in the future is a girl or a guy, but I think my Mom is a different story.
My Mom seems to be the more pushy one when it comes to religion (which I called her out on multiple times, but she denies). I told her multiple times that Hell doesn't exist (in fact, I believe that the real world is Hell), but she says, "you better believe it," as if that's a threat to me at all.
However, my Dad seems to assume authority more regularly, so if they were both there, my Mom would at first say that I wouldn't be allowed to, but my Dad would probably just be like, "I don't care who he dates. Just let him date whoever he chooses."
I don't know what they'd say or exactly how they'd react. For all I know, they might ask me if I like [DATA EXPUNGED], which could possibly be an awkward moment generated by them, and that's the best-case-scenario, or they just say that I can't continue a relationship between me and said proverbial boyfriend.
I haven't come out to them as bisexual yet, so I don't really know how they'd react beforehand based on that. I heard an external source that if your parents accept you for who you are if you come out as LGBT+ in some way, they are more likely to support you being in a "gay" relationship. However, I'm also nervous about coming out.
All I can do is wish for the best, I guess.
