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New Zealand dad\u2019s response is perfect after son comes out to him via text<\/b>
\n\"Sean<\/p>\n

Back in 2013, Sean Bailey got some media attention in New Zealand when one of his bosses at McDonalds told him not to act too gay<\/a> – or there would be consequences.<\/p>\n

Although the attention resulted in his coming out to his friends and family – and to the world essentially, Bailey had not gotten around to coming out to his dad.<\/p>\n

So he recently sent him a text stating in part: ‘Well, dad … for a very long time my mind has been confused but I knew 2 years ago where I stand. I wanted to say that I love you heaps and that well … I am gay<\/a>. It’s been really hard to tell you as everyone else in the family knows except you because to me it was going to be the hardest thing of my life was to tell you this sort of news.’<\/p>\n

The dad’s return text is the kind every gay<\/a> kid would hope for.<\/p>\n

‘I think you under estimate my intelligence son,’ the dad wrote. ‘I’ve known for ages and it doesn’t worry me. As long as you’re happy, that’s all that matters. I still love you (because) you’re my son … unconditionally and never-ending.’<\/p>\n

Bailey tells The Huffington Post: ‘I couldn’t stop crying because of what he had said but it was (happy) tears rolling down my face.’<\/p>\n

H\/T: Towleroad<\/a><\/p>\n

The post New Zealand dad’s response is perfect after son comes out to him via text<\/a> appeared first on Gay Star News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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