u/CompSciStudent_idk29

K, I 18F was in Amsterdam and went into a rubber duck souvenir store as it was closing at 10pm.

I'm English, and 180cm /5'11 with very pale skin.

The guy behind the till looked at me and the conversation was;

"Are you from Germany?"

"No, England"

His face looked like he had been physically hurt by the fact that I wasn't german.

"I'm sorry" (in the way that it could have been "thats unfortunate")

A series of awkward fist bumbs ensued and I paid and left.

Wtf? Is there some beef with England or thing about the culture that I don't know.

All views and opinions welcome

I started watching click a few months ago, long after the older plushies. Was cerberus duck ever made? I cant see it on makeship (and I'd rly want one)

I bought the gay EMD and looked at the confirmation email and it says that its not expected to be shipped until 16th of SEPTEMBER. Is this normal?

Plus, I will be in university by then (hopefully) lol.

I (18F) am bisexual, with a big leaning towards women. I have felt like this for about a year now and have come out to my friends and brother (16M).

I have wanted to come out to my parents for a while but I have concerns. (FYI my parents are divorced and my mum has a fiancé)

I am still financially dependent on my mother, until I go to university in September, even then it's still going to be tight - student finance etc.

I have a half-sister on my dad's side who is lesbian, and my dad has clearly said that my mother was homophobic towards her and that my mothers parents wouldn't even let my half-sister in the house.

Because of this I can reasonably assume that my dad is cool with this, but we have had ups and downs, I won't go into the details, but I am worried that he will go on a doomsday rant about my mum if I come out to him.

I have never seen my mother be homophobic myself, we have even watched a series where there is a lot of LGBT+ characters and no comments were made.

However, my mum's fiancé has made a bantery, slightly transphobic comment about a drag queen was saw in london, just pointing them out in an unnecessary way. Then again, he did dress up as a woman in Poland for his stag do, so Idk.

I don't want to be disowned, but I can't keep this to myself forever. I want to trust my mum but the seed of doubt is there and being disowned is definitely a possibility.

Sorry for the story, its all over the place and jumps around a bit.

Extra info: I was raised URC (United Reform Christian) which is pretty liberal from what I have seen but I am atheist (I haven't told my parents that either 🤦🏼‍♀️). My half-sister is older than me. Idrc about my mum's fiancé because he's a pain in the ass. I am close with my grandparents and don't want to lose them either, but they are more traditional Christian.

TL;DR: I am worried about coming out as bisexual because of my gaslit, manipulated past.

Advice?