Daughter remains withdrawn after coming out to parents

Daughter remains withdrawn after coming out to parents
Daughter remains withdrawn after coming out to parents

DEAR ABBY

DEAR ABBY: Our college-age daughter has been withdrawn and depressed for some time. During a recent visit, after asking her several times what was wrong, encouraging her to continue counseling and expressing general concern for her, I finally asked her (again) if she was gay. She broke down and said she was.

She seems conflicted by it, relieved we didn’t disown her (she has friends whose …