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Being in the closet is hard enough for a repressed young lesbian, but during the Holidays, when you’re around not just your immediate family, but you’re extended family, it's a total fucking nightmare.

Being around family members, especially the ones who don’t know much about your life, can result in conversations that involve prying personal questions that for some reason, always seem to revolve around the fact that you’re uncharacteristically not boy crazy.

Here are 10 questions every closeted lesbian dreads during the holidays. 

1. So do you have a boyfriend yet?

Um, nope, I don’t.

2. Crushing on any boys?

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

3. Are you obsessed with Justin Bieber now that he’s single?

I love that song of his, "Sorry." Have you seen the music video with all the girls dancing in it? That’s pretty cool.

4. When are you going to stop spending all your time with [insert roommate's name] and meet a boy?

Since when is encouraging me to hang with boys a thing?

5. Who do you think is going to ask you to prom?

Probably nobody.

6. Are you on birth control yet?

Well, that got personal really fucking fast.

7. All your cousins have boyfriends; why don't you?

You know, when that time comes…

8. Are you hiding a boyfriend from us? 

Actually, I’m afraid you would scare any person I introduced to you. But ya, no.

9. What about that boy [insert name of your best guy friend]? 

Definitely not. No.

10. You aren’t gay are you?

No comment. Also, no.

If this speaks to you, we understand we have no right to tell you how to live, but it's so worth being out. If you're not already out, you should try it sometime. 

Briana Gonzalez lives and works in San Francisco with her girlfriend and their two pugs (Irie + Tootzy). Follow her on Instagram and Twitter.