gay or atheist?

[Jenny A]

My mother would have rather heard that I was gay, than an atheist. She's suspected that I'm a lesbian for years, because I'm "liberal", "willful", and never expressed a desire to find another husband. My atheism causes her a tremendous deal of distress and anguish, though. It saddens her on many, many levels, which I won't even bother getting into.

My father's an atheist. He's extremely quiet, mellow, and tends to mind his own business for the most part. If I were gay, it just wouldn't concern him. The only thing that would bother him is if I told him I was involved in something that could potentially cause me harm, like becoming a prostitute, Nascar driver, or some shit like that. Once, I kidded around and told him I'd picked up a late night stripping gig; Just to mess with him a bit. 

He looked up from what he doing, stared at me for several moments, and said..

"No. You can't do that, Cori...it doesn't sound safe." 

That's the closest he's ever come to flying off the handle, in regards to any "big reveal" of mine.

I like your father.