One grandpa's response to his grandson coming out has warmed hearts on social media once again as the post continues to be a source of inspiration.
It would appear that there wasn't a dry eye in the house when Twitter user @chipotletwink shared how his grandfather reached out to him following the news that he was gay, and many Twitter users were quick to call the interaction the blueprint for how family members should react.
@chipotletwink, real name Travis, shared screenshots of the sweet text message conversation, he captioned the post: "finally came out to my grandpa and his response is so [teary-eyed emoji]."
The grandfather made his unwavering love and support known to Travis, starting the heartfelt text with: "Well Travis, I guess you're saying you're 'coming out.' First of all, our suspicions of this began many years ago. It's not something easily hidden but it certainly wasn't for us to come forth and ask you."
Travis' mother shared the news with his grandparents after he came out to the family, and the grandpa echoed the same supportive sentiment: "Mom is right, we don't care, we love you, want you to be happy and wish you success and will support you with whatever you chose to do with your life."
"I just don't want you to sell yourself short," the message continued, "I'm truly sorry you were afraid to approach us on this subject, especially if it caused you anxiety & stress."
The loving grandparent assured their grandchild that they will always have an open line of communication on any topic, something many in the comments highlight that not everyone is lucky to have when it comes to being queer.
"I thought I told you several times in the past that you can talk freely with me about anything that concerns you," he said, but understood that even in this day and age, many people are still unaccepting.
The grandpa then went on to highlight that they appreciate the difficulties people in the LGBTQ+ community face, writing: "Being heterosexual is much easier as you don't face possible criticism and prejudice."
"Enrique seems like a very nice guy and he'll be welcome here anytime. Love you," he capped off the internet-breaking text, proving that Travis' granddad is the ultimate ally.
At the time of writing, the Twitter post has been liked a whopping 206,000 times and retweeted over 8,000 times as users can't stop praising the grandpa's handling of the uplifting coming out story.
In a later post, Travis shared a picture with his love Enrique, who he had first told his family about when he came out, the caption read: "and this is my amazing boyfriend enrique @Onrickk."
The feel-good story had everyone sharing words of adoration for the grandpa in the tweet's replies, with one user writing: "Awe! Love your grandpa!! That is so so cool to hear esp coming from a GrandPa. We need more peps like him. Big HOLA to him. PLUS Enrique is already accepted. Oh Wow! [sic]."
Travis' post incited others to share their positive coming out stories, with another reply reading: "That is awesome. Congrats man. I told [my] grandma 12 years ago. Was the first person I came out [to] and her exact words were 'it's about God damn time.'
"Appears the only one who didn't know was me for the longest time."
And, as you can probably imagine, the heartwarming exchange left many people in tears:
