Thanks you guys...
@Micshazam, it was a bet I was willing to make only when I knew that I would be ok even if they didn't react well. It turned out well, but I was sort of adamant, to the rest of my family, that I was not going to live a lie for the rest of my life, I had too much pride for that and they needed to understand and accept my decision (they were initially VERY much against telling our parents).
Anyways, I'm glad it all turned out ok, it's just a great burned off my shoulders and one less thing to stress about. It's a little weird I guess that something like that could cause so much stress, but we are where we are...:/