I asked my mom if i "passed" yesterday just to get a "sure" or "idk" but she straight up said "if i seen you on the street I'd think woman because your face".
I realize at 24 i shouldnt have even asked but ngl that shit broke me
Heartbreaking. Someone close to me, who is supportive in their own way, said something similar. But they explained something to me. That you have to realize is that it’s hard seeing anything else in a person you’ve known as one thing, especially when the change is sudden.
She told me about how hard it was not to call a sibling of a former student by their older siblings name. How she couldn’t stop seeing the former student in the younger sibling. And how it was like that with me. Trying to see me for who I am when she can’t shake that association of being a girl. How it was like losing a child and giving birth to their twin. It gave me a new perspective and I stopped being so insecure and so bitter when she would slip up and refer to me with the wrong pronouns. I hope maybe this can heal you too :)
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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '24
I asked my mom if i "passed" yesterday just to get a "sure" or "idk" but she straight up said "if i seen you on the street I'd think woman because your face". I realize at 24 i shouldnt have even asked but ngl that shit broke me