(February 3, 2019 at 6:15 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(February 3, 2019 at 2:52 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Other than my immediate family, how others "cope" with me is their problem, not mine.
I'm sorry, but each part of that sentence seems wrong to me.
(1) Why should your immediate family have to "cope"? Aren't they they ones who should most easily accept you for who you are?
(2) Others DO have to cope with what you are, and I think you know that from real life, unless people are much kinder than I think they are.
See, I'm not just pulling opinions out of my ass, here. I've been around people, and the things I'm saying about how people are seem pretty apparent to me.
I don't care what strangers think, or, even friends or coworkers. My family is different, and my non-surgical transition has been difficult on them, my spouse, especially, but such has brought me some inner peace, and I am unwilling to part with that.
