Articles of Distraction

[Nanny]

I have not been a frequent visitor to this thread, other than to show my support to the community,

I am now the very proud parent of a child who .... I feel the word, trans, is like venom, yet this is what my child told me: "Dad, I'm trans."

My initial reaction was, "Oh, is that all? That took guts to say, Proud of you. Now about the mess of your room,,,"

okay some editorial liberty there in the last sentence.

[Fireball]

Yeah, we're not taking ours back. We buy in bulk, 4 pounds at a time. This lasts many months. Anyone who doesn't already know that butter contains milk is supremely ignorant.

Most butter contains milk. Clarified butter doesn’t.

Boru

I have not been a frequent visitor to this thread, other than to show my support to the community,

I am now the very proud parent of a child who .... I feel the word, trans, is like venom, yet this is what my child told me: "Dad, I'm trans."

My initial reaction was, "Oh, is that all? That took guts to say, Proud of you. Now about the mess of your room,,,"

okay some editorial liberty there in the last sentence.

I remember when one of my nephews came out as gay. My brother kicked him out of the house. He was pissed off because he was named after our father, as if that made some sort of difference. I was nice about explaining that he was still his son, and wanted to know what the hell difference it made. He's come to terms with it. I sure as fuck wouldn't have kicked one of my own sons out for that. But then this brother voted for the chump. 

[arewethereyet]

My parents were very strict and not accepting of those who were "different". In the 70s my dad didn't want me dating anyone who had hair that reached their ears...a tall order back then. But that's an idea of how far they didn't stray from the "conservative norm".

Later in life my dad was 100% okay with my cousin who is a lesbian. Maybe it was because she was/is a decent golfer but I prefer to think that dad learned a few things and became more accepting as he got older.