Helping my mom write a letter to explain both my gender and sexuality situation to my extended family. THAT'S a fun little bit of wordsmithing. o.o
Not included in the letter, thankfully: the polyamory thing or the paganism thing.
Minor family negativity, gender
Still, that was an awful lot of emotional labor to have to do for a parent, especially given the very basic requests like "maybe could you not deadname my partner"
Minor family negativity, gender
@literorrery It wasn't an ARGUMENT, but it was very... hand-wringy? I mean, it's all okay that she wanted to explain Ana's transition, it all just centers, as ever, on the last-name issue, an awkwardness I suppose you have some experience with too!)
Minor family negativity, gender
@literorrery Yup. I started to spend words on why we decided it the way we did and then just gave up and basically said "We got to choose, we choose this way, the end"
