Yeah. I'm sure if you asked him, he'd say he's being "perfectly reasonable." He lets me come to his house and call myself whatever I want (except mom to my daughter, obviously), as long as I don't "dress in a way that betrays my sex," whatever nebulous thing that means. Basically just no being a woman. And of course he'll still use my deadname, misgender me whenever he refers to me, you know how it is.
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There's a pattern, but for now it's ...mostly tolerable? He's a bigot; he's homophobic towards my sister and he's homophobic and transphobic towards me. To confront him... I don't expect I would have any better outcome than "my house my rules", and my whole (big) family is pretty close. I would miss seeing everyone as often since he's the one who hosts us every week.
I've stayed away a lot more since I came out and he started being a dick about it than I ever did before, but it's hard. It's hard to make time to see my sisters and brothers and my mom, especially when they all already see each other pretty much every week at his house. So I kowtow and let him pretend that I'm his son instead of his daughter. Until I need some space from it, which might just be now, again.
Because he's a bigot, mostly. It's not a good reason
I've seen megameters used in the context of astronomical distances, but not terrestrial ones. I think terrestrially, the familiarity of kilometers helps with a sense of scale.
Thanks. I did end up changing, but only because I had to go home for a minute for other reasons.
He is the king of "sounds like a personal problem," so you're right that it isn't my job to fix how he feels
Well, my dad just said he can't be around me because I'm in a dress, but I wanted to dress up nice today so that's what I'm in. Should I leave? It's his house, but it's a family get-together and we're celebrating my grandpa's (his dad's) birthday. Grandpa is seeming to be reaching the end of his life soon...
Whew, just made it. Glad I'm not that person.
Whatever they did, it launched little floaty hearts across the room and out the door.
I'm not sure I understand what's happening here, but I'm looking forward to the five hour hbomberguy video explaining the whole thing in about 8 years.
it will UNLEASH its ability to differentiate between there and their and its and it’s.
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This might surprise you to learn, but boomers are, in fact, people. They might not be the driving force behind the parts of the digital economy you care about, but they still count. They still make money for the services they use.