Quote from: Kristal on December 09, 2013, 04:09:31 AM
Noooooo! Don't leave, Keaira! I love listening to you.
In other news, I was scrolling down my Facebook page when I came across this gem:
And it is, of course, filled with comments like "Ohoho, silly girl! Well, she'll learn the difference when she grows up."
I'm sitting here thinking, Oh no... oh... oh... noooo...
So I posted "You may want to keep an eye on that kid. She might be serious. I know quite a few guys who started as girls."
What do you guys think, was that a good idea? I just don't know... I want to help young people, but I feel like that kind of advice coming from a "known transsexual", as I am, may have made things worse... Like, before it was a joke, a cute little kid thing, but now they might be thinking "Oh no, we better get her more Barbies and burn everything in the house that's colored blue."
I feel like any time I try to help someone, they end up worse off than if I just left them alone.
Hard to say, I think it depends on the people you said it to. If they're like really religious and afraid of people "catching the queer" (I couldn't think of a better way to put this), they might be like "omg bring on the Barbies." But, chances are, they might just get the "oh, not MY precious baby child" syndrome. I don't think your help was misplaced, but it is hard to know how they will take it.
Quote from: Tossu-sama on December 09, 2013, 06:26:32 AM
Queue sounds of breaking glass. 
Oh the moments when my childhood illusions were shattered... A harsh welcome to the real world.
Lol Malachite's example is pretty tame to my mom. One time I told her I was scared that someone would break into the house and kill me while I slept, and then I wouldn't know I died. She said "oh sweetie, someone like that would wake you up before they kill you because they'd want to see you suffer." Lmao.
Come to think of it I don't think she said "suffer", I think she said "they'd want to see your fear" or pain or something like that. But same idea.