Feel free to stop reading when you've had enough.
1. My wife is blaming me for her not being invited to a religious gathering my family is having at my sister's house in April. I had sent her a message in January, asking her to use my correct name and pronoun (everyone else I know has been doing that since June). She never replied. I told my sister, I don't think I could come because I didn't want to be misgendered and misnamed in front of my kids. Sister (to her credit) said she would rather I be there, and told my wife she wasn't invited unless she agreed to be respectful toward me. Wife accused me of forcing my daughter to choose between the two of us for the holiday.
2. A cousin whom I've known since she was an infant is having a baby. My wife and my sister both got invitations to her baby shower. I did not. I made inquiries and got a message from my cousin saying that she didn't invite me and telling me I shouldn't question that decision. She told me she loved me and accepted me as I am (so this probably doesn't have to do with being trans), but I have no clue why.
3. Our church is arranging for small groups to have dinner together once a month to get to know each other better. My group had its first dinner this week. A guy there, a member of a gay couple, clocked me and started talking to me, apropos of nothing, all about transgender. I tried to act like I couldn't understand why he was doing this, and eventually he changed the subject. I took him aside after the dinner and told him I didn't appreciate what he did. He apologized at the time, but later sent me a facebook message objecting to the fact that "I want to be seen as a biological woman." I went a little bit ballistic over that and he accused me of being over-emotional. (OK, he's right about that one. Both my responses to him were a bit confrontational and maybe high-handed). I'm now stuck with this group (or I could stop going and miss out on the other people).
4. Tried to replace a fluorescent bulb in my house. Succeeded in cracking the plastic casing around the fixture while trying to get it off. Replaced the bulb, but now the new bulb flickers. Tried adjusting it. Still flickers. Don't know how to get it to stop flickering, and need to replace the casing. Serves me right. I know better than trying to fix something.
5. My glasses had been falling down my nose. I brought them in to be tightened. Every time that happens, they tear into the skin on my nose and behind my ears. Don't know what to do. Can't buy another pair (they cost $450), but seems like I need to deal with torn up skin or loose glasses. The place I got it from are very nice. They'll keep adjusting it, but they won't replace them so I'm really stuck with them.
6. The woman I went on a date with a couple weeks ago still hasn't responded to an invitation to get together again. A blow-off for sure, but it took me a while to figure that out.
7. I have two electrolysis appointments, one dentist appointment and two doctor's appointment in the next two weeks.
Thanks for reading this far. Wish I had some upbeat words to reward you, but the well here is dry.
