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Wanting to study abroad vs. how to tell parents about transition?

Started by Emma_, December 19, 2014, 01:54:58 AM

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Emma_

Hi!
I have quite strange topic and I would like to ask for your experience in this area

Firstly I have to say that I plan to move to the States or the UK (for studying) in a couple of months. The problem is that I will need a financial help from my parents to start my studies - which I will have for sure from them (it's really cool tho).

But the problem is with my transition which I will start soon. Unfortunately my parents had not accepted it well when I came out (they have just saying that it is not impossible and I should stop to joke, blah blah blah), so right now they don't know anything and they don't know anything that I have a prescription and my plans to transition.


To be honest - I don't know what to do right now regarding to tell my parents.
If I say it right now - my parents would deny financial help and maybe even urge me to leave my home. So I will not be able to study and it will be really bad.
But if I don't say anything to my parents till moving to the uni and I will say about it after moving out - I will feel bad and I will feel that I have stolen money :/ but in the other hand I will have more opportunities after graduation and I will be independent from them.

For sure I want to transition. And for sure I would like to move out to start studying in another country.
But to be honest I would not like to have any war with my family.

Do you guys have ever had similar situation? How to manage the best possible way to solve this problem? I hope that maybe in future they would accept that fact, but maybe there is a solution to speed it up?

Thank you for your help in advance! :)
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Ms Grace

You might want to consider going to study and take the money up until you can make yourself self sufficient and independent. If you still feel that you have stolen from them repay it when you are able, that way it is more like borrowing.
Grace
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Transition 1.0 (Julie): HRT 1989-91
Self-denial: 1991-2013
Transition 2.0 (Grace): HRT June 24 2013
Full-time: March 24, 2014 :D
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