Today I officially talked with the last member of my immediate family about my TS issues. She had already been able to guess, and my other sister confirmed it with her a few weeks ago, but I had never actually sat down and discussed it with her until today.
My sister is a very conservative, church-going woman with a husband who also comes from a religious family, and four kids. Basically, I was anticipating a reaction like the one I got.
She basically told me that she couldn't understand why I'd want to do this, she didn't want to understand it, and that I was going against everything she believed in. She would never call me her sister, and she doesn't want to have to explain to her kids why their uncle is being so weird. She even fell back on the now-tired line "God doesn't make mistakes." Bottom line was that she won't support me through this and hopes that I change my mind. With that, she left.
I figure the only thing I can do is give her time. If she comes around, then great. If not, then she's chosen that route and nothing I say will make any difference. Sure I'm upset by her reaction, but like I said, it was expected.
And to make things a little more frustrating, it seems that my dad, though he says he's supportive, seems to be agreeing with many of the things she said. They kept adding to each other's statements during the discussion, how neither one feels that it's a smart move for me and such.
Sigh. Oh well. Life goes on.
