Stop reading my mail, Devious.
My mother's reaction was, "I never want to see you again." My brother's reaction was "you're killing our mother." Another relative said supportive things out of one side of her mouth, while telling me I was going against god, and that I had a disorder, out of the other.
My mother backed off, just a bit, from her original stance. She wanted to come over and see me, where I was recovering at home, alone, from my surgeries. But she wanted a promise that I would dress male. Because she seemed to be giving an inch or two, I agreed, just that one time, though it felt obscene. I wore sweats. The next time, she wanted me to do it again, and i refused.
Except for my mother, I lost my entire family by transitioning, or should I say, because of their attitudes regarding it. And I lost them in short order. As for my mother, she will deal with me one on one, but let the paltriest neighbor drop by and she wont introduce me (not just not as her daughter...not at ALL) and the last time I was there she was asked if I were "that girl who comes by and helps you sometimes." and she answered "yes." I've never been back.
But she calls. Most of the time I let the machine get it. She says, "I love you" just as if she actually knew the meaning of the word.
It's a thorn in my heart, the family stuff.
(((((((((((((((((devious)))))))))))))))
Stealth
