My mother passed away suddenly a few months ago before I had a chance to come out to her, some of you might remember the thread I made about it. I was too scared to come out to her, I thought she would freak out, I was going to wait until I was on the hormones so she could see I was serious.
Turns out - she had actually briefly dated a FTM in the 70's who she had previously known as a woman and would have had no problem at all with my transition. Why my sister didn't tell me this MUCH sooner I have no idea. It makes me facepalm so hard. All those years I hid my GID, and she died never knowing why I was so unhappy.
Let this be a lesson to any of you out there who are too afraid to come out - just do it, you have no idea how people will react, give them a chance to see who you really are, before it's too late.
