Well, I said I'd update with their reaction, and so far their reaction has been absolutely not a single thing. I suppose part of that would be because in the letter I wrote, it said some thing along the lines of, "part of the reason this is in letter form is to let you have all the time you need to deal with it".
Or perhaps it's because just last night, before they read the letter, my brother and mum got into a debate about having gay kids and friends, which me and my sister joined, and because I'm so used to referring to myself as "he", I forgot to censor what I was saying and let it slip a few times.
So maybe she's realized that instead of it being this massive life change, it just explains all the behavior I've exhibited over the last year that she just hasn't understood until now..
Post Merge: October 04, 2009, 05:50:21 AM
.. Very odd in deed. Throughout the day, mum continued acting like not a thing had changed, and referring to me as "she". About 20 minutes ago, halfway through a conversation, she said, "of all the letters I've gotten from you over the years, that was definitely the most bizarre... Vinny".
She asked why I felt that way, I explained the whole "thinking of myself as a boy felt right, and I no longer wanted to harm myself". She asked what I planned to do about it, I mentioned hormone therapy and top surgery as being inevitable.
And then she said she'd have to go surf the net to read up on it, because she doesn't really know much about transsexuals.
So I suppose this has gone far better than I ever let myself imagine. *imitates Mr Burns* Excellent.
