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Started by mickib, June 01, 2025, 08:25:07 AM

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mickib

I am friends with my Ex. I am divorced. I still love her..deeply.

She thinks I'm gay. and doesn't understand the differences really, or she does..but doesn't want to acknowledge it. In the past she was, anti almost TERFish.

She doesn't understand how I went from the guy she married...to now.

I have told her... people change, evolve, are dynamic, and what I wrestled with didn't come to the surface fully till I had that epiphany, that moment of. this explains everything.

she knows much about my past so she has some context, not all of it. but some

I was thinking maybe I buy her a book on the topic but not sure which would be be

I looked at "the trans partner handbook", and "Shes not the man I married" but I don't know. I really want her to not only understand, but accept and support me. I think she doesn't really support me yet, though we are friends. even going to Ikea today, together.

or maybe there is a movie, or documentary or something I can casually share with her? Though I think a book is probably the way to go.

What I'm seeking is something that maybe helps her understand me better, help her understand that its ok for me to be me.

ya know? anyone have a recommendation, did a similar thing?
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Quote from: mickib on June 01, 2025, 08:25:07 AMWhat I'm seeking is something that maybe helps her understand me better, help her understand that its ok for me to be me.

Our Founder, Susan Larson, wrote an in-depth guide to understand gender identity. I would start there.

Understanding Gender Identity
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tgirlamg

Hey Sister,

This is a bit more clinical than a novel or movie but, this paper is excellent...

https://www.avitale.com/essays/a-developmental-review

Many of us who come to our journey in later years, find many aspects our life described uncannily well throughout the paper when Dr Vitale speaks about "Group 3" individuals...

Onward Brave Sister!

Ashley 💕
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment" ... Ralph Waldo Emerson 🌸

"The individual has always had to struggle from being overwhelmed by the tribe... But, no price is too high for the privilege of owning yourself" ... Rudyard Kipling 🌸

Let go of the things that no longer serve you... Let go of the pretense of the false persona, it is not you... Let go of the armor that you have worn for a lifetime, to serve the expectations of others and, to protect the woman inside... She needs protection no longer.... She is tired of hiding and more courageous than you know... Let her prove that to you....Let her step out of the dark and feel the light upon her face.... amg🌸

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