Megan G
09-03-2014, 05:44 PM
So as the title says I am now officially out to my immediate family. My father passed away 6 years ago so that only left my Mother and brother (who is also alone as his wife died at 35 a few years ago leaving him with 2 young kids).
I told my mother a few months ago by email while I was working away from home, she has known about my gender issues since I was very young. Infact she used to threaten me that she would take me to the doctors so he could fix me (and not in a good way). When I told her she did not understand at first and then when she finally clued in I got all the usual questions (are you gay ect) and even pleaded with me to reconsider as no one in their right mind would break up the "perfect family" (her words not mine) and asked many times why I could not just forget abut this. It took a lot of explaining but she finally understood, I think...
And today I sent the same email to my brother, we are close but not close enough for this to be a comfortable initial conversation in person. Only time will tell on how he takes it...
That only leaves my 8 year old son. I have been doing a lot of reading on here about how many of you dealt with telling your young children. By far this is the most stressful part of it. He idiolizes his dad, does everything that I do, mimics me to a tee..... and I am about to tell him that Daddy is going to transition?!?!?! OH GOD this is not going to be fun!!!
Megan
I told my mother a few months ago by email while I was working away from home, she has known about my gender issues since I was very young. Infact she used to threaten me that she would take me to the doctors so he could fix me (and not in a good way). When I told her she did not understand at first and then when she finally clued in I got all the usual questions (are you gay ect) and even pleaded with me to reconsider as no one in their right mind would break up the "perfect family" (her words not mine) and asked many times why I could not just forget abut this. It took a lot of explaining but she finally understood, I think...
And today I sent the same email to my brother, we are close but not close enough for this to be a comfortable initial conversation in person. Only time will tell on how he takes it...
That only leaves my 8 year old son. I have been doing a lot of reading on here about how many of you dealt with telling your young children. By far this is the most stressful part of it. He idiolizes his dad, does everything that I do, mimics me to a tee..... and I am about to tell him that Daddy is going to transition?!?!?! OH GOD this is not going to be fun!!!
Megan