PretzelGirl
01-09-2015, 11:36 PM
For the Christmas holidays, my daughter invited me to fly out and spend it with her family. This was close enough so that my mother could come visit for a day. Now my family has been very supportive, but it is new to all except my daughter and her husband. They used to go out with me during my CD days. Even still, there is a big difference between accepting me as a CD and accepting me as a full-time woman. So to this point, they were the only ones that had been around me at any time. I was excited for the trip and nervous also because of the possible reactions.
I flew into the airport and my daughter and her family were all there. Her and my son-in-law (who is awesome and wrote a college paper on transgender studies right after I came out to him) came right up and hugged me. The 9 year old and 5 year old grandsons stayed back a little, but would talk. The 2 year old grandson let me come to him. So the first night was a good start, but we had to see how it would go on the two older boys.
The next morning, the boys came out of their rooms and hugged me and called me Grandma Sue (I know, I don't look that old :D) and we were off. They treated me the entire time like it was always that way. There were two exceptions. One time the 9 year old came up and goes "You know your name is Steve". I could tell he was trying to joke with me, but I took it as an opportunity to have a good conversation. So I explained it all to him and that was the last time he said anything like that. The other was that the 2 year old inexplicably called me Papa a couple of times after I had been there over a week. How does a 2 year old remember that?
I saw my mother a couple of days after Christmas. Out of everyone I came out to, she was the only one I busted in tears on and couldn't talk. So I was already emotional about this as she said the tough part would be seeing me for the first time. But we hugged when we first saw each other and the conversation flowed. She called me Sue and generally did well with a couple of misgenders (I sure am not going to blame her). So it was a very heartening visit.
At the end of the trip was my birthday. I managed not to cry in front of them and held it to when I was alone, but these are the cards I got.
http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=239061&stc=1
I flew into the airport and my daughter and her family were all there. Her and my son-in-law (who is awesome and wrote a college paper on transgender studies right after I came out to him) came right up and hugged me. The 9 year old and 5 year old grandsons stayed back a little, but would talk. The 2 year old grandson let me come to him. So the first night was a good start, but we had to see how it would go on the two older boys.
The next morning, the boys came out of their rooms and hugged me and called me Grandma Sue (I know, I don't look that old :D) and we were off. They treated me the entire time like it was always that way. There were two exceptions. One time the 9 year old came up and goes "You know your name is Steve". I could tell he was trying to joke with me, but I took it as an opportunity to have a good conversation. So I explained it all to him and that was the last time he said anything like that. The other was that the 2 year old inexplicably called me Papa a couple of times after I had been there over a week. How does a 2 year old remember that?
I saw my mother a couple of days after Christmas. Out of everyone I came out to, she was the only one I busted in tears on and couldn't talk. So I was already emotional about this as she said the tough part would be seeing me for the first time. But we hugged when we first saw each other and the conversation flowed. She called me Sue and generally did well with a couple of misgenders (I sure am not going to blame her). So it was a very heartening visit.
At the end of the trip was my birthday. I managed not to cry in front of them and held it to when I was alone, but these are the cards I got.
http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=239061&stc=1