Gemma Rhodes
06-04-2006, 04:15 PM
Hi All.
Having recently been accepted by my mum, sister and brother-in-law, I was invited round to my sisters this evening for a meal as my sister and brother-in-law had both expressed a wish to meet Gemma.
Well after thinking about it long and hard and talking it through with friends (thanks Bev and Jay), I decided not to but instead took all three of them out for a meal to say a big thank you to them for being so understanding. I talked through my fear that seeing as I had spent over 40 years as "him" it would feel very strange going round to my sisters as "her" and wasn't sure I was ready for that yet but she re-itterated her wish to meet Gemma and said I could go in drab and get changed if I felt comfortable so we have set a date of a week on Saturday (17th) for the first meeting of Julie, Paul and Gemma (I hope). It really is going to feel strange but I really hope I will be able to introduce Gemma to them.
Having recently been accepted by my mum, sister and brother-in-law, I was invited round to my sisters this evening for a meal as my sister and brother-in-law had both expressed a wish to meet Gemma.
Well after thinking about it long and hard and talking it through with friends (thanks Bev and Jay), I decided not to but instead took all three of them out for a meal to say a big thank you to them for being so understanding. I talked through my fear that seeing as I had spent over 40 years as "him" it would feel very strange going round to my sisters as "her" and wasn't sure I was ready for that yet but she re-itterated her wish to meet Gemma and said I could go in drab and get changed if I felt comfortable so we have set a date of a week on Saturday (17th) for the first meeting of Julie, Paul and Gemma (I hope). It really is going to feel strange but I really hope I will be able to introduce Gemma to them.