Well, it appears in my short time hear the only time I start a post is to rant about something, and this is no different.
Anyway, Christmas day I'm at my parents house (staying for the week since it's traditional the family gathers at this time of year) along with my sister and her husband. We're doing the exchange of gifts and when I hand my sister her gift she notices my nails, which are quite long and (I think) rather pretty. Since my family don't know about Katelyn I'm in guy mode for the week.
Well, she loudly explains that my talons are creepy. I don't know why she just noticed as they've been like this for at least two years, and she hasn't noticed that my arms are completely hairless and my eybrows are in far too neat a condition for an adverage man.
Anyway, over christmas dinner she continues to go on about how they make me look girly and creepy and weird etc.
This was quite hurtful and another setback in my dream of ever comming out to my fmaily and also a little upsetting because whilst I could understand girly and possible funny, creepy makes her feelings quite clear, that she considers men with long nails as unacceptable in (what is her view) normal society.
To keep the peace I didn't say anything about it (though I did mention it in another thread hear).
Well, tonight, she and her husband came over to my parents for dinner and to play a game (Dominion, really excellent game by the way).
This time the teasing (if you can call it that) escalated into me being equated with a kiddie fillder (her words). Once again I didn't respond save to say I like them becausad I don't want to start a fight and I don't like confrontations.
Of course, once again I find this to be hurtful but the level hse has taken it to makes wonder if
A) She suspects the truth and wants to push me into confessing, but if that were the case why do it in front of my whole family.
B) She's being a bitch, which is unlike her, teasing to be a pain (yes) but she's not normally mean with it.
C) She has a ral prolem with transgendered people
D) She's shocked that her brother has womanly nails and doesn't know how to deal with it. I've never been manly, spent my whole childhood playing with her and her dolls, but frokm her point of view I guess I've always been her nbig brother and she doesn't know how to deal with the fact I'm not who she thought I was
D) I have nbo idea why shes doing it
Grrrrrrrrrrrr
Any thoughts about how I should handle this? I'll be seeing her oce more before I leave and am tempted to take her aside and have a quite word, but am not sure how far to go with what I say.
I would love to come out to her, but don't want to if she isn't gong to accpet me, and from her comments i don't hold out much hope of that at the moment
Thanks for letting me rant
/Katie
XXX