Thoughts About Life...
December 17th 2009 12:43
Life is a bit rough for a lot of people right now. Personally I've been having troubles sleeping, I've had a lot on my mind, and the words have not been flowing. When they do, they are slow.
Someone in my family is going through a transition. He is becoming a woman; he is a transexual. And I don't care. My best friend is gay, one of my other closest friends is trans. In fact, we're lucky in that our family is very open, very accepting.
There is one part of the family that is having troubles dealing with this. My aunt and uncle, who have two children. It split up the family Christmas entirely. Our gathering-which would usually be at their house-was at mine and my grandmother's apartment, and the four of them-them and kids-left before my relative arrived from out of town, just as my mother was coming in.
It frustrates me. I know I can't change their minds. I know they're worried about explaining it to their three year old son. I know they're worried about my aunt's family-she's aunt by marriage-and I know what's going on with them. I know that my uncle is having his own problems accepting everything.
I don't know if it hurts my trans relative. I don't know if s/he realizes. I don't know because we've never been really close. But my heart burns with it. I'm indignant. I don't like our family being torn apart by something like this. I know that none of them are bad people-I just wish that they would figure their *beep* out.
Ranty post, sorry guys. But that's a big part of what's been on my mind lately and I had to get it out somewhere. There's no one I can really talk to about it right now.
That said, it's almost Christmas break, time for me to catch up completely on school and get back into the habit of regular, consistent, useful blog posts. Thanks for bearing with me.
Someone in my family is going through a transition. He is becoming a woman; he is a transexual. And I don't care. My best friend is gay, one of my other closest friends is trans. In fact, we're lucky in that our family is very open, very accepting.
There is one part of the family that is having troubles dealing with this. My aunt and uncle, who have two children. It split up the family Christmas entirely. Our gathering-which would usually be at their house-was at mine and my grandmother's apartment, and the four of them-them and kids-left before my relative arrived from out of town, just as my mother was coming in.
It frustrates me. I know I can't change their minds. I know they're worried about explaining it to their three year old son. I know they're worried about my aunt's family-she's aunt by marriage-and I know what's going on with them. I know that my uncle is having his own problems accepting everything.
I don't know if it hurts my trans relative. I don't know if s/he realizes. I don't know because we've never been really close. But my heart burns with it. I'm indignant. I don't like our family being torn apart by something like this. I know that none of them are bad people-I just wish that they would figure their *beep* out.
Ranty post, sorry guys. But that's a big part of what's been on my mind lately and I had to get it out somewhere. There's no one I can really talk to about it right now.
That said, it's almost Christmas break, time for me to catch up completely on school and get back into the habit of regular, consistent, useful blog posts. Thanks for bearing with me.
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