• Courtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zone
      16·
      6 days ago

      It’s gonna be interesting to see how long before anyone in my family mentions my changing appearance.

      The long hair comments mostly stopped in my late teens, but had a brief uptick two-ish years ago.

      This past month I’ve decided fuck it I’m shaving everything and if anyone wants to mention it I’ll tell them it weird they were string at my legs and leave it at that.

      We’ll see if anyone notices my wardrobe I wear outside is less and less masculine, and if you look closer is worn decidedly feminine. Probably not unless I wear my more cute tops…

      Once I start hormones eventually I’ll hit a point where boymode is no longer an option, and I guess I’ll find out how shitty my family really is.

      I doubt any of them are dumb enough to believe it’s the 5g solar wind farms lmao

      • AzuraTheSpellkissed@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        10·
        6 days ago

        “Oh you shaved? You look better that way” and “I didn’t even notice, my attention is always to caught up in your blue hair” is all the comments I’m getting 🙃

        I didn’t expect anyone to seriously consider saying “is 5G”, but honestly… I think it’s a good call. Answering uncomfortable questions with jokes is a great life hack, because itself will subspecialty associate the topic with humor and good emotions. Even if someone insults you with malice, if you but them with a good comeback, there’s a chance everyone’s laughing and the malice is retroactively denied (as in them thinking “of I was just joking” as well).

      • NannerBanner@literature.cafe
        8·
        6 days ago

        I wish you all the best. If you truly are concerned about the reactions of your family, make sure to have good friends around to help you.

  • Tess@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    28·
    6 days ago

    In all of these cases I always answer “Because I like it that way”
    I don’t have to explain anything to anyone if I don’t feel like it.