So it's interesting. My parents have both handled my transition relatively well, but my mom was much better to start with.
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Unlike many i was never threatened with disowning or anything of the sort; my dad just sort of went into an emotional dead state for a year
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But it's interesting three years on, my mom is still super accepting and all "let's go buy you girl clothes" BUT
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My dad actually pays attention to and worries about trans issues on by behalf, even though he's not very political
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Like, he was buying me plane tickets to come home for New Years and I noticed that there was a two hour layover in North Carolina
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And he was like, "I'll definitely pay more to keep you out of North Carolina."
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Meanwhile my mom refuses to acknowledge that fascism is rising in our country and prefers to assume things "will work out"
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being unable to show affection until there's an external threat/enemy to act against is a stereotypical dad/guy thing
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reaches its peak with that Frank Sinatra "I wish somebody would threaten you so I could kill them" but
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