post-postscript from when I came out to the Wendling

[sistawendy]

I knew my son expected my transition to be a genetic transformation with gloriously far-reaching physiological effects. What I didn't know was that he thought it would be involuntary, or as he put it, a disease. I guess when you've been steeped in the mechanics of transition for thirty years, you forget that they're not obvious to everyone.

And then I walked the dog with him and argued repeatedly that no, the world will not end if the number of blocks she's been walked today adds up to less than 48. Le sigh.

Comments

[gement.livejournal.com]

As in, "I caught a case of the trans"?

For some reason I can't stop giggling at that concept. Bottle that and you'd have the "I'd like to try a different body on demand" prospect that SF has been demanding of the future for decades.

[domestinatrix.livejournal.com]

Huh. That actually makes good logical sense. His life experience is expanding to include puperty and how it effects different people differently. On some level, transforming from a kid to a man isn't necessarily all that different from transforming from a man to a woman, is it?