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potato_headJUST A BIT OF GOOD NEWS FROM THIS WEEKEND
I am not actually sure if 'good news' is the right word for it? IDK IDK I AM GOING TO SHARE NOW EVERYBODY BE QUIET
During my Talk with mom and dad I asked them to stop calling for Paige and I by referring to us as 'girls/ladies' which has been going on in our household for like, forever, because we are usually in the same room (since we both sit still for long stretches of time and I tolerate-enjoy most of the shows she watches) so if they need both of us for something they'll, you know, call 'ladies' or 'girls' etc. So I said to please stop doing that.
So that was what, last weekend? And this weekend dad did it twice, but he apologized the first time and corrected himself the second. o u o
Which TBH I should not really be so surprised about, because although he claims he 'doesn't get it' he is surprisingly good about getting it. In most areas. Other examples: During the Talk he said the extended family would view me as 'a girl who is really a boy' (compare with vice versa). And um...some other sappy stuff that on second thought I would be embarrassed to repeat.
But yeah basically my dad is pretty cool. So is my brother, btw. Did I mention about the time he argued with my sister that yes, I am in fact a guy? Also, he has been randomly using male pronouns for me while we are alone. I didn't even really TALK to him. I just went up to his room because I realized everybody in the family knew except him and said 'btw I am a guy' and he was like 'kay' and seriously that is verbatim the conversation we had. And then a few weeks later he was like 'I've been thinking about that' and I was like 'WHAT. You've been what' and then we talked about how mom would be about it (this was like...last year).
Unfortunately my sister is still at critical levels of Not Getting It. Which is on the one hand kind of expected because she seems like, really determined to be ignorant about everything ever, from very important things to not so important things. She is incredibly liberal (with that righteous, idealized liberality that you often see in high schoolers and PETA clubs, and I say that as somebody who identifies as a socialist and is generally so liberal that most conservatives would probably not even invite me to their parties) but regularly sends me right-wing political jokes. As in jokes that mock liberals. And are blatantly political. And I'm like 'did you even realize this is a political joke' and she's like '...no?' and basically what I'm saying is that I'm at least grateful that she is fully educating herself on Wicca before actually doing anything and listened carefully to my screed of 'things you will tell me if they happen or will ask for my assistance/guidance before attempting'.
Okay I should probably go to class now ish. It started like ten minutes ago.
I am not actually sure if 'good news' is the right word for it? IDK IDK I AM GOING TO SHARE NOW EVERYBODY BE QUIET
During my Talk with mom and dad I asked them to stop calling for Paige and I by referring to us as 'girls/ladies' which has been going on in our household for like, forever, because we are usually in the same room (since we both sit still for long stretches of time and I tolerate-enjoy most of the shows she watches) so if they need both of us for something they'll, you know, call 'ladies' or 'girls' etc. So I said to please stop doing that.
So that was what, last weekend? And this weekend dad did it twice, but he apologized the first time and corrected himself the second. o u o
Which TBH I should not really be so surprised about, because although he claims he 'doesn't get it' he is surprisingly good about getting it. In most areas. Other examples: During the Talk he said the extended family would view me as 'a girl who is really a boy' (compare with vice versa). And um...some other sappy stuff that on second thought I would be embarrassed to repeat.
But yeah basically my dad is pretty cool. So is my brother, btw. Did I mention about the time he argued with my sister that yes, I am in fact a guy? Also, he has been randomly using male pronouns for me while we are alone. I didn't even really TALK to him. I just went up to his room because I realized everybody in the family knew except him and said 'btw I am a guy' and he was like 'kay' and seriously that is verbatim the conversation we had. And then a few weeks later he was like 'I've been thinking about that' and I was like 'WHAT. You've been what' and then we talked about how mom would be about it (this was like...last year).
Unfortunately my sister is still at critical levels of Not Getting It. Which is on the one hand kind of expected because she seems like, really determined to be ignorant about everything ever, from very important things to not so important things. She is incredibly liberal (with that righteous, idealized liberality that you often see in high schoolers and PETA clubs, and I say that as somebody who identifies as a socialist and is generally so liberal that most conservatives would probably not even invite me to their parties) but regularly sends me right-wing political jokes. As in jokes that mock liberals. And are blatantly political. And I'm like 'did you even realize this is a political joke' and she's like '...no?' and basically what I'm saying is that I'm at least grateful that she is fully educating herself on Wicca before actually doing anything and listened carefully to my screed of 'things you will tell me if they happen or will ask for my assistance/guidance before attempting'.
Okay I should probably go to class now ish. It started like ten minutes ago.
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Date: 2011-03-29 09:04 pm (UTC)