#tbf there is smth so insanely comedic about telling your butch niece you were afraid someone 50 years younger than you liked other women | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

purpldawne · 3 months ago

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actually wait that poll unlocked a fuckin memory and i feel like talking about it so‼️

( not tmi or anything but in case this gets long or you don't wanna read it im putting a page break here LMAO )

ok so on my 18th birthday, my grandparents REALLY wanted to go to dinner to celebrate. i didnt really wanna, but i got to dress up so i said fuck it. this was around when debates over trans women in sports were first brought to the mainstream ( as far i know ) right. so we're sitting there in the restaurant, im eating my cake, and my grandfather starts going off about how they're letting men compete against women and how unfair it is and shit. WHILE WE'RE CELEBRATING MY BIRTHDAY. IN FRONT OF ME. THEIR GNC GRANDCHILD. WHO REFERS TO HIMSELF WITH MASCULINE TERMS EVERY TIME YOU SEE HIM. LOUDLY. it's been two years and i STILL can't believe the audacity. like YOU invited ME out to dinner and start talking that shit?? if they weren't family and we weren't in public i would have told em to shut the fuck up

#they STILL talk about this stuff at family gatherings too apparently #i always keep to myself til we leave but my ma has told me they complain about people demanding you use the right pronouns or whatever #and god bless her soul she tried to be like 'actually its not that hard even if you cant tell because you shouldn't assume' and #'if they tell you how to refer to them its just basic human decency to respect that'#no clue how they took it since i wasnt there but they just ended the conversation after that 😭😭#god dont even get me started on my uncle #hes awful and clearly mentally unwell and obviously really old #we have a family friend who had two moms right. they never tried to hide it and didnt really acknowledge it as anything weird. bc it wasnt.#my uncle is the one that introduced us so clearly he knew their mom was gay #and he did #he never said anything about it while we were kids out of fear of making us gay or smth #but at the last family gathering he was updating me on what was going on with them cuz we havent seen em in a while #and he told me that their daughter had apparently gotten a boyfriend #which is great! im really happy for her #but my uncle was like 'yeah i was getting worried because of ( one of her mothers names ) being. . . you know?'#and i was???? flabbergasted?????? esp because of personal things with their parents he was JUST telling me about #this is the same guy who after 20 years STILL cant spell my deadname right. not relevant just still so fucking funny to me #but yeah he laughed when he said it and everything like he was making a funny joke #tbf there is smth so insanely comedic about telling your butch niece you were afraid someone 50 years younger than you liked other women #just because her mom did #crazy shit

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