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blujayonthewing · 1 year ago

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the problem with my (honorary) niblings is that their parents have all landed solidly on calling me 'auntie jay', and I don't like it, but I can't even course correct because 'aunt jay' doesn't have good flow so I also don't like that

#when I was a little kid my gramma's cousin kathleen was 'uncle pud' to me #and to her side of the family my gramma was 'uncle carol'#and the THING IS I'd be open to that if it happened organically (in my family it was an inside joke from a toddler misspeak)#but asking for it would feel really weird #like-- I feel like it would make Gender Implications that aren't there #but ALSO it goes so far as 'the more I think about it the more the idea of asking to be called an uncle makes me outright dysphoric'#I can be a girl uncle! but I HAVE to be a Girl Uncle. you know? for all of my [gestures at all of me] I'm still cis at the end of the day #uuugghhh but AUNTIE THOUGH....#I liked Miss Jay when I was teaching but obviously that's a weird vibe with close friends who are counting me as family lmaooo #aunt jay sounds too blunt... it needs that extra syllable...... alas #about me #irl frens

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