2. Should I transition? – The reality of telling your family you’re transgender
Imagine the scene… Mum and Dad opposite you on the sofa, eagerly awaiting your ‘announcement’. They’ve already discussed it among themselves and have settled on three possibilities… a) you’re getting married. b) you’re going to be a father. c) you’re going to get promoted. Your actual announcement… d) none of the above. Definitely, none of the above. You nervously tell them that you’re going to transition and your Dad asks ‘That’s an island somewhere in the Carribean, isn’t it?” Emotional Dimensions: The first, rather confusing law of dealing with family is this… That most of what you think… isn’t really what you think. What this means is that our relationship with our parents and our siblings has an emotional, subconscious element that is beyond our control. Therefore, whatever ideas you formulate in your conscious mind, for example – “I don’t care what they think…” are not necessarily your real…