No siblings, so no experience there. Juli did come out to her mom about me, and she was cool with it. Related it to her talking to her dad (who is dead). Not sure I was totally cool with being compared to talking with a dead dude, but hey, it was better than the alternatives. I never interacted with her, 'cause I didn't ever front at the time, but it was no big deal. Now I don't interact with her because she's estranged from Juli. So I'm glad she came out when she did.
Coming out to friends has been okay, recently. It's sooooo painfully obvious from their comments that they don't get it, but that's okay. They accept me anyway.
As to dealing with being closeted, it's not a problem for me. *shrug* We co-front most of the time, so I just use Juli as a buffer for my interactions. Since my gender and the body are different, I don't solo front at all with people who don't know me. If I need to add something to the discussion, I just run it through Juli, who passes it on like it was her own idea. No big deal for me.
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No siblings, so no experience there. Juli did come out to her mom about me, and she was cool with it. Related it to her talking to her dad (who is dead). Not sure I was totally cool with being compared to talking with a dead dude, but hey, it was better than the alternatives. I never interacted with her, 'cause I didn't ever front at the time, but it was no big deal. Now I don't interact with her because she's estranged from Juli. So I'm glad she came out when she did.
Coming out to friends has been okay, recently. It's sooooo painfully obvious from their comments that they don't get it, but that's okay. They accept me anyway.
As to dealing with being closeted, it's not a problem for me. *shrug* We co-front most of the time, so I just use Juli as a buffer for my interactions. Since my gender and the body are different, I don't solo front at all with people who don't know me. If I need to add something to the discussion, I just run it through Juli, who passes it on like it was her own idea. No big deal for me.
Does that help?