So, I just spoke with my youngest sister, and sibling, who is 9 years old.
And we talked about why I call my partner a partner, and not boyfriend/girlfriend. And I told her that a partner is exactly the same as boyfriend/girlfriend.
She was a bit confused (cuz I said my partner is a boy) and asked if it meant we were in a middle stage, and weren’t fully dating yet and that’s why he wasn’t my boyfriend.
I told her, “No, we are in a relationship. Sometimes, people are partners because they are neither boys or girls. Or sometimes, they’re not 100% boy or 100% girl. And that’s why we are partners.”
And it clicked. She goes “ohhh, so does that mean you’re not 100% girl?” And I told her that no, I’m not.
Too which she replied “Then I can call you my sibling instead of my sister.” (Which makes me really happy)
She then went quiet for a moment and then asked “Am I 100% girl?” And I told her that she could be if she wanted to be, and she went silent again before saying “I’m 100% girl” too which my brother, who’s been texting the entire time and doesn’t even look up, says “You go girl”.
Y'all, my little sister has never really been exposed to non cishet anything. Just not allot of upfront exposure, and alot of adults didn’t think she’s even old enough to understand what gay means.
But she literally took this all in stride, and even offered to calle sibling, without me even mentioning different pronouns.
Kids get it people. Kids totally understand, as long as you’re willing to be patient and explain.
On a side note, when we got home my sister said “(Our brother) isn’t 100% boy. He’s Godzilla.”
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I can’t believe that the government is watching our every move and yet they refused to warn me that I was about to walk into a Panera where THREE of my exes were working together.
Hey, the government? You could’ve texted me. You’ve got GPS; they’ve got their jobs on Facebook; I know you know we dated. You knew, you have the technology, and you just let me walk in there, make eye contact with them, and walk out without ordering anything. Fuck you. I hate this country.
My favourite thing about the tags and replies on this post is that they’re full of people legitimately slut-shaming me for having dated three people who ended up working at the same place. Like I’m some compulsive bread whore. Like I just shoved a whole Panera up my ass one day.
Do straight people not understand the small town phenomena where 1.) there are a maximum of ten LGBT+ people that you’re even vaguely compatible with, and so you all just end up dating each other at one point or another, and 2.) word gets around that the manager of a specific business isn’t a blatant homophobe, and so it ends up becoming staffed entirely by LGBT+ people despite not being an inherently gay establishment? You guys don’t just have, like, that one Taco Bell where everyone is a lesbian?
My new favourite part about the tags on this post is everyone either tagging this as stuff like, “we don’t have a lesbian taco bell but we have a trans petsmart” and “oh you mean the five guys where everyone’s bi yeah we have that”, or straight cis people being all, “UGH THE GAYS ALWAYS THINK THEY’RE SO SPECIAL. THERE ARE BUSINESSES WHERE EVERYONE IS STRAIGHT, TOO,” as though anyone would ever come out to someone who felt like that comment necessary.
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