Coder wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 2:53 am
I'm afraid it would end up being more of a weird conversion-therapy sort of middle ground with the sibling. I just don't think she could imagine a world where her brother wore a skirt, and if she knew, she'd spend the rest of her years trying to convince me I was wrong. Be it from religious, societal, etc... standpoints. Plus, she'd "work" my other family members, I just know it. I just don't have the mental stamina to broach the subject and deal with any fallout. I'd rather die, frankly, than deal with the stuff you put up with - I'm just not strong enough.
Here are the tricks I use to combat the old butterflies in the stomach with regards to wearing unconventional clothes...
Stress is the result of giving a @#$%.
I know what I am. I know the mistakes I've made, and I endeavor to atone for them as I can. I am not perfect, but I know the truth...
neither is anyone else.
Sometimes I have a sick mind... sometimes so does everyone else.
I try to avoid people.
Women wear pants.
Everyone is crazy... seriously... just listen to people talk.... it's like it's all straight out of their a$$.
Honestly Coder, my biggest trick is I have absolutely no hope nor respect for the human species any longer. Every morning I wake up and I look outside and I see that society hasn't collapsed yet... I'm already impressed. I have set my bar VERY VERY low.
Yes... they [people] laugh... they're f----ing retarded coder. And I use the world "retarded" correctly., not as in with "downs syndrome", I just mean the species is getting dumber and dumber by the minute... EVERYBODY. The human species is WELL past it's prime and zenith.
I fully expect the world's society to collapse by the end of the century. Hopefully I'll be dead by then, but if not, at the very least, I'm going to get it while the gettin's good. I don't want to spend the last few remaining "free" years I have being afraid of my own shadow. You may look back at these years and regret the liberty that you had but were too afraid to exercise.
But frankly coder, even if the world doesn't come crashing down, one thing is FOR CERTAIN: Someday YOU WILL PERISH. And the the days of youth evaporate very quickly. We are all on this Earth but for a VERY short time. There is no proof of an afterlife, for all we know, this is it.
Live your life TODAY. Tomorrow may not come! If your sister loves you, she will come around.
Stop asking permission.... it's YOUR LIFE. To hell with ANYONE who tries to rule over you!
And those are my tricks of the trade. I looked at the people in my life and said "here I am... take it or leave it!". Some took it, some left it, but by God, I wear what I want to wear.