2024
One interesting thing my wife and I have noticed is the way our kids have responded to the reality of me being trans. They have a great sense of humor, and this topic is just as much the source of humor for them as anything else is. That's fine with me, because frankly, they are hilarious. I don't mean they mock me, because they don't do that at all. But they love to use me being trans to mess with people.
For example, one of them was in training for their job, which requires ongoing group training with employees with similar jobs. We live in a very backward area of Ohio, which outside the bigger cities is a really conservative area. While there, they of course talked about non-work related things as well. So, she was talking about a recent holiday meal we had together, and funny things that had been said, etc., and while talking about it, used my pronouns, yet referred to me as her dad. That is what they call me. See, they had always called me that, and when the time came to come out to people outside our family, they had indicated their preference to continue using that title for me, because I still do the typical dad things for them, like help them jump start their car, etc. So referring to me as "dad" but also as "she" confused the people she was talking to, and she found that hilarious.
Mind you, I'm fully out publicly, so she wasn't outing me.
Another time, she was talking with a coworker, and mentioned something about me, and at the confused face of the coworker, said "What? My dad? Oh, she's a woman". The coworker was surprised, and really didn't understand, and when our daughter was telling me about it, well, it was really funny.
Usually, they'll refer to me as dad, and call me she, but when they get the confused look, not bother to explain. That has led to some funny things too.
I like that our kids are comfortable enough with my gender to use it to create funny situations with their coworkers.
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