A Girlhood Memory

[0uish]

My family had a summer house. I was reminded of it recently when a big chunk of a toenail broke off. I've been letting the coppery nailpolish wear off my feet since the weather turned too cold for open-toed shoes, and the worn flecks of metallic glitter still on the pearlescent grey nail made it look exactly like a sand dollar. Immediately,

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[cleotyne]

Wow, your dad was hardcore. So he must have had a sense that you felt you were really a girl?

My SIL wouldn't let my nephew play with dolls for the longest time, and then eventually let him play with male dolls only, etc. etc. Now he just draws and tells himself stories to escape.

[0uish]

It's interesting to think so, but don't I think he distinguished between wanting to be a girl and being a queer. I recently saw a goofy old list of things to do to prevent your son from being a homosexual, and they were all things he did. Creepy.