Comments | amw: running and returning

amw

running and returning

Jan 09, 2022 12:35

Continuing the pattern of last weekend, i'm taking another bum day this time around. Every now and then i look at my bank balance and try calculate how much longer i can continue to travel without dipping into savings, and a little voice whispers that this ain't gonna last. Sometime in 2022 i will have to start working again, especially once i get ( Read more... )

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carriea31 January 9 2022, 19:32:34 UTC

Is your plan to try to work temporarily and then travel some and back and forth in order to stave off some of those trapped feelings? Maybe you are not sure yet.

When you stopped contact with people during your transition and then reconnected later, how did people react? Were they angry/hurt by that sudden disappearance or was it no big thing?

Gosh, I sound super nosy. Feel free to ignore my questions if they make you uncomfortable.

amw January 22 2022, 17:41:25 UTC

I still haven't figured out what my plan is for work. If i want to keep traveling after i get the inevitable Big Tax Bill in April, i will have to withdraw some cash from my savings... and then i will be able to continue traveling for a while. Going back to work is something i don't really feel emotionally ready for at this point. I think i'm still looking for a satisfying "end point" to my travel, which i can't seem to find right now during COVID.

On breaking contact with people... The people who i did get back in touch with afterwards for the most people understood my reasons for withdrawing, even though some of them were initially upset. I think most people understand that it's a pretty big life change and sometimes you need an emotional break to be able to process it.

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dadi January 9 2022, 21:03:51 UTC

I hear you.

geminiwench January 10 2022, 04:36:22 UTC

The U.S. supreme court just passed same sex marriage exactly BECAUSE it is gender-discrimination.

If we have 50 years of laws on the books that say your gender shouldn't decide how laws are applied or your access to rights,... then the intersection of your gender and another's gender... shouldn't decide your communal access to applicable laws/rights.

That's the legal standpoint (at this point) but... that has very little to do with public opinion or personal ideation on these topics.... but it just seems so... OBVIOUS that sex, gender, and sexuality are an interplay of topics and experiences that swirl around the same axis...

siglinde99 January 11 2022, 15:31:12 UTC

I am told that being in a relationship with someone who transitions can be very challenging because it upends a lot of what you thought you knew about yourself. A good friend who describes herself as a proud old-fashioned dyke, and was one of the first to marry her partner when it became legal here, now finds herself in what is outwardly the most conventional of marriages. It took her a while to get used to that idea, and a lot of work to make sure the relationship stayed strong through her husband’s transition.