Dear Diary

[darkest_diary]

Today we are going to break the 4th wall. This post is more for other people then our self but it’s good to be upfront and level with people reading you so I am going to put this little note here for everyone to read so that they can see where we are coming from. (Yes, I talk to my Diary, lol)

Comments

[kaishin108]

How great of you to write so much about yourself. You are so right, there is always something more to learn about life!

I love the layered look. I remember years and years ago, getting sent home from work to change, because my clothes were too layered. I never really knew specifically about the Mori Kei style.

It is great to be friends with you here :-)

[darkest_diary]

LOL! Exactly! I was wearing Mori Kei long before I knew what to call it! :D

[darkest_diary]

Thank you for the camera offer, honestly I just need to buy batteries for it, and I am kind of broke until next week. I'll have money, batteries, and a working camera in a week, but thank you really, it's very nice of you to offer. :)

[darkest_diary]

Most of my friends are pretty open minded about things, a few of them are gender-fluid. Then again I have almost always lived in fairly large cities where people tend to be more open minded. :/

I think that is why I like Livejournal, because you can find that diversity here.

[blue_aardvark]

Good to know more about you. I first heard of transgender people many years ago when Tula ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Cossey ) appeared on a talk show.

This is really cool though. I like having a wide range of friends.

[darkest_diary]

Transgender people are cool too. I have known a few of them.
It's good to see this person is XXXY! She seems interesting. :)

I don't really meet many intersex people like myself that were born this way. I just thought I would get it out there, in case I said something ungodly weird and then had to explain myself! lol

[froganon]

We are who we are.

I've given up many years ago on the idea of fashion and dress to suit myself.

The older I get, the less concerned I am about pleasing others and fulfilling societal demands about who I ought to be. It's not freeing-- as you've noted in your entry-- to have to yield to the dictates of a narrow society when inside we are far more than that.

What a wonderful place this would be if more people felt able to be all of who we are more of the time!

Thank you for this. With much respect, froganon

[darkest_diary]

It's true, if we could all be who we felt that we are, either in the moment or on a day to day basis.

I had a friend last week that admitted he likes to wear dresses and make-up when he feels he wont be judged, because he likes to feel pretty. I am glad that he feels good doing this, I just wish he didn't have to worry so much about what other people think of him.

[froganon]

It is a worry because of the threat of real physical violence.

I honor your friend for being true to himself and I honor you for honoring your friend.

[for any who don't know; the I.Q. stand for intersexed, and queer//or questioning. nowadays it is more popular to list the L first thus lgbtiq but I haven't gotten used to it yet].

[darkest_diary]

Hmm, I didn't know that there was an I being worked into lgbt or lgbtq. I will have to remember it is lgbtiq, I wonder how many more letters will be added before there just becomes a collective word.

[beauty_forashes]

Thank you for the add and for such an open post. We were friends briefly a while back, and I had no idea you have children, or this much about your past. So thank you for sharing.

[darkest_diary]

I mention the kids in passing from time to time, I am not and never will be one of those parents that fill up every waking space of Livejournal writing and showing pictures of kids. Those people drive me crazy. Great you have kids, I get it, now get a life. lol

[beauty_forashes]

That's cool, and yes - haha! Parents like that drive me up the wall too. XD

How old are your kids?

[darkest_diary]

Son 21 and Daughter 11.

A funny story, my husband and I looked so young when we had the son and he was about six, that when we were at a park late at night hanging with some friends over the summer this one older woman wanted to call the police, because she thought we were all runaways. lol