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The concept of "the closet"
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this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
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I'm personally on the first part of that journey and trying to find out who my real family is. Definitely still filled with fear about telling relatives. I can definitely relate to the shookness. Except I started at trans. The realization I'm not straight was kind of a funny later realization. 🤷♀️
Most of my relatives found out not because I told them but because another relative saw my tinder profile and then they proceeded to tell everyone who would listen
A lot of people were blocked that day
Finding your family is hard, but having found family is worth all the effort
I personally wouldn't have told a lot of my relatives to be perfectly honest but the past is the past and once the secret was out I wasn't going to deny it because seeing how poorly they reacted made me realize that I was better off and was going to be happier without having that fear hanging over my head
That really sucks! I don't understand why people choose to be so shitty. I'm glad to hear it got better.