had a lovely time w my parent that i love dearly but boy did i have a hard time connecting to what she was saying when she talked to her friends using my gender assigned at birth. none of these words speak to me and they feel so foreign -- i realize i am lucky to be surrounded by ppl who dont use such words for me. i guess it makes sense, they are the words a parent would use, not friends. but still
i still think it is good that they were spoken out of love