Unfiltered Story #298983

(For a bit of context, I’m a trans man who’s primarily attracted to women and otherwise feminine presenting people; however, I’m not currently out to my family about this.

I accidentally let slip to my grandmother that I don’t plan to get pregnant or ever have kids. She, being the conservative old-fashioned woman that she is, immediately took this as a personal challenge to change my mind without realizing that I’m already deadset on getting rid of half of my downstairs bits. Fast forward a few months and I’m out at lunch with my grandmother and a rather new friend of hers she met through church.)

Grandmother: “So, [Friend]… [My Name] says that she doesn’t want kids.”

Friend: *Completely ignoring the condescending tone that oozed from my grandmother’s comment* “Oh, That’s okay! They aren’t for everyone, that’s for sure. I know [Her Son] definitely made me question my own choices on the matter a few times, haha!”

(I’m honestly not sure if her friend genuinely didn’t notice or if she just didn’t care but I tried my best not to laugh while my grandmother silently glared daggers at her for the rest of the meal.

A few weeks later, my mother undermined my grandmother, her mother-in-law, and defended my choice. Thankfully, since then, the majority of the comments from her have stopped.)