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[–] PhireFloofski@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

God I hope not. I wouldn't wish that on anyone

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago
[–] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah they called me and I said no because I was gay and they started bawling.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

you didn't have to flex that hard

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

I know I shouldn't but lmao

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

And I’ve fucked it up every time.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Of course. I even know them. They're me; dreaming about having a clone of myself.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

With pleasure

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Yup, lots of cis women fantasized about me back in the day. They wanted me to be a good husband and a good father. I had shied away from those relationships without even knowing it until much later in life, but for good reason: I’m a devoted wife with no kids whatsoever, and my wife is amazing, and I get to be gay with her.

Still though, sometimes I look back and wonder what would happen if I didn’t push those girls away in my youth so quickly: would I be a completely different and deeply unsatisfied person, as a trans person is wont to when denied their actual self, and given over to somehow in vitro fertilization for children;

or would I just have a few more names in my exes list?

It’s a series of memories I’ve traced quite a lot.