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[Blind Blindness]

Spring Break for me...still doing homework, though.  

[Paladin Magnus Dawnguard]

Today I went to my local hobby shop to play Pokemon since they host that on Saturdays. Walking toward a table I began unpacking my cards and tins, and one little girl looked at me strangely.

"Are you a boy or a girl?" she asked.

I shrugged shyly and set the cards aside. "I'm a boy," I replied. "I'm transgender."

She gasped. "ME TOO!!!" And she lit up entirely. "I was born a boy, but I'm a girl! When did you tell your parents?"

And we went into a short conversation about coming out, then got into battling with our decks of Pokemon cards. She was 7 years old, and I'm 18, so I kept smiling and nodding and listened to her as best as I could while we battled since children tend to be spontaneous. The girl continued getting distracted, however, and her dad in the background kept telling her to pay attention.

I said to the dad it was fine, she could take her time. And we continued battling, albeit rather slowly due to her distraction, and we got into topics about deadnames and whatnot and her dad, attempting to be kind, said this was impolite. But I, having experienced dysphoria, curiosity, admiration, and social awkwardness all the same, explained kindly to him that little kids are curious, and it wasn't rude at all for her to ask since we understood, having both been transgender.

The little girl and I continued to play, and she kept looking for one card in a huge bin of cards and forgetting what it was, so she asked me at least 10 times for the name again. Her dad looked obviously frustrated at this, but I just kept calm and helped the girl whenever I could, however I could despite getting easily frustrated myself with repitition.

At the end, when the father and daughter were about to leave, the father called me over.

"I just want to say thank you for taking your time and being patient with my daughter," he said solemnly. "It really means a lot. She has a lot of social interaction problems."

I smiled and nodded to him. "It's no problem!" I assured. My back grew hot, and I looked away with shyness. "I understand where she's coming from, and it's ok. She's a sweet girl, honestly."

"Thank you..."

"And there's one thing I can suggest to help her out," I said. And I mentioned the local support group for LGBT+ of all age ranges from children to middle aged people and meets quite frequently, and the father explained he'd been going to one which meets only once a month and is over two hours away and it usually took up the entire day to get there and back, and sometimes didn't work out because of that. And he was just so thankful. And I was happy he was thankful. Because I remember the stress on my parents, too, then the relief when we found the group and they knew it'd be ok. I remember my parents' frustration and trying to handle my social awkwardness when I was little, and how it lasted through the years. And I remember the personal struggles with such social awkwardness and lack of friends, and how support became everything and this girl would finally have it.

I hope this girl has a great future ahead of her because she has a loving family and a lot of learning to do. And this is one step in the direction toward right learning.  

[Blind Blindness]

Paladin Magnus Dawnguard

Today I went to my local hobby shop to play Pokemon since they host that on Saturdays. Walking toward a table I began unpacking my cards and tins, and one little girl looked at me strangely.

"Are you a boy or a girl?" she asked.

I shrugged shyly and set the cards aside. "I'm a boy," I replied. "I'm transgender."

She gasped. "ME TOO!!!" And she lit up entirely. "I was born a boy, but I'm a girl! When did you tell your parents?"

And we went into a short conversation about coming out, then got into battling with our decks of Pokemon cards. She was 7 years old, and I'm 18, so I kept smiling and nodding and listened to her as best as I could while we battled since children tend to be spontaneous. The girl continued getting distracted, however, and her dad in the background kept telling her to pay attention.

I said to the dad it was fine, she could take her time. And we continued battling, albeit rather slowly due to her distraction, and we got into topics about deadnames and whatnot and her dad, attempting to be kind, said this was impolite. But I, having experienced dysphoria, curiosity, admiration, and social awkwardness all the same, explained kindly to him that little kids are curious, and it wasn't rude at all for her to ask since we understood, having both been transgender.

The little girl and I continued to play, and she kept looking for one card in a huge bin of cards and forgetting what it was, so she asked me at least 10 times for the name again. Her dad looked obviously frustrated at this, but I just kept calm and helped the girl whenever I could, however I could despite getting easily frustrated myself with repitition.

At the end, when the father and daughter were about to leave, the father called me over.

"I just want to say thank you for taking your time and being patient with my daughter," he said solemnly. "It really means a lot. She has a lot of social interaction problems."

I smiled and nodded to him. "It's no problem!" I assured. My back grew hot, and I looked away with shyness. "I understand where she's coming from, and it's ok. She's a sweet girl, honestly."

"Thank you..."

"And there's one thing I can suggest to help her out," I said. And I mentioned the local support group for LGBT+ of all age ranges from children to middle aged people and meets quite frequently, and the father explained he'd been going to one which meets only once a month and is over two hours away and it usually took up the entire day to get there and back, and sometimes didn't work out because of that. And he was just so thankful. And I was happy he was thankful. Because I remember the stress on my parents, too, then the relief when we found the group and they knew it'd be ok. I remember my parents' frustration and trying to handle my social awkwardness when I was little, and how it lasted through the years. And I remember the personal struggles with such social awkwardness and lack of friends, and how support became everything and this girl would finally have it.

I hope this girl has a great future ahead of her because she has a loving family and a lot of learning to do. And this is one step in the direction toward right learning.

Honestly...there's so much good in this post. It's hard to describe. You are such a brave and strong person. There are people who go their whole lives without attaining the wisdom and the kindness that you have in your heart. You've conquered a lot of battles and continue to fight others. You can be a great source of support for children like her. I was really absorbed in your story. I've been shy my whole life--still am! Socially awkward my whole life--still am! Nice to hear about your own experiences and how you are taking your own path. Glad you can be so honest (and true to yourself) with other children and adults. Proud of you. biggrin  

[Blind Blindness]

Queen Spazzy

I AM NOW FULL OF STARS.
The glasses I have don't quite match, but I don't think the paw versions of that item come in a more matchy color scheme.
(Though I might go take a look anyway...)

Your avatar is so pretty and nice xd 4laugh  

[Blind Blindness]

Oh, and thank you anon for the frigid jaeger! biggrin  

[Blind Blindness]

Queen Spazzy

I was so excited over my gifts yesterday that I totally forgot to mention to you all that I finally finished my amigurumi dragon!
You can find his image here.
(And if you want to read all the details about him, including his dedication, the deviation page is over here.)
Yes, he is totally sitting on my Wii U in front of my television, it was honestly the best place for me to set him up. >>;
(My apartment is super cluttered and I don't have all that many open flat spaces, comes with two people living in a studio flat.)
His actual place of honor is with my figure collection, right beside my beholder minifig.

Wow, that definitely looks like a lot of work and dedication. Great job! And love the color.  

[Princess Zelda21]

Last I counted during the previous week, about two or three anonymous people have gifted me by far. I gladly thank them, even if the items weren't on my long list. In the meantime, still trying to shrink that same list. It's about... eight pages worth of things last I checked. I suppose it's back to "Lake Kindred" again. Selling things I don't need seems to take ages still, unfortunately. No one seems to be buying them much, I guess.  

[Speedira Windira]

~bakes random pizzas for everyone~  

[delasislas]

So I guess we aren’t going to be flying our wood out for the time being. the helicopter pilot said that he heard some noise and it didn’t stop. so he said that he wanted to take it back to the shop to look at it, like 2 hours max. He sends us a photo of the drive shaft thing for the helicopter with like 3/4 of an inch of steel left and a 1 inch chunk broken off.