when talking with people about it have never been what I would consider bad at all. Then again it’s not like I go around asking people about it either. Ninety-nine percent of the time it’s usually, “Why would someone change what they were born with?” or “Why would you change what God gave you?” I have never had anyone really say anything shitty or mean about it. Usually I get the feeling they feel pity for someone who is unhappy in the body they were born with. However, most of the people I have talked about this with have been other cops.
ME: How do you think Mom and Dad handle what I turned out to be? I didn’t tell them for a long time (I think I actually told you and Aunt Ricki first), because I just didn’t want to deal, and I thought it would freak them out beyond repair. But they’re handling it pretty well now, from my perspective. What do you think?
MY BROTHER: I think they have the same two concerns I mentioned above. Other than that, I believe their biggest issue now is that they think you want them to dismiss our memories and history of your childhood up to the point you made the gender change. Weknow it is a concern for you, and not a problem for people who never knew you in your childhood, but it is going to be almost impossible to expect us to dismiss or not recognize the great times our family had when we were kids. We feel the expectation is that you want to forget about it because maybe it was a miserable time in your life. If it was, you hid it well and we didn’t know. 3
ME: You don’t have to tell me the content, but have our parents talked about me a lot with you? They used to talk to me a lot when they were worried about you.
MY BROTHER: Yes, they have, but most of the time it was regarding how sad they were. Sad not because of your change, but because they felt you hated them. Hate is maybe too severe a word, maybe resent is a better word.
ME: Do you tell people you have a brother, or a sister, if it comes up?
MY BROTHER: It does come up sometimes. I am not one to hide, and I am not embarrassed of my family or who I am or where I come from. I tell it like it is. If I’m asked, I tell people I have a sister by birth, and now I have a brother.
ME: What, in your opinion, makes a man?
MY BROTHER: The ability and desire to work your ass off for a woman until you’re dead, or until she finds someone better than you. Seriously, though, a man is just like any other animal, and it boils down to this: a man has a penis and it is used to procreate his species by fertilizing a woman’s egg. The stronger and smarter, the more likely he is to attract a female mate that will bear children tocare for him when he is too old to care for himself. The stronger and smarter man will have more success ensuring his children’s safety, thus becoming more attractive to a woman.
ME: What about a woman?
MY BROTHER: The ability and desire to marry a man who can afford what she believes her lifestyle is worth. Okay, the serious answer is an ability to bear children. The more traits a woman has to successfully bear children, the more attractive she will be to a man. I know you’re probably looking for a deeper answer, but this is what I feel to be true. I know these theories have evolved, and you may say they don’t apply in today’s day and age, however I think the only thing that has changed is that now when we say we are “attracted” to someone we use words like trust, stability, kindness, good looks, character , and others to describe what all boils down to procreation.
As far as love is concerned, I think it’s just a human word to describe a deep trust in your mate that we can’t describe in any one word, so we call it love. Not everyone feels the need to procreate these days, as we have evolved a little from the basic animal, but most can find a mate that they say they love.
Before you ask me about people who are attracted to the same sex or transgender, I’ll tell you that I am not
ME: How do you think Mom and Dad handle what I turned out to be? I didn’t tell them for a long time (I think I actually told you and Aunt Ricki first), because I just didn’t want to deal, and I thought it would freak them out beyond repair. But they’re handling it pretty well now, from my perspective. What do you think?
MY BROTHER: I think they have the same two concerns I mentioned above. Other than that, I believe their biggest issue now is that they think you want them to dismiss our memories and history of your childhood up to the point you made the gender change. Weknow it is a concern for you, and not a problem for people who never knew you in your childhood, but it is going to be almost impossible to expect us to dismiss or not recognize the great times our family had when we were kids. We feel the expectation is that you want to forget about it because maybe it was a miserable time in your life. If it was, you hid it well and we didn’t know. 3
ME: You don’t have to tell me the content, but have our parents talked about me a lot with you? They used to talk to me a lot when they were worried about you.
MY BROTHER: Yes, they have, but most of the time it was regarding how sad they were. Sad not because of your change, but because they felt you hated them. Hate is maybe too severe a word, maybe resent is a better word.
ME: Do you tell people you have a brother, or a sister, if it comes up?
MY BROTHER: It does come up sometimes. I am not one to hide, and I am not embarrassed of my family or who I am or where I come from. I tell it like it is. If I’m asked, I tell people I have a sister by birth, and now I have a brother.
ME: What, in your opinion, makes a man?
MY BROTHER: The ability and desire to work your ass off for a woman until you’re dead, or until she finds someone better than you. Seriously, though, a man is just like any other animal, and it boils down to this: a man has a penis and it is used to procreate his species by fertilizing a woman’s egg. The stronger and smarter, the more likely he is to attract a female mate that will bear children tocare for him when he is too old to care for himself. The stronger and smarter man will have more success ensuring his children’s safety, thus becoming more attractive to a woman.
ME: What about a woman?
MY BROTHER: The ability and desire to marry a man who can afford what she believes her lifestyle is worth. Okay, the serious answer is an ability to bear children. The more traits a woman has to successfully bear children, the more attractive she will be to a man. I know you’re probably looking for a deeper answer, but this is what I feel to be true. I know these theories have evolved, and you may say they don’t apply in today’s day and age, however I think the only thing that has changed is that now when we say we are “attracted” to someone we use words like trust, stability, kindness, good looks, character , and others to describe what all boils down to procreation.
As far as love is concerned, I think it’s just a human word to describe a deep trust in your mate that we can’t describe in any one word, so we call it love. Not everyone feels the need to procreate these days, as we have evolved a little from the basic animal, but most can find a mate that they say they love.
Before you ask me about people who are attracted to the same sex or transgender, I’ll tell you that I am not
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