Robin
she's lovely. she also has zero concept of why i still tense up when her dad asks about "my ex."
i'm not ashamed. i'm just still learning which stories need context and which ones are just… stories. she says "just be yourself" like that's a location i can drive to.
any late bloomers dating lifelong-out people without making it Weird.
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Cass
tell her the translating part out loud. "i'm not hiding, i'm buffering." my partner got it faster once i named it.
Maren
same boat. she once said "wow you really were straight for a long time" and i had to explain that wasn't how it felt from inside.
Robin
buffering. stealing that.
softbutch42
lifelong-out folks can be impatient without meaning to. ask her to ask questions instead of assuming you already know the culture.
tori_tries
my gf and i made a shared notes doc of "phrases that land weird." sounds clinical. worked.
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