▲ 5 r/LGBTQ

Other terms for mom/dad/parent/ gn family members?

I hate nibling lol. I've seen ama and aba, but I think those are terms for another language so idk if I (a white person) should use them.

What do you all use!

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u/turtleurtle808 — 5 days ago

Made card storage out of some boxes that arrived today.

Plan to coat it in paper clay to make it even stronger. Putting all my bulk in, I could have sworn I had more.

u/turtleurtle808 — 9 days ago

Mom texts "I love you [dead name] 😘" every night. Gets extremely upset if I don't respond

Low contact is so hard. Low contact, i'm only trying to talk to them if they call, only text if it's important. She wants "I love you too" texts every night. I'm 23. I haven't lived w them in a little over 6 years. I can't fucking do this.

She called me the other day late at night so I answered, and she's sobbing saying "how hard is it to text I love you? You know how much this means to me." To an extent I'm financially dependent on them so I don't feel safe dealing w this but God, it's killing me.

Edit: ty all for ur responses. I wish I could say the things ur suggesting, but I can't yet. This is no excuse- she's an extremely anxious person, but yeah, this isnt normal.

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u/turtleurtle808 — 13 days ago

Doctor suspects I could have hemochromatosis- could this be bc of HRT?

I'm a trans man, very new to hemachromatosis, not officially diagnosed but it looks like it's going that way. W my state I'm scared to tell doctors I was on T (had to stop bc of new laws). I've been off 7 months now and I can't tell from my own research if that could have made it better or worse. I def felt better mentally and physically on it, but could it have caused my high iron? Should I tell my doctor I was T?

Thanks.

Edit- just got my new test results back, getting referred.

Iron- 182 ug/dl.

Iron saturation- 77%.

Ferritin- normal.

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u/turtleurtle808 — 13 days ago

Travel policy- extra charge per 10 minutes?

For my travel studio, I will go 25 mins out to someone's house. I'm wanting a policy saying a charge of x $ will be applied per 10 minutes. What should the charge be?

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u/turtleurtle808 — 15 days ago

Any place I can find a chord analysis of Bach's dm prelude, BWV 851?

Working on this for an audition and want to make check my own analysis as I go along.

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u/turtleurtle808 — 17 days ago

Was anyone else's mom weird abt periods?

I thought I was dying when I first got mine at either 9 or 10 lol bc no one really taught me anything. When my mom found the pad rapper she got so mad I didn't tell her and cried, saying I ruined this moment for her, I was a woman now blablabla.

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u/turtleurtle808 — 20 days ago

Does anybody else feel like it was their own family sexualizing them?

I grew up as a very strong tomboy. I made it very clear I hated pink and dresses and skirts and pigtails and heels and makeup, and yet my mother forced me into them anyways. Whenever she would dress me up, she would show me off to whoever was at the event and say "look how well she cleans up," or "she can be pretty if she wants to be" or "don't you love her figure" or "shes really growing into her figure." She bought my clothes and dressed me until high school. She never cared if I was comfortable or not. I was engrossed in purity culture, and yet it felt like it was my own mother making me wear revealing clothes and "flaunt whatcha got"

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u/turtleurtle808 — 21 days ago
▲ 2 r/piano

Must memorize a recital length audition- tips?

I've only ever had to memorize for Marching band, never piano. I've got my undergrad, and now I'm looking at grad school. The 2nd school I want to go to doesn't require memorization, but my #1 does. I don't even know where to start. Drumline music was connected to movements and was solely rhythms- now I have to think abt 10 fingers. If I sit down to play somewhere random, I can usually play a bit of whatever song I'm learning, but not the whole thing. I'm so intimidated by having to memorize an entire recital. Any and all tips and advice would be appreciated.

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u/turtleurtle808 — 23 days ago

Teaching myself music theory- could use help

I only really feel comfortable abt the first one. Should I include the note from the right hand with my chords at the bottom?

u/turtleurtle808 — 1 month ago

Ppl at work know im trans, but not which way lol

Word spread I guess and one of my older lady co workers and said "I wanted to ask you personally, do you prefer to go by [my legal and chosen name] or something else?" Lololol. While I'm transmasc, I am nonbinary at heart, so I find this all v funny. I'd rather confuse than be seen as a cis woman.

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u/turtleurtle808 — 2 months ago

How to maximize body recomp before going on T?

I was on at for a few years, had to stop for 7/8 months, but I can finally go back on soon. I'm wanting to know if there's anything I can do beforehand to make body recomp as successful as possible? I'm 5 3, 165lbs. Should I try to lose weight or build muscle first? Any advice at all would be appreciated.

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u/turtleurtle808 — 2 months ago

Is there a different between these two fans? When I switch the 1st one out w the 2nd one, my computer show a booting error.

u/turtleurtle808 — 2 months ago

Should I get rid of this series?

I've had the "City of..." series since I was a preteen, reread it a few times now. The chain of gold at the top is the most recent book of the collection I have but it just keeps growing. I've read all on this shelf except that one, but I don't plan to read them again. This series takes up an entire shelf. It looks great, but should I get rid of it? In only really feeling it for nostalgia at this point

u/turtleurtle808 — 2 months ago
▲ 37 r/trans

Parents are unbelievable abt my HRT; my mom just said she's thinking abt GLP1 or ozempic

What the hell. So I'm wrong for putting hormones in my body and changing it, but it's okay when you do it? Do they not see how stupid they are?

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u/turtleurtle808 — 3 months ago
▲ 168 r/TransMasc

Got asked by an old dude in the bathroom while washing our hands, "did I go in the wrong one?"

Just feeling down. I've been off T for a few months now and I've been pretty worried it'll somehow show. I'm like 5 4 but there's nothing I can do abt that. The guy was super old tho so I just played it off and said "nope, it's just the long hair." Had my hair back in a low bun I think looks p masculine. My voice is low, too.

Before I left he said "do the hand dryers not work?" so I hope it was just his eye sight.

Am i crazy? Was he? Feeling p down now

u/turtleurtle808 — 3 months ago

Any in character bloodweave fic recs?

Emphasis on in character. I'm biding my time until the book comes out, but its like hiking a jungle lol. I'm so sick of reading works where they make him act like a middleschooler, or Regina George, or only focus on the sexy side of him or the damaged side.

They can be smut or plot, the more the better!

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u/turtleurtle808 — 3 months ago