Talked to my mom about calling me her daughter to her colleagues and I got the answer I expected, it's still a punch in the gut.

Been out 2 years, my parents are still grieving their little girl. They won't speak to each other about it and when I asked my mom if she considered speaking to someone about it, other parents, therapist, etc, she just waved it off as she's going throught it and needs time, she's still not ready to voice it.

She compared it to grieving our dog that died this year...

She told me I shouldn't be taking these little offenses so seriously, that my transition hurts them too. That's it's so happy for me while they're sad. She feels like a bad parent, looking for what they did that "made" me this. Maybe I was disgusted at being a woman seeing her so tired all the time from being the active parent.

And much more that was wrapped in an "I love you" as well as constant crying throughout the 30 minute conversation.

Guess I will just shut my mouth until I move out, I'll live my life until they're done grieving me I guess.