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[–]Shesstealthy 53 insightful - 1 fun53 insightful - 0 fun54 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

At no time does this person give an example of their parents using their birth gender. It's all what if. Having had a parent with dementia who died without forgetting who I was, I know I used to worry about how I would cope with that. But this person is being incredibly self centred. Yeah they won't know who you are, they'll call you the wrong name, deal with it. Your gender identity and new life have no bearing on this.

[–]leaveandletleave 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

My granddad forgot who I was. First he called me by my mother’s name, then he treated me like a stranger, then he was actively afraid of me. What I wouldn’t have given for him to remember me at all, even if he had used an old name for me.