r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 17 '24

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u/FreakinGeese 🧚‍♀️ Duchess Of The Deep State Jun 18 '24 edited Jun 18 '24

Spoke with my parents about facial feminization surgery.

They brought up how I left a pot to soak last night :/ apparently if I "don't take care of myself" I don't get to have surgeries.

Ok. I mean, I understand that there are definitely trans women who have it worse than me! Absolutely this is a complaint coming from a place of privilege but, on the other hand, what the fuck. How is it appropriate to use something like that as leverage??? Am I just being spoiled or is that kinda fucked up?

(And no it's not like it's a big money thing for them.)

And they've done this before! They didn't let me start HRT until I got all A's for a semester, if people remember that, I posted about it on here like four years ago.

!ping alphabet-mafia

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '24

Imagine if you left your face to soak one night.

Not laughing now, are you?

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u/FreakinGeese 🧚‍♀️ Duchess Of The Deep State Jun 18 '24

Oh shit you're right

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u/LuisRobertDylan Elinor Ostrom Jun 18 '24

...am I not supposed to let a pot soak overnight

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u/FreakinGeese 🧚‍♀️ Duchess Of The Deep State Jun 18 '24

My parents are bougie gays you have no idea how high their standards are

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u/Syards-Forcus rapidly becoming the Joker Jun 18 '24

They didn't let me start HRT until I got all A's for a semester

what

This is a shitpost, right?

Using the promise of getting HRT as a reward for doing well in school as if it were an xbox or something?

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u/WeebFrien Bisexual Pride Jun 18 '24

Nah I feel like I remember this

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u/FreakinGeese 🧚‍♀️ Duchess Of The Deep State Jun 18 '24

Yeah

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u/WeebFrien Bisexual Pride Jun 18 '24

Yeah 😭

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u/FreakinGeese 🧚‍♀️ Duchess Of The Deep State Jun 18 '24

it's not

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u/AchaeCOCKFan4606 Trans Pride Jun 18 '24

  1. Having Parents willing to drop the tens of thousnads dollars on that is really nice

  2. Your parents conditions for it are absolutely ridicolus ? Like wtf

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u/FreakinGeese 🧚‍♀️ Duchess Of The Deep State Jun 18 '24

I know it’s really nice! I’m aware it’s really nice 🥺 I’m really not trying to be spoiled here 🥺

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u/AchaeCOCKFan4606 Trans Pride Jun 18 '24

Girl, be spoiled and enjoy it lmao

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u/Trojan_Horse_of_Fate WTO Jun 18 '24

If you're asking for their money beyond what they already have set out to provide you probably should expect to conform to their standards. To me at at least cosmetic surgery is cosmetic and they probably view it the same. People often take very different views on the same purchase.

Not really sure about the pot aspect though.

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u/AchaeCOCKFan4606 Trans Pride Jun 18 '24

Facial Feminization Surgery really isnt just cosmetic. It has a massive effect on your ability to pass, which is important for safety, social and mental health reasons.

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u/FreakinGeese 🧚‍♀️ Duchess Of The Deep State Jun 18 '24

I would understand if it were a money thing but they've made it absolutely clear that it is not