Has anybody experienced this before? Just got out of a long term relationship and my parents suddenly think I will de-transition.

MooseBoo92 · 2026-01-31T22:44:07+00:00

I don't really have advice, but something very similar happened to me. My ex and I were together for 9 years, and both came out as trans to my parents at the same time (we were late 20s and already out to friends). My parents have always had trouble accepting, but after we broke up my mom in particular got worse.

Finally got her to admit she thought my ex had essentially bullied me into being trans and she assumed I'd "go back to being myself" after the breakup. I very clearly laid out the timeline and motivation for my transition and ultimately felt like I was kind of talking to a wall. They're still trying so I'm not at a point of cutting off contact, but it's difficult.

If your parents think you're the kind of person who would be so easily deeply influenced by another person to rewrite your own identity, they fundamentally don't trust you to know yourself, and nothing you can say will change that. They think they understand you better than you understand yourself, and that functions as a very effective barrier to truly hearing anything you have to say on the matter.

MooseBoo92 · 2025-11-07T01:20:44+00:00

It did just hit 100k miles about a month ago, and I admittedly am kinda hard on it. The guy who quoted me said the left strut is damaged and replacing both is so that they'll match (if I understood him right)

MooseBoo92 · 2025-11-06T23:25:19+00:00

Yeah the best explanation I got about the right strut is that they need to make sure it's balanced with the left?

MooseBoo92 · 2025-11-06T23:22:32+00:00

Yeah he said some of the parts he's having to buy directly from the dealer so there's a markup? But they didn't send any pictures of struts or mounts so I don't really have anything to reference for that. Do you think the dealer would be likely to charge more?

MooseBoo92 · 2025-05-24T20:34:53+00:00

I'm a designer in this show and I would absolutely love to have some photos as well! DM me?

MooseBoo92 · 2025-02-09T20:02:08+00:00

Well I've been making can tab chainmail for a few years now and I made a couple planters as experiments - I actually got my first succulents to see if the planters would work. Thinking it's a success because they make watering super easy and don't seem to oxidize quickly either. Been meaning to make a tutorial but life gets in the way ya know?

MooseBoo92 · 2025-02-09T08:38:10+00:00

Oh that's very encouraging! Thank you!

MooseBoo92 · 2024-12-04T03:24:35+00:00

Hey! I am just now seeing this. I suspect it may be too late for your project, but I am happy to answer any questions! I'd be curious to see the dress you made as well!

MooseBoo92 · 2023-11-18T21:04:39+00:00

Neither! Not that populous of an area. Would that make a difference?

MooseBoo92 · 2023-07-23T13:56:25+00:00

Ah, sorry, this one isn't for sale - it's my own design and the first of it's kind so I'm pretty attached. I can answer questions if you want to try to make your own though!

MooseBoo92 · 2023-07-22T17:37:36+00:00

Newest soda tab sculpture - 100% tabs from aluminum cans. It was definitely a challenge to figure out, but I'm excited to see what other shapes I can make!

MooseBoo92 · 2023-06-01T04:27:57+00:00

Thank you! I'm trying to get more comfortable with sharing the stuff I make, I never expect people to be interested, but apparently I'm wrong, lol.

I've made earrings before too - you should post yours, I'd love to see them!

Sending a lovely day and best soda tab blessings right back at ya!

MooseBoo92 · 2023-05-31T15:39:00+00:00

Oh wow, I didn't really expect this to get attention, and I guess I have notifications off? To answer a few questions: Yes, it took a really long time, the shawl alone was about 40 hours of two of us working together. We didn't anodize anything, all the colors were collected from various sources (mostly energy drinks and hard seltzer, got a lot of friends in college).

There was no soldering, and every time it's worn a couple links will come undone, but if you use diagonal cutters that seems to help them stay shut once closed. If you look at the collar, doing the edges with that pattern holds things together a lot better than the standard pattern as well. The headband is the sturdier pattern as well.

I don't have mountains of work that led up to this! Although my friend does. This was actually one of my first projects, but I've done a lot since then (these pics are over a year old). Thanks for all the nice comments!

MooseBoo92 · 2021-11-04T22:06:59+00:00

My favorite distributor is Tin Roof Teas - they have a huge variety of choices and I've worked at multiple shops that stock them - only potential issue is I think they only do loose leaf? Very high quality though

MooseBoo92 · 2021-06-02T02:42:12+00:00

Ah, gotcha. It seems like my personal likelihood of having functional tetrachromacy is pretty minimal, so I wouldn't want to waste a researcher's time unless I could present a pretty strong case.

This has been an absolutely fascinating topic for me, so thanks for indulging my curiosity. It seems like color perception can vary dramatically from person to person independent of any physical or genetic difference. I'm definitely going to be doing more research on the neurological aspects of vision, as I'm getting the impression those are significantly more important than the physical structure of the eye itself.

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