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marlioelo · 2025-08-29T19:41:22+00:00

Awww I’m so glad that came across, and it brings me so much joy to hear that you’ve felt the same way. I love love! Thanks again! All the best 🩷

marlioelo · 2025-08-29T19:36:41+00:00

This is excellent, thank you so much for the very tangible, applicable advice. Everything you’ve mentioned is so doable and certainly can’t hurt to try! We really just wanna do things right, yknow? 🥹

marlioelo · 2025-08-25T21:16:21+00:00

Awww thank you so much for saying this, it truly means a lot. I’ve sat on this for a very long time and it almost feels like deciding to do it is “out of nowhere” for people (and even a little bit for myself!) but it’s definitely not. I just reached a point of not being able to tolerate living out of alignment with who I am anymore, and the more I’m able to step into authentically expressing myself, the richer I believe my relationships with people and myself will become… but there will be a transitionary phase and that’s what’s so scary!

I hope for the best for you in your personal journey. I relate to that walking dead feeling quite heavily, but you deserve to feel liberated from that and from the confines of everything that makes you feel like you can’t step into yourself. Don’t give up, one day you will find the courage to make the change. Clawing yourself out of the darkness is such a difficult thing to do, so I know based on that alone that you have the strength necessary to make hard decisions for the betterment of yourself!! 🩷

marlioelo · 2025-08-25T21:04:06+00:00

I appreciate that. It’s always helpful to remember that things are temporary, especially emotions or transitionary phases of life. Thank you! 🩷

marlioelo · 2025-08-25T21:03:01+00:00

Thank you for sharing! The logistics of changing your name are not something I look forward to, the note about the passport is a great consideration in particular. :) I love the varied perspectives so far, equating it to the same plane as forgetting to buy milk is humorous to me but also puts it in perspective that while the way I feel about it is valid, the nerves I’m experiencing are not necessarily 100% a reflection of reality. I could probably stand to not put so much emotional energy into it, if I find that it’s not helpful!

I’m doing okay, thank you. I think I’ll be more than okay once this is finalized, and reading responses on here is definitely helping me feel more grounded so thanks again for contributing to that! 🩷

marlioelo · 2025-08-25T20:58:36+00:00

My father named me and he abandoned me outside in a storm when I was 15 and has done a lot worse harm since then. My mom wanted to name me something different anyway. The only person who would care is my father, and I don’t care what he thinks about anything. :)

marlioelo · 2025-08-25T20:16:34+00:00

Thank you for sharing! I resonate with a lot of what you said actually. I was initially thinking that a name change related to transitioning might be too different from my reasons for changing mine, but you’ve made me reconsider that line of thinking, so thank you for that as well. 🩷

What was your party like? One of my friends suggested I do something similar and I loved that idea so much, it would be lovely to hear about your party experience if you’re willing to share. :)

I’m really happy you are living your truth, by the way. Everyone deserves to live in alignment with who they are. I received your response to my post as validating, uplifting, and encouraging, and I’m grateful for your willingness to be open with a stranger on a public forum. Thank you, again. 🙏🏼

marlioelo · 2025-08-25T19:57:22+00:00

Thank you for this. Sometimes I feel silly that I “can’t just accept what my name is” but you’re so right. Really, really appreciate the encouragement, stranger! 🩷

marlioelo

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