A place on the tree
Regretting letting social shame prevent a relationship with a trans woman
Caring about a trans woman while fearing how being seen with her will affect other people can lead someone to withdraw from a possible relationship. The regret may persist long after the opportunity and the connection have ended.
1 person has stood here
Does this feel close to something you’ve lived? Tell your own part. What you tell becomes your Ember, and it stays yours.
Nearby on the tree
- Keeping a lifelong wish to live as a woman secret1
- Questioning sexual identity after unexpected arousal to trans women1
- Feeling conflicted about cross-dressing and wanting to be a woman1
- Questioning a straight identity after same-sex attraction2
- Discovering an online romantic connection was deceptive1
- Remembering a close friendship that might have become romantic1
Only the place shows here. What people told stays theirs.