Lootman wrote:My niece recently declared that she wants to be known as "They". Because some days she feels like a man and other days she feels like a woman.
She has two sets of clothes in her wardrobe so that she can always dress appropriately to the gender she feels like that day.
chas49 wrote:I presume you meant:
My niece recently declared that they want to be known as "They". Because some days they feel like a man and other days they feel like a woman.
They have two sets of clothes in their wardrobe so that they can always dress appropriately to the gender they feel like that day.
I've no issues with "live and let live".
Some days I feel unsociable and other days I am happy to talk and interact. But why the hell should I expect others to tippy toe around that? If they don't want to, they don't want to.
If someone wants to be "they" then I've no truck with that. That's how they want to live their life and I'm all for it.
chas49 wrote:It doesn't seem difficult or offensive to adjust the way of speaking to fit in with their desire to be recognised in that way.
It's not. I agree.
I wear odd socks by choice. I can't be bothered to match them up as they come out of the basket. It doesn't mean we should all gather round and discuss my choice. Why should we?
If someone chooses to wear odd socks, like me, it doesn't make me different. Others can call me lazy or daft. But why will that offend me?
AiY(D)