Partners and Participation

I have a new article for The Breast Form Store!

I write a LOT about relationships and all the nuances (putting it lightly) that gender identity and gender presentation can impact two people. This article is about the different ways we are supported by our partners and the different ways that couples navigate this aspect of ourselves.

Many of my articles are written after a thought pops into my head, often times inspired by interacting with someone else, whether it’s exchanging emails with someone like me or a complete random person out in the real world. When a thought pops up, I tend to think about it for a bit and I begin to write. Long articles like these take a long time and I will often work on them off and on for a week or even longer.

Years ago when I was upset or annoyed or angry, I would write about the situation or whatever and I would often write in a tone that was rather combative. This article more or less was prompted by someone who was intentionally trying to… hm, compete with me. I felt that they were trying to diminish my wife’s support by comparing her to the support that they had from their partner.

Support from others manifests itself in different ways and it’s not appropriate to compare this with others.

I thought about this exchange for quite some time and I wrote this over a few days, striving for the proper tone and avoiding the annoyed anger I felt. I was particularly annoyed (to say the least) by this person’s constant insistence that my wife wasn’t really supportive and how their partner was way better than mine.

Anyway.

I am proud of how the article turned out. It could have gone in a different direction in terms of tone and language but I am proud of the restraint haha.

Love, Hannah