Had a really good heart to heart with Matt last week.
This came about as he had finished with his girlfriend who turned out to be not a very nice person... She sent me a private message through Facebook obviously very upset that Matt had ended the relationship, slating Matt and how he despised W deciding on becoming a man. I replied in a positive way to try and make her feel better. She sent a message, intending to hurt me and referred to W as a tranny! Mmm very nice girl.
Matt and I had a good open chat, the first one we have had discussing W. Matt's main concerns are a couple of his workmates, the majority are fine with it as they have known W as 'Rach' and suspected the transition, and told Matt to be proud of him as that was a big decision to do what he has.
There are a couple of younger lads who he works with and if they know about W they would give him constant stick and Matt doesn't want to lose his rag as he would have to defend W. I felt very proud of Matt but also concerned as I don't want him giving anybody a popped nose!
Matt also discussed his difficulty in calling him W. As Matt lives with his dad and it's not discussed there W is still Rach. Matt sees a lot of his grandad too, so once again he is still in the world where Rach exists. Matt does try his best when he's with W.
Another great positive... I spent a couple of hours with my aunty yesterday, we were on our own and she asked about W, that is the first time she has called him W.
W begins University once again tomorrow! Brand new start, new people and new Uni!
On the whole things are good.
