You are right about that....the respect isn't gone but it almost feels like I'm mourning (or something similar).  Like I said, I'm happy for them but it's a big transformation that blindsided me.

Quoting acrogodess:

I think the key is to treat them the way you always have, with respect and just be a good friend. Except for the gender reassignment, they are still the same person you've always known and loved

Quoting Anonymous:

You are right about that....the respect isn't gone but it almost feels like I'm mourning (or something similar).  Like I said, I'm happy for them but it's a big transformation that blindsided me.

Quoting acrogodess:

I think the key is to treat them the way you always have, with respect and just be a good friend. Except for the gender reassignment, they are still the same person you've always known and loved

 

When I was a freshmen in high school I befriended this guy named W.T. in a counciling class we both attended once a week.  I introduced him to my best friend at the time C.L. and the three of us became the newer generation of the Lizzie Mcgurie show.

I remember when he went to prom I was so sad and jealous.  I was like I wanted to be his date lol.  He wrote me a note at the end of the year saying our friendship was like the movie A walk to remember.  I was Jamie and he was Landon.

Sophomore year came and went and not him.  My parents and I get a phone call from him saying they were suing the high school.  Last day of my freshmen year kids were spiting at him and harrassing at him and the school teachers did nothing.

He went to school three hours away and I was devistated.  We communicated on the phone all the time and wrote letters and emails.  Lets just say mom and dad weren't thrilled at the phone bill at the time.

My junior year came and went and I ran into him.  It was so good seeing his face and catching up with him.  I remember he called me one day and asked me if I was sitting down.  I said yes.  He said after what he was gonna say I had a choice of not to be his friend or not.  So he confessed to me that he was gay.

I swallowed the words and said ok and your point is?  He was like your not mad.  I'm like why would I be mad?  Duh your my friend.  Friends stick together.

Now when he and I talk, we always talk about our favorite singers and what guy he thinks is cute.  He's the same person he was when we met (:

I think you shouldn't be shock about what your friend did.  You should wipe that shockness away and just be their for them.  Your friend is the same person just made with a little extra dosage of love.  Be their for support hang out and good ol friendship.

Tampoco he pasado por una situación similar, pero cambió de sexo, continúa siendo la misma persona, y tu respeto y amistad tendría que continuar, claro que debes estar sorprendida, ahora más que nuca necesita de tu aceptación y apoyo, no es necesario tocar el tema simplemente seguir con esa amistad que se estableció porque hay ideas afines, que nada tiene que ver con la preferencia sexual.

Ayudale a este cambio que me imagino  debió ser muy fuerte para esa persona

Ángela

I'll always be there for my friend. I guess it's just my shock that I need to get over and find the right way to support them 100%.

Quoting Proverb31Wife:

When I was a freshmen in high school I befriended this guy named W.T. in a counciling class we both attended once a week.  I introduced him to my best friend at the time C.L. and the three of us became the newer generation of the Lizzie Mcgurie show.

I remember when he went to prom I was so sad and jealous.  I was like I wanted to be his date lol.  He wrote me a note at the end of the year saying our friendship was like the movie A walk to remember.  I was Jamie and he was Landon.

Sophomore year came and went and not him.  My parents and I get a phone call from him saying they were suing the high school.  Last day of my freshmen year kids were spiting at him and harrassing at him and the school teachers did nothing.

He went to school three hours away and I was devistated.  We communicated on the phone all the time and wrote letters and emails.  Lets just say mom and dad weren't thrilled at the phone bill at the time.

My junior year came and went and I ran into him.  It was so good seeing his face and catching up with him.  I remember he called me one day and asked me if I was sitting down.  I said yes.  He said after what he was gonna say I had a choice of not to be his friend or not.  So he confessed to me that he was gay.

I swallowed the words and said ok and your point is?  He was like your not mad.  I'm like why would I be mad?  Duh your my friend.  Friends stick together.

Now when he and I talk, we always talk about our favorite singers and what guy he thinks is cute.  He's the same person he was when we met (:

I think you shouldn't be shock about what your friend did.  You should wipe that shockness away and just be their for them.  Your friend is the same person just made with a little extra dosage of love.  Be their for support hang out and good ol friendship.

 

Muchisimas gracias por tus palabras. Tienes mucha razon!

Quoting cuquita:

Tampoco he pasado por una situación similar, pero cambió de sexo, continúa siendo la misma persona, y tu respeto y amistad tendría que continuar, claro que debes estar sorprendida, ahora más que nuca necesita de tu aceptación y apoyo, no es necesario tocar el tema simplemente seguir con esa amistad que se estableció porque hay ideas afines, que nada tiene que ver con la preferencia sexual.

Ayudale a este cambio que me imagino  debió ser muy fuerte para esa persona

 

Ángela