Old pooner shares a delightful tale of traumatizing her neighbor:
"Crossposted:
Happy New Year to all of you!
I want to share a funny (a bit socially awkward?) the morning of New Year's Eve story. We reside in a rather religious neighborhood of a very liberal city. (The rent is borderline affordable, the space is almost large enough for us, and so...here we are). Yesterday I walked out to get an Amazon delivery that was dropped off on our porch, wearing what I usually wear at home: my pajama pants. I stepped out into a somewhat cool late December morning in NYC and spent about 5 minutes moving the packages off the porch and into the house. And only after that chore was almost completed, I looked up and made an eye contact with our religious middle aged neighbor, who was standing on the sidewalk with her several children, staring at my shirtless self (6.5 months old top surgery scars and all) with a mixed expression of extreme confusion and awe on her face. After an attempt to nod casually at her, I resumed my tasks.
Later, as I shared this experience with my partner, we had somewhat different interpretations of the events. Let's just say that I do not believe that my neighbor's reaction was solely due to how unfavorably her husband body compared to mine (my partner gives me way too much credit there, lol).
But what this incident led to is one of my New Year's resolutions: I need to become more socially-situationally aware, especially as being shirtless has become my preferred way to be lately, lol.
Attaching a picture of yours truly with one of the packages involved in this incident, for reference. [A picture of a middle-aged short-haired pale-skinned human wearing pajama pants and holding a brown box]."
In case you needed more nightmare fuel of this one, I s2g I think this is what a true nonbinary looks like because it's almost alien