I could still hear them whispering in hushed tones as I walked away. The guys reacting to the new me. Some of them took pity, some were horrified, and others enraged.
I tried to tell them that I was ok. That this is who I was always meant to be. That I was never this happy as a man.
But they wouldn’t listen. They said I had been brainwashed at the retreat.
Yes, when I was enrolled, I had screamed and fought them. I desperately tried to retain the masculinity I had no right to claim.
But they taught me my true self. They showed me how I could be better as a daughter, wife, and mother than I could have ever been as a man.
The guys wouldn’t listen, but soon they’ll know. Their mothers enrolled them this morning. The teams will come for them tonight.