WIBTA for not deleting my sons baby pictures?
A mother’s heart swells with love and pride, yet quietly aches as she watches her child’s journey unfold.
She embraced her son’s transition with open arms, hoping her support would be enough, but never anticipated that her cherished memories would become a source of conflict.
The tear-streaked photos represent fleeting moments of innocence and time slipping away — not rejection, but a deep, bittersweet longing.
Now caught between honoring her son’s true ident*ty and preserving the fragments of his past, she faces an impossible choice. Her love is unwavering, yet misunderstood, as she wrestles with the pain of being labeled som**hing she is not.
In this fragile dance of change and acceptance, the heart’s complexity is laid bare, asking for empathy beyond words or labels.
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The original poster (OP) feels hurt because her son accused her of being transphobic for keeping childhood photos where he appeared feminine.
The OP's conflict stems from balancing her desire to keep personal memories of her child's early life against her son's current need for validation regarding his gender ident*ty and transition.
Is the mother wrong for wanting to preserve memories of her child's infancy, even if those memories conflict with his current gender ident*ty, or must she erase those specific visual records to fully affirm his present self?
Users Wasted No Time Telling It Like It Is:
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