There's kind of a lot I want to say here, but everything I'm writing feels spoilery at worst or like directionless rambling at best. In which case, feel free to share your own thoughts instead.
Oh god I think Rain is goin to have one of her moments at night and at her age and all I don't think she's going to handle it well. But I think Emily going to laugh it off.
Is it weird that I basically always sleep padded? I don't find it uncomfortable - on the contrary, I prefer being able to feel that there's *something* there...
I did too, before hormones. It helped me feel better. I won't lie, I had some superstitious part of my brain that wanted them to work some kind of magic while I slept, but even aside from that it helped me accept myself as female a little more.
I've been wearing contacts 24/7 for over 10 years now. There are special ones that you can wear for a week without taking them out. I'm at -9 dioptres and glasses don't really work for me anymore. Glasses distort so much that I feel nauseous after a few minutes if I'm wearing them instead of contacts. The only downside is that the first few minutes after waking up the contacts feel uncomfortable. I squint a lot at first. It passes after about 5 minutes.
Unfortunately I'm now old enough (48) to need reading glasses in addition to my contacts. Ugh... :(
I've never worn contacts, never had the slightest desire to switch, so I speak from ignorance here when I ask: why would taking them off not be a standard part of getting ready for bed? (And if it isn't, would Emily have brought along a case or enough spares or whatever, or is she setting herself up for a con of blindness?)
first time i had someone do laser on my face (turned out to be an IPL machine, but anyway), it was during Covid, and I was too embarrassed to take my mask off... once the woman coaxed me into it she said "bah, that's not so bad, is it? I've helped women with worse... heck *I* had worse too" then she continued "on the face... hmm... my neck didn't have".
but still, it was kinda amazing hearing a cis woman say about that...
and there's other thingslike my legs where i probably shave the least of all the classmates that i had... but yeah... beauty standards are hard for all of us... trans, cis, inter... all...
Unfortunately I'm now old enough (48) to need reading glasses in addition to my contacts. Ugh... :(
but still, it was kinda amazing hearing a cis woman say about that...
and there's other thingslike my legs where i probably shave the least of all the classmates that i had... but yeah... beauty standards are hard for all of us... trans, cis, inter... all...