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Only one more page of backstory. This one messes me up a little.
My parents always wanted a boy, they ended up with 4 daughters instead. They were so sure that they were gonna have a boy that when I popped out they genuinely hadnt even thought of girl names. I was supposed to be George. As a result my Mum suffered severe anti-natal depression and I ended up coming very close to being put up for adoption. She confessed much later in my life that she hated me for well over a year when i was first around. Sometime I wish I didnt know that, but i appreciate the honesty I guess.
My Dad constantly told me he was disappointed not to have any sons to carry on the family name etc etc...so for quite a chunk of my teen years I felt like maybe I should be a boy in order to make my family happy I eventually came to the conclusion this wasnt the correct reason to go down that route and didnt, but Its possible its why i've always shied away from stereotypical girl things and been drawn to things like robotics and rocket building and computer games and electronics and dressed very androgynously over the years.
I always felt it was my fault for being a girl, but truthfully these days im at peace with it. Girl or boy I'd still just be me.