realizing my deadname has an extremely androgynous potential nickname only after legally changing it to smth else is genuinely awful. I’ve always hated my deadname, but I could’ve chopped off ONE LETTER and been SO good 😭😭😭
real 🥀
My dead name has a more androgynous counterpart, but I got rid of it anyway. However, I did learn that my parents almost named me Charlotte with the intention of nicknaming me Charlie. I was so close to an gender neutral name 🙏