when youre nonbinary but people dont realize youre nonbinary because you dont appeal to nonbinary standards and appeal to gender binary standards and people assume youre a certain gender and you accept it because you dont want to explain that youre nonbinary.

Alternative responses when someone asks you whether you’re a boy or girl:

babblingfishes:

equally-confused shrugging

“about 20%”

return the question, acting intrigued and interested with their answer

take out your id card and squint at it for a couple minutes before admitting that you forgot your glasses

lean in and whisper “I wonder the same thing daily”

ask numerous detailed questions about which gender involves [insert quality], then make them wait a while as you tally up the points on your fingers

beesdontexist:

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hey nonbinary parents u kno how there’s shortened terms for mother and father but no good shortened terms for parent?? well i have the solution for you!!! instead of “parent” u can call urself “guardian”
which can be shortened to “guard”
and then when ur kid says things like “sorry i can’t go my guard says no” they sound rich and mysteriously important and u dont get misgendered and everyone wins

Additionally, when your kid has a bad influence trying to get them to do something they know you would be against they could say “Sorry, I don’t want to let my guard down” which is both mysterious AND a pun