Unlocking a childhood memory is such an odd experience. As a young kid, I started to steal my dad's tshirts and wore them around our house. Just a T-shirt, socks, and underwear. I stopped when I got big enough that the shirts didn't go past my knees anymore. I remember doing this but I've never understood why. I just remembered that it was very comfortable.

Well, last night as I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep, I suddenly remembered. I was probably 5ish because I was still in leg braces (I had a bunch of surgeries on my legs and feet as a young child and wore leg braces until I was 5). I remember being somewhere, a store of some sort, with my mom and I remember asking her if I could have a dress to wear. I remember her saying no, and I remember being confused and pissed because that seemed unfair. I remember making the argument that dresses are just big shirts.

It dawned on me that my uncompliant ass decided right then and there to work around the system and just steal my dads shirts. I don't know if my parents ever put that together because they never stopped me from doing it.

I haven't come out to my parents yet, and I probably won't for a while. But when I do, I plan on asking about that.