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Originally Posted by monalisasmile
That makes sense, we all need a role model and mother figures in our life and especially ones that are a positive model.
I think it's nice that she is so open and talks about her partner to you and that you have so much respect for their relationship.
I think you should tell her how much you look up to her and admire her, she will probably be flattered and delighted to help you through this hard time of finding your way in the works and finding yourself
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Yeah, it is really nice that she's so open with me. And her office is a really safe space for that part of my identity, which is really nice for me, and I've told her this and she said she was glad and that's why she wanted to work in this particular department, because she's super interested in queer theory and really enjoys talking about it with students.
And it's just nice to have that support. Like one time when I went to see a different instructor and I brought a paper that mentioned some queer-related topics and the other instructor was super uncomfortable with that and didn't really know how to respond, I told her about that and she empathized and was really supportive because she'd been through similar stuff and she told me I could just bring papers like that to her because she would never respond that way.
I want to tell her she's made a difference to me, because she has, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that(?) But I'm also scared, just because of past conditioning, that when you tell people how much you care about them or how important they are to you, they pull back...