If your name is David, and you prefer being called Dave, or Bob, or even Alice... I'll call you whatever you prefer. Because I'm not an asshole. Only an asshole would purposely use a name/nickname someone doesn't like.
In the same way, I'll even try to use your 'preferred pronoun' even though I think it's stupid. I may think that calling you Dave instead of David is stupid - especially if I've called you David for the entire time I've known you. But, I'll still try, because I'm not an asshole.
All I ask in return, is that when I fuck it up (because I will, though not intentionally) that you don't become an asshole. That you realize you are outside the norm. I won't be an asshole. You won't be an asshole. We'll get along fine.
But if you get pissed because I accidentally use the wrong pronoun, or the wrong nickname, all bets are off.
I'm... Into not being an asshole to people.
If your name is David, and you prefer being called Dave, or Bob, or even Alice... I'll call you whatever you prefer. Because I'm not an asshole. Only an asshole would purposely use a name/nickname someone doesn't like.
In the same way, I'll even try to use your 'preferred pronoun' even though I think it's stupid. I may think that calling you Dave instead of David is stupid - especially if I've called you David for the entire time I've known you. But, I'll still try, because I'm not an asshole.
All I ask in return, is that when I fuck it up (because I will, though not intentionally) that you don't become an asshole. That you realize you are outside the norm. I won't be an asshole. You won't be an asshole. We'll get along fine.
But if you get pissed because I accidentally use the wrong pronoun, or the wrong nickname, all bets are off.