The first time I saw my friend after he decided he was a woman, he said something to indicate he thought his old self had died. Thinking about that conversation later, it occurred to me that if my friend had "died" than whoever this new person was wasn't necessarily my friend.
But at the same time he is the same person, and he's not dead. Frankly, his death would be easier to come to terms with. It's confusing enough for me (because the situation is nonsensical) when it's just a close friend. I can't imagine how it would be for a father/son where the son thinks his old self "died" and yet there are still familial obligations on the part of the father.
Either way you play it ("son is dead"/"son is alive") isn't going to be entirely logically consistent, because you are playing a nonsensical game.
The first time I saw my friend after he decided he was a woman, he said something to indicate he thought his old self had died. Thinking about that conversation later, it occurred to me that if my friend had "died" than whoever this new person was wasn't necessarily my friend.
But at the same time he is the same person, and he's not dead. Frankly, his death would be easier to come to terms with. It's confusing enough for me (because the situation is nonsensical) when it's just a close friend. I can't imagine how it would be for a father/son where the son thinks his old self "died" and yet there are still familial obligations on the part of the father.
Either way you play it ("son is dead"/"son is alive") isn't going to be entirely logically consistent, because you are playing a nonsensical game.
I suspect it would have taken less effort for him to be an attractive-looking man than a weird-looking "woman"
I can say a lot of things about what he did, but it being an "easy solution" isn't among them.