I can’t decide who is more ridiculous out of this couple. Justin is a transphobic dating a trans woman. It is obvious he is repulsed by her. Nikki not only looks ridikkulous but is not right in the head for dating a transphobic guy and then thinks it somehow socially acceptable to meet his friends and immediately start complaining to them that Justin won’t eat her out. Kudos to the friend standing at the bar listening to all this without barfing into her drink.
Yeah, it’s sad. I think he’s just deeply confused and trying to find the spark he felt for her before he knew the truth. They built an emotional and physical bond and then she disclosed her transness after the fact. Which is categorically dishonest and can leave someone feeling absolutely violated.
I think he is genuinely trying to put aside his gut reaction, which is that he only wants to be with a woman who was born with female parts. I truly think he is chasing the spark he had for this person that he truly cares for still, but the way his brain is reframing her in the present day doesn’t seem to be turning him on. If you compare older photos of Nikki vs what she looks like today, her look back then was more subdued and less obviously surgical altered. I think her current exaggerated features probably highlight the fact that she wasn’t in fact born with any of it.