After you transition, does anyone recognize you?

[cynthialee]

**looks around and realises she is in the boys space**

Oops.


I should start to claim I am my own twin.

[dmx]

Probably not, if they had no clue you were transitioning.

Usually, people mistake me for my brother.

I was best friends with this girl for 9 years and went to her house like every week.... well until 2 years ago... I went to her house for a party last week and her dad didn't even recognize me. Lol.

At work, I've run into teachers that I had in 2009 and they didn't recognize me either.

[Sad Girl]

I liked buying Ice Cream in the 2008's with a vendor when I was not yet transitioned, then I came back doing the same job 2 years later at the same place. The vendor told me "There was a guy who use to buy Ice Cream everyday that resemble you, are you his sister?". I said yeah yeah I'm his elder sister, we work in the same company. LOL!  In fact some do, some don't and some look at me as if they recognized something but it's not completely clear, but me I'll never say anything, sometimes I even told past people "Hey who are you? You're making mistake. I'm the wrong person" KILL THE PAST AND ALL ITS AFFILIATED JERKS WHO WANNA 'UNMASK' YOU AND RUIN YOUR NEW LIFE!!!

[RyGuy]

this actually happened to me last night at a concert. i saw two girls who i went to middle school with (so now it's been 4+ years since i've even spoken to them) and they passed me twice but finally recognized me, actually i think they recognized my mom first who i was sitting with and put two and two together. they had no idea i transitioned or anything but they didn't call me by my birth name so i think they figured it out by my looks... lol

most people say "after transition you look like your own brother/sister" and thats probably pretty true

[austin86]

Actually nobody from my past recognizes me. I grew up in Michigan and moved to Kentucky before transitioning. I went back to Michigan several months ago and ran in to numerous old friends and not even a second glance. It felt great.

[Cody Jensen]

This is great to hear! I hope no one recognizes me!!

[JungianZoe]

The only person I've run into that I haven't seen since before transition didn't recognize me.  She didn't recognize me despite the fact that she knew me while I was growing my hair out, was a classmate friend that I sat next to all the time in our theories of personality class, and we worked together as Psi Chi officers for six months.

Funny thing is, I ran into her at Pride here in Denver back in June.  Started talking to her before I even realized that she'd not seen me since I came out!

[zombiesarepeaceful]

No. Even the few who have thought they recognized me...I just gave them an odd look and and said...what are you talking about? They usually apologize then and move on.

[Wes]

This is kinda off topic but kinda on topic too...

When you run into people that you used to know in school that were friends and they don't recognize you...does it bother you in any way? Do you ever think...Damn! We did such-n-such together and would love to tell them who I am but can't..I have been wanting to get in touch with old friends from school lately but I'm scared they will be weirded out by me even though I was a bit weird in school and -everyone- knew there was something different about me..I just don't know if it's -that- that they'd expect 20 yrs later.

[Da Monkey]

This is kinda off topic but kinda on topic too...

When you run into people that you used to know in school that were friends and they don't recognize you...does it bother you in any way? Do you ever think...Damn! We did such-n-such together and would love to tell them who I am but can't..I have been wanting to get in touch with old friends from school lately but I'm scared they will be weirded out by me even though I was a bit weird in school and -everyone- knew there was something different about me..I just don't know if it's -that- that they'd expect 20 yrs later.

Yeah I feel the same way. I think 'oh man I miss so-and-so I should find them online and see how they are' then think 'oh wait, right hahahah' I don't want to try to get in touch with people and have them think I am trying to make them uncomfortable with whatever. It's better though when they run into me or find me. Some find me online and message me saying 'it took soo long to find you, now I know why' hahah.