Quote from: K.Lina on August 04, 2013, 04:37:00 AM
Next thing for me will be telling my grand parents and dad. After this I plan to send letters to people In our surroundings and few close friends at work. I don't want to tell this at work sooner that I start HRT thou. I don't have any clue if they let me there or fire me. How would or did you proceed about this? Is that good plan or not? My only fear is how my dad reacts. After they got divorced with mom he didn't like that she changed her name back to one she had before. If he didn't like that, how can he react to me wanting to be a girl? It really scares me. Well I have mom and that is all I care about right now. He will have to learn to live with it. He might surprise me but it is all in future.
Karolina,
Based on my own experience, coming out to one or two people in the early stages of a transition is fantastic, especially if they are supportive. In my own case it was my wife and you already have your mother.
I know that you must be bursting to tell lots of other people too but, apart from the pleasure of getting it off your chest, think a bit about the advantages and disadvantages of coming out to a larger group of people as of now.
Apart from being pretty sure of where you want to go, what has changed that justifies letting a lot of people into your secret already? If you tell people now, most people will just see a guy who wants to be a girl and will react based on that.
If you tell people when they can already see or at least perceive the girl/woman to be, I think they generally react a lot better. That has been very much my own experience. I held off for a very long time before coming out but when I did, as a lot of physical changes had already been made, they could immediately see where I was coming from and I had almost no negative reactions from anyone.
So, I suggest you at least think about for a while and maybe discuss the pros and cons with your mother before letting a lot more people into the know.
Warm regards.
Donna