Hard to believe, but a whole month has already slipped by. And what a month!
This time last year I hadn't even started HRT and was getting frustrated with my shrink. I don't think I would have believed then that I could be here now, nor the level of support and positive feedback I have received from pretty much everyone in my life. Amazing.
Highlights from my first month?
- Telling my parents and getting acceptance from them, not being banished from the family as I had feared.
- Acceptance from my sister and her two sons, my nephews.
- Meeting my mother as Grace and having her be cool about it, give me huge hug and tell me she thought I was pretty.
- My first few days at work - outstanding support from my colleagues which continues. Kind of feels like I was never there as a guy now.
- Being able to again use that stupid restroom at work that had once been unisex but then changed to women only back in February last year, precipitating my "straw that broke the camel's back" gender identity meltdown moment.
- Actually, using women's restrooms in general, so less disgusting than the men's.
- Being called "madam" and "miss" and, when with other women, being collectively called "ladies".
- Going out with other women as one of the girls!
- Chatting with women about totally girly things!
- The support from everyone here at Susan's - seriously, my bedrock.
- Buying and wearing knee high boots! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
- Clothes shopping in general, something I loathed doing as a guy.
- The sheer normalcy of it all.
There's been more, but those stand out. There have been a few moments that haven't been quite so stellar but nothing has really bummed me out.
