I wish there was a way to lift all those feelings off your shoulders. And not just you, but all the girls who've opened up in this tread. Building friendships and not pushing away those who've started to become friends is incredibly difficult. Id say at least 80% of us are introverts, and we build self issolated lives as a way to avoid close friendships. We don't want others to know our secrets, and yet we don't realize those potential close friends may be feeling issolated also. They may not be trans, or gay, or bi ... but they're probably alone.
Last year there were a few girls on Susan's who got together out on the west coast in Portland or Seattle or someplace (?). Not sure axactly how it worked out, but I actually think it'd be nice to get a small group of girls from Susan's together for a lunch or dinner. Maybe some of the members here should plan something like that again.
Anyway, I'm going to an issolated area of Michigan on Friday, and it's a bit scarry to leave the girls I made friends with behind. Especially the girls in the therapy groups because our dinners after group sessions are filled with wonderful, open, and girly kinds of talk about our lives, transitions, and bodies. And now I'm going to look once again for the same types of friendships in a little place called Houghton, and God is that gonna be difficult.
