Hi everybody!

[JulieL]

I'm in my early 30s and I recently became more openly questioning of my gender identity. I've had flashes here and there throughout my life of wanting to be more feminine, but I've never really had any serious dysmorphia about my male body. In the last year I began cross-dressing and absolutely loved it. I recently began seeing a new therapist and she was the first person I ever came out to. Since then I've come out to my wife, who has been amazingly supportive. We went shopping for cute PJs that day. I've never felt more loved and accepted ever. I'm excited to began this journey towards finding my most authentic self.

[V M]

Hi JulieL 

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[JulieL]

Thanks for the welcome and all of the information. 

[Gothic Dandy]

Welcome! It's great that your wife is so supportive! I'm happy for you!

[andie1002]

Im so glad ur happy with ur new life now. Xoxo - from the philippines.

[JulieL]

Thank you all for the warm welcome.

Luca, her support is amazing. I was in a serious depressive funk before I told her, and I've been so happy since.

[Vicky Mitchell]

Welcome and glad to have you here.   It is great to have support as you start this wonderful journey you have embarked on. 


Vicky
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[BreezyB]

Welcome Julie, we're a great bunch of guys and girls here at Susans so I'm sure you'll feel right at home. It's so good your wife is supportive and that you finally been able to start this journey. It's a wild ride girlfriend, full of thrills and spills, but the main thing is you are being you. Only thing I would say about your relationship with your wife, is just be mindful of her feelings through all this, it's so easy for us to become quite self absorbed and focussed. But hey, isn't it any relationship we should always be mindful of the other halfs feelings?

So nice to have you here Julie, enjoy your stay ...

Bree xxx

[JulieL]

Thanks for the welcome, Breezy. You're absolutely right about being mindful of our partners' feelings. We're still early in this journey and we may look for family support groups. I know this isn't what she planned when we got married, and I'm really trying to respect her feelings and anxieties.

[LauraSpiral]

Hi Julie, welcome <3

My partner is not happy about how I feel, well, she doesn't know fully about how I feel, so I can relate to you there. I hope I can help support you as much as you need <3

[JulieL]

Thanks for the welcome, Laura. I'm sorry that your wife is not happy. That must be hard.

[LauraSpiral]

I'm actually younger than that, so she's just my girlfriend hehe :3

[JulieL]

Whoops. Sorry about that. I should know better than to make assumptions like that.

[LauraSpiral]

Don't be silly, it's fine But yes, on topic, welcome to the board <3

[gennee]

Welcome to Susan's, JulieL.

[mrs izzy]

Welcome JulieL to Susan's family

So many topics to explore and posts to write

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[Gina Taylor]

Hi there and welcome to Susan's! 

[rosinstraya]

Greetings from the great South land of Straya.....which some people call Australia.

I'm glad your wife is supportive. It's a great help when you have her with you on this journey.

Take care!

[Ms Grace]

Hi Julie, welcome to Susan's! Love Kaylee! Big fan?

[JulieL]

Thanks for all of the warm welcomes!

Ms Grace, yeah I am a big Firefly fan. When I was originally planning my avatar, I tried a bunch of avatar creator sites, but I didn't like any of them. My appearance is completely male at this point and I'm coming out slowly, so I didn't want to use a picture. Then I starting thinking about characters to use, and I went from Buffy to Faith to Echo from Dollhouse to Kaylee (so big Joss Whedon fan). I went with Kaylee because she's smart, nerdy, and adorable.