Hello everyone, I'm Collette. I posted here a couple times couple years ago but want to get active in the forums again. I have made some progress in the last 2 years I started HRT 8 months ago, wear my hair in a feminine style all the time, and will be legally changing my name in a couple months to Collette. It's been quite a journey getting here. I've lost a lot of friends if not just about all of them but have made a couple new ones that accept me for me. I'm out everywhere except for work and I'm kind of the weird person there because of my hair and wearing nail polish and not really being part of the guys. My parents still don't accept me. My mom in the last 2 years has just gotten to where she can ask me some questions but I still haven't seen her since I came out. I also came out to my fiance's parents. They are slightly having a difficult time with it but are willing to try. They address me by the correct pronouns and call me Collette but still have some problems they are trying to work out. My best friend's parents were just great. My best friend told them about me and they treat me no different than they've always treated me. They said that they loved me and that if I was happy that's all that mattered. It has been difficult getting to where I am now but I've become so much happier and full of life. After I was on hormones for a couple months a switch in my brain flipped and all these emotions and opinions came tumbling out. My therapist said it was like me coming to life from being dead. I wouldn't go back for anything in the world. Even though I haven't posted in a couple years I've still been a lurker on the site. I feel like a lot of you are friends even though I've never talked to you because conversations you have had helped me in so many different ways. So I just wanted to say hello and tell everyone thank you for all you've done without even realizing it. I'm hoping that maybe a conversation I have will help someone in the same way it helped me. Everyone of you is beautiful and maybe I can be friends with you instead of in my head imaginary friends with you lol. Thank you for taking the time to read this and get to know me a little bit.[emoji1]
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