Other people viewing being trans as a much bigger deal than you do?

[greencoloredpencil]

Do others share this sort of experience?

My whole attitude about being trans is that it's just another fact about me. Of course being my correct gender is very important to me, but I don't treat it as something very dramatic. However, I have friends who do. I find this pretty bothersome. They seem to think that everything about me has changed or that they're now distant from me since knowing that I'm trans--and I'm not talking about this sort of thing as a reaction of prejudice. This is something I've found even among pretty supportive people.

Edit: In case it's not clear, I put this under coming out because it's a reaction to coming out that I've seen quite a bit.

[Mariah]

I have had that experience. It's a bigger and more important issue to them than it is for me. I just go about living as me, but reminded by some she is trans. I don't worry about it. I wish I could say it wasn't common, but it is. Hugs
Mariah

[sparrow]

My mom is the only person in my life who fits that description.  It's weird.

[greencoloredpencil]

My mom is the only person in my life who fits that description.  It's weird.

It seems like parents might be more likely to react that way now that I think about it more. My dad is very much like that.

[Valwen]

I had one friend who sorta freaked out because he thought I was going to be a totally diffrent person and we would have nothing to talk about. Which is weird because we are geeks, its not like breasts are going to stop me from enjoying comics or video games. We never really talked about what I would call gendered subjects like sex, and if we did I am more likely to mention how attractive I think someone is than I ever was before.

I have run into lots of people who treat my transision as a far more serious subject than I do though. Like I make a joke about some aspect of my transision and they go all quiet like I am joking about something far to sacred to joke about. Damit people I am going to make jokes about hitting my breasts on things and anything else related to my transision that I find funny.

Serena