Small World

[KarenB]

I'm hoping to transition soon,still living in the male role.
I recently attended my high school reunion.
The talk of the do was Steve,the class swat, not attending but now all woman called Sarah.
What a small world I thought, but I didn't have the heart to say that I too would soon be transitionig

[Enigma]

I work with an FtM.

We were assigned to work together the other night, talk about small world... 

[Berliegh]

I'm hoping to transition soon,still living in the male role.
I recently attended my high school reunion.
The talk of the do was Steve,the class swat, not attending but now all woman called Sarah.
What a small world I thought, but I didn't have the heart to say that I too would soon be transitionig

I doubt it if that would happen in my case and would be a one off. The boys at my school were all as hard as nails. I was the only weak link and if there was a school re-union and I didn't go they would be saying 'Remember that girly looking long haired poof'... 'well he's now changed into a women'......'well I'm not surprised in the least'.....

[kae m]

I doubt it if that would happen in my case and would be a one off. The boys at my school were all as hard as nails. I was the only weak link and if there was a school re-union and I didn't go they would be saying 'Remember that girly looking long haired poof'... 'well he's now changed into a women'......'well I'm not surprised in the least'.....

There seems to be two different types (at least) those who never really adapted to their genetic-sex, and those who eventually gave in to social demands like I did.  I wish I had that kind of determination and strong sense of self as I was growing up, part of me thinks it would make things so much easier to physically change now.
I struggled so much in my earlier years in school that I ended up transferring to a magnet school in a different district when it was time for high school so I could have a clean slate socially.  I still struggled there my first year too, but then I got good at "the game" of being male.  I over-emphasized it in fact.  No one at school would possibly imagine I felt like I was dying when I got home.  I picked a very small school that basically had no sports programs so that would never be an issue.
If I went to a reunion as anything other than that "fat kinda scary guy" people would probably be pretty amazed.  When I can finally get myself to a safe position to transition my entire life, I really don't think anyone is going to get it and everyone is going to be floored.  My defense mechanism was to be overly masculine and my surroundings made that relatively easy.  Now that I've stopped putting effort into it in the past couple months, I'm getting comments that "something changed about you..."

[Krisstina]

I'm hoping to transition soon,still living in the male role.
I recently attended my high school reunion.
The talk of the do was Steve,the class swat, not attending but now all woman called Sarah.
What a small world I thought, but I didn't have the heart to say that I too would soon be transitionig

How neat (you will get there when the time is right


***smiles***
Kristina

[Kate]

When I told my best friend about me, he told me his female coworker had just returned to work a few weeks earlier... as a guy.

When I came out at work, TWO coworkers told me they'd already guessed what I was doing because they knew people who transitioned (one a neighbor, the other a coworker) and "recognized the signs."

We're old news, lol...

I'd SO love to do the reunion thing next year. But so far, *everyone* who's re-met me as Kate has been like, "Oh, you're Kate now? Good for you. ANYway..." (or just started calling me Kate as if I'd always been this way... which is weird but SO cool), so I'm guessing the reunion would be equally dramatic, lol...

~Kate~

[gothique11]

Yeah, very small world. A lot of people know about me -- both high schools and my college. That's how fast rumors spread. In fact, I have several Collage and high school friends now on my face book because they thought it was cool (and not much of a surprise) that I transitioned, so, I talk to them now.

I constantly run into people I know. As for trans people, I constantly run into trans people. They are all over in the city (Alberta is some kind of trans mecca, I swear!). I know a lot of FtM and MtF, and I keep running into more and more. And then, I a lot of people I run into tell me they have a family member, friend, or someone they knew through a friend that transitioned.

When everyone seems to know you, it kind of makes it hard to be stealthy, however. People who don't know about my transition, usually don't figure it out, so that's a plus.

--natalie

[Suzy]

I already cause coronaries at reunions just from the memories of who I was.  I think Kristi will not attend.  The death tool would skyrocket.

Kristi

[Andrew]

The talk of the do was Steve,the class swat, not attending but now all woman called Sarah.

What's a "swat"? Is it anything like a "swish"?

BTW, I hope you told her how pretty she was!

[Berliegh]

I already cause coronaries at reunions just from the memories of who I was.  I think Kristi will not attend.  The death tool would skyrocket.

Kristi

You look great now Kristi....what did you look like then?

[Suzy]

You look great now Kristi....what did you look like then?

That's so sweet, Berliegh.  Well, let's see, in the seventies I had long blonde hair about halfway down my back.  Girls used to like to ask me how I got it to look so good.  Those were the days. 

But it's not what I looked like so much as what I was.

Kristi

[Bobbie]

The talk of the do was Steve,the class swat, not attending but now all woman called Sarah.

What's a "swat"? Is it anything like a "swish"?

BTW, I hope you told her how pretty she was!

A swat is an egghead but not quite a boffin - a clever clogs.