Do we trans folk take ourselves too seriously

[davina61]

were you trying to be funny? now that's a serious subject. Edit my post NEVER, you have to take me as you find me odd sense of humour and all, now where's that nice young lad with my JD and lemonade

[ds1987]

OMG this thread makes me want to be friends with all of you. 

I used to take myself SOOO seriously, like I'd trip and get angry because I was embarrassed, that's how bad it was. 

But now, I know I'm a buffoon.  I'm taking a bartender's course this week, and before I was finally able to open a cold shaker full of liquid, I managed to smash a glass AND soak myself in water.  It was a highlight of my week    Transitioning is tearing down any barriers that were leftover from my days as a landmark in Berlin

Humor is one of my best qualities...I'll let you guess what the others might be..

[Laurie]

OMG this thread makes me want to be friends with all of you. 

You mean to tell me you are not our friend??? OMG say it isn't so.

Hugs,
   Laurie

PS ( watch out for that moanknee she's trouble)

[ds1987]

You mean to tell me you are not our friend??? OMG say it isn't so.

Hugs,
   Laurie

PS ( watch out for that moanknee she's trouble)

Aaaaaas youuuuuu wiiiiiiish

And I'm not too worried about her, I'll just speak softly and carry a big stick

[HappyMoni]

were you trying to be funny? now that's a serious subject. Edit my post NEVER, you have to take me as you find me odd sense of humour and all, now where's that nice young lad with my JD and lemonade

Davina, I would never want you to change anything about you. Well, other than the things you want to change. Are you asking for your 'poolboy' you rascal you?

DS1987 I like that name, very catchy. Is that the year you were born? Just sayin I have a dog older than you.

In a few weeks, I will be asking for a moment of silence for my dearly (well actually my degrudgingly tolerated) dog, Clyde. I will only ask  this of Laurie. I am hoping for a moment of silence from her for, I don't know, for a few weeks.
Monica

[Laurie]

In a few weeks, I will be asking for a moment of silence for my dearly (well actually my degrudgingly tolerated) dog, Clyde. I will only ask  this of Laurie. I am hoping for a moment of silence from her for, I don't know, a few weeks.
Monica

   Shirley you jest.  I may just celebrate the event.  Moment of silence my ummm my ummmm your ummmm oh never mind Moanknee, it ain't happening and you know it.

   Beware you, I'll be on the road by tomorrow evening heading east. Beware I say!

Hugs
   Laurie

[Julia1996]

I definitely think trans people take themselves too seriously.  I did for sure. Every little thing seemed like a major disaster when I was first transitioning. I've learned to laugh at myself a lot more.  One of the funniest things that ever happened to me seemed like the end of the world when it happened. My dad and I were in Walmart. I had just started hrt so I had no chest. I had these silicone breast forms I stuck in my bra. I had on a tank top and I don't know if the bra was too loose or what but I bent over to get something off the bottom shelf and both of my breast forms fell out and hit the floor. And to make it worse they made a slapping noise when they hit the tile. And of course there were a couple of cute guys who saw it and started laughing. I bolted to the car and cried. When my dad came to the car he had my breast forms and he was laughing so hard he was crying. I think its funny now but when it happened I wanted to just die!

[tgirlamg]

I definitely think trans people take themselves too seriously.  I did for sure. Every little thing seemed like a major disaster when I was first transitioning. I've learned to laugh at myself a lot more.  One of the funniest things that ever happened to me seemed like the end of the world when it happened. My dad and I were in Walmart. I had just started hrt so I had no chest. I had these silicone breast forms I stuck in my bra. I had on a tank top and I don't know if the bra was too loose or what but I bent over to get something off the bottom shelf and both of my breast forms fell out and hit the floor. And to make it worse they made a slapping noise when they hit the tile. And of course there were a couple of cute guys who saw it and started laughing. I bolted to the car and cried. When my dad came to the car he had my breast forms and he was laughing so hard he was crying. I think its funny now but when it happened I wanted to just die!

Ha!!!... I had the same thing when I first went full time... I run a lot so I bought a sports bra etc and tried to use the silicone forms I had... A couple miles in to my first run en femme they popped out the top of the bra in front of some people on the trail... Apparently once you start sweating and they are bouncing they get a mind of their own!!! ... I had to switch to foam inserts until the hormones did their thing!!!

A

[ds1987]

DS1987 I like that name, very catchy. Is that the year you were born? Just sayin I have a dog older than you.

Well that's an old dog, now isn't it?  Although, while taxidermy preserves, you can't fool us into thinking it still breathes

Where's my stick?

[HappyMoni]

Well that's an old dog, now isn't it?  Although, while taxidermy preserves, you can't fool us into thinking it still breathes

Where's my stick?

Well Clyde does live although he doesn't exactly breath. Many a time I wanted to beat him with a stick, but it hurt too much. Old Clyde was born in 1957 and that is no lie. He was born by mistake actually. Oh the stories he could tell! Well, no, maybe not. I actually feel no remorse when his execution happens at the end of the month. I will shed no tears but happy tears. Farewell, Clyde!

I'm kind of jealous that I never had my breast forms fall out. I feel left out(or is it left in?). It is cool that you laugh at it now though. I think back to embarrassing moments of transition and don't see the humor at this point.

Moni
Is that stick  for me?

[davina61]

Theres a song for that , all together---when the dog days are over by Florence and the machine.

[coldHeart]

Oh no watch out moni & Laurie are at it again being the whole of the post down.
Moni I was a taxidermist for a long time so if you want Clyde put in a nice glass case then I,m your woman, I've never had a breast form drop out how really embarrassing I had one drop out at home & I ended up standing on it so I,m one boob down.
I hope you have those new locks fitted moni, she on the road tomorrow.

[Laurie]

Oh no watch out moni & Laurie are at it again being the whole of the post down.
Moni I was a taxidermist for a long time so if you want Clyde put in a nice glass case then I,m your woman, I've never had a breast form drop out how really embarrassing I had one drop out at home & I ended up standing on it so I,m one boob down.
I hope you have those new locks fitted moni, she on the road tomorrow.

  It's this evening Sara I'm working on it now (well sort of)

Laurie

[HappyMoni]

Oh no watch out moni & Laurie are at it again being the whole of the post down.
Moni I was a taxidermist for a long time so if you want Clyde put in a nice glass case then I,m your woman, I've never had a breast form drop out how really embarrassing I had one drop out at home & I ended up standing on it so I,m one boob down.
I hope you have those new locks fitted moni, she on the road tomorrow.

Ha ha ha, sounds like you were one boob up and one boob down, Sara.

You need to start the ominous music with that last comment of yours. Actually, I think she will be packing for years. She fears me. If I am wrong, I hope she ain't 'packing' when she gets here. I can see the headline now. 'Dog Dies, Followed by Owners P*ssy Shot Too.'

[Rayna]

Ha ha ha, sounds like you were one boob up and one boob down, Sara.

You need to start the ominous music with that last comment of yours. Actually, I think she will be packing for years. She fears me. If I am wrong, I hope she ain't 'packing' when she gets here. I can see the headline now. 'Dog Dies, Followed by Owners P*ssy Shot Too.'

So now it's a dog and cat fight over there? Hope the pussy cat wins [emoji1]

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[HappyMoni]

whenever I try to kid around and make witty like this ... somehow it comes out not quite right and people think I am being extraordinarily not nice.  It is a fine art and brings great coolness to those who can pull it off with aplomb.  I can't really contribute to this one, at least not without revealing exactly how incomprehensibly twisted my sense of humor is and being the only one laughing hysterically at what nobody else even realizes is a joke much less gets it.  Wish I were so clever.  Oh poop now I feel like an alien from the Pleiades ... again ... and I will spiral into a singularity of darkness and despair dragging the entire cosmos with me ... so sorry.

Anyway (ahem) humor can be the greatest help in the saddest of situations if applied with just the right sensitivity and familiarity to pull someone out of a dark vortex.  Please ... do carry on

Member061817, you Russian sounding spy you! I am not clever either, I just have diarrhea of the mouth. I think if anyone laughs at something I write it is indicative of a character flaw on their part and they should be watched. You on the other hand, the cosmos reference, with a pinch of a dark vortex, and bringing it home with a Pleiades reference, you my friend are funny.  Okay let's  look at what I just said. Yeah I feel like there is a danger that you might feel insulted. I do worry about it. (No sexy Russian spies were hurt in the making of this post.) The thing is, if you make it really over the top, I think people know it is a joke, right? Making fun of oneself is kind of safe too isn't it?  Now go ahead, make fun of yourself, I promise I will laugh.    My point about humor is people with gender dysphoria go through some tough emotions, we beat ourselves up so often, I just want us to laugh a little, smile a little. (Then we put them on the watch list.)
Moni

[MissKairi]

If I dont know/dont like someone I am very serious around them.
If I do like someone I joke all the time.

so its entirely situational for me

[LizK]

Pssst Moni

We don't usually mention the "watch list" in public...  

[DJones5316]

A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything

[Laurie]

   I was trying to be very serious the other day by sneaking into the busy freeway gas station to refuel and go when I locked myself out in what have been described as a typical female move. IE leaving my purse in the truck, my keys in the ignition and locking the doors. I was very much embarrassed by it and forced to be that "Damsel in distress"  having to ask stranger for help.
  It was a very traumatic and serious event for me and yet what I relate it to anyone they laugh at me. Cis women friends actually seem to enjoy it more than you ladies here.
   I feel so belittled and abused by everyone's lack of understanding and compassion. I could just huddle in the corner and cry and no one would care. Especial that self centered creature with the deceased dog that started this thread. I mean really she thinks this site is all about her when it is obvious to the more casual observer that it's really all about me.

*sigh* I guess I will have to chalk up my horrible gas filled experience as a bit of entertainment for everyone else and claim I did so as a training exercise of what not to do for everyone else.

Poor me, poor me, poor me.
LMAO
    Laurie