Things that rock about being Trans., MTF or FTM.

[tinkerbell]

Things that rock about being Trans a woman.

To finally have a body that matches my inner gender.

tink

[cindybc]

A big 10 - 4 on that Tink 

Cindy

[Audrey]

Things that rock about being Trans a woman.

To finally have a body that matches my inner gender.

tink

Yeah i second that.  It is amazing you your perspective shifts once you can be happy with yourself.  I used to drink and do other things to try to fight off the deep depression that I had learned to live with since childhood.  I had a totally negative outlook on life and "the glass was always half empty" (well considering how much i drank it was totally empty).  However, once i started addressing the issue I felt alot better.  Then once I started HRT,

HOLE COW watch out I was giddy all the time.  I think the mechanics I used to work with thought I was nuts!!!  But I didn't care, Even once they found out about my being trans (before I was totally out) and gave me a ration of ->-bleeped-<-.  Actually that made life even funnier.  Just imagine a 50+ year old man yelling across the parking lot of the Semitruck repair shop to me "hey show us your teets"!!!!!     What a riot.  I survived over a year working with a few rednecks who didn't think that I was quite right.  But I kept a positive attitude.  It just goes to show how your attitude is what shapes your reality.

Audrey
Audrey

[Tanya1]

Things that rock about being Trans a woman.

To finally have a body that matches my inner gender.

tink

HOLE COW watch out I was giddy all the time.  I think the mechanics I used to work with thought I was nuts!!! 

Audrey
Audrey

wow me too, i just become really silly sometimes...

[natalie]

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What a riot.  I survived over a year working with a few rednecks who didn't think that I was quite right.  But I kept a positive attitude.  It just goes to show how your attitude is what shapes your reality.

Audrey

that is great to hear.
I work at a redneck male dominated, gossipy, and sort of a generally combative work environment.

I came into work last week with my hair tied back in a barrette and 2 bobby pins in the front to keep my bangs out of my eyes. Responses ranged from "cool hair" from the more open minded types, to you are a freak from the a*ses out there, to embarrassment from the quite types. The embarrassment response sort of confused me. I didn't quite expect that one at first. The embarrassment sort of faded away after they realized that I'm still the same likable person they already knew.

-Natalie

[Tanya1]

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What a riot.  I survived over a year working with a few rednecks who didn't think that I was quite right.  But I kept a positive attitude.  It just goes to show how your attitude is what shapes your reality.

Audrey

I came into work last week with my hair tied back in a barrette and 2 bobby pins in the front to keep my bangs out of my eyes. Responses ranged from "cool hair" from the more open minded types, to you are a freak from the a*ses out there, to embarrassment from the quite types. The embarrassment response sort of confused me. I didn't quite expect that one at first. The embarrassment sort of faded away after they realized that I'm still the same likable person they already knew.

-Natalie

don't worry, if your being yourself that's fine.

Just a suggestion by the way- learn not to smudge your face with make-up as I see on your profile- it looks too pale and it just doesn't seem right. forget the red lipstick too- although it looks sexy sometimes.

Not that I know make-up because I don't but try to learn how to do it so that it looks good- find a female friend, look on the net or ask a pro for help.- just offering help.

[natalie]

thats a old photo, it was washed out and i tried playing with it in photoshop to bring up the chroma.

but, i been much lighter on the makeup recentally. too much looks fake.

thanks !

[Natasha]

Things that rock about being Trans a woman.

To finally have a body that matches my inner gender.

tink

i'm not trans anything anymore so i've got to agree with tink.  terrific answer!

[cindybc]

Well that makes three of us then. The last time I was here I've gone full time for 7 years. I don't think I even gave a thought about transexuality during those seven years until I was retired from my last job a couple of years ago. I got very lonely, you know, loneliness leads to depressing and it would make a good runner up in second place to GID if you ask me. I just felt very anxious, still do, I need to find someplace where I could feel useful again, then "lo and behold" I find the link for this place and so I'm back.

I don't think there isn't anything wrong with returning  to this place. One can learn much as they go around trying to help others. You see,  for me this is how a zebra keeps her stripes because that is the way I am made inside.

Cindy

[Sarah]

Things that rock about being Trans a woman.

To finally have a body that matches my inner gender.

tink

i'm not trans anything anymore so i've got to agree with tink.  terrific answer!

I am going to start a side thread on this.
This bothers me.

[RebeccaFog]

Things that rock about being Trans a woman.

To finally have a body that matches my inner gender.

tink

i'm not trans anything anymore so i've got to agree with tink.  terrific answer!

I am going to start a side thread on this.
This bothers me.

may as well just start banging yer head on a rock right now and save yerself some pain.   

[TheBattler]

Things that rock about being Trans a woman.

To finally have a body that matches my inner gender.

tink

i'm not trans anything anymore so i've got to agree with tink.  terrific answer!

I am going to start a side thread on this.
This bothers me.

may as well just start banging yer head on a rock right now and save yerself some pain.   

But I am so use to the pain even though when I stop I might actually be happy in the end.

Alice

[RebeccaFog]

LOL

[cindybc]

Me I am happy 99% of the time the other 1% well I just get bitchy the odd time, who pee pee in my soup. 

[Seshatneferw]

may as well just start banging yer head on a rock right now and save yerself some pain.   

This does it: now I'm starting to hear voices. To wit, Freddie Mercury going 'Woo-oo, pain is so close to pleasure'. Thanks...

  Nfr

[Rachael]

There are good things about being trans?
oh....
i seem to have missed that party
R

[RebeccaFog]

There are good things in everybody's life, Rachael.

Life is what you make of it.  So make something good.

[Rachael]

good things yes, being trans isnt one of them
R

[RebeccaFog]

It can be a liability or it can be an empowering thing.

Empower yourself.

[Rachael]

oh i am, just not through being trans...
i can stand up for myself without that crutch so many choose.
R