What's been the most difficult task you had to accomplish in your transition?

[tinkerbell]

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[Dennis]

Telling my mother. Everything else was easy compared to that.

Dennis

[Annie Social]

Dressing up in male drag for 8 hours a day at work. Pretending I'm still the guy they hired.

[Melissa]

Coming out.  This has been hard for me no matter who.  I think I'm pretty much done now though.  HR will tell the others at work.

Melissa

[stephanie_craxford]

Telling my daughter.

Steph

[Chynna]

MMMMM.....So many answers so little space to type!

I would say telling my clients (Bank executives) that he's a she however I found out most of them already thought I was...

Chynna

[Kate]

Actually choosing to DO it.

Which is still pending.

After this, NOTHING in life will ever seem like a "big decision" to me again.

(except for what sauce to get for my chicken tenders)

[Chynna]

(except for what sauce to get for my chicken tenders)

Definitly need that Sauce specialist with the tape measure.............

Sauce Spec: "I'd go with Honey Mustard!"
Chynna: "I didn't ask you besides, I'm not eating chicken tenders and get that tape measure off my breast...!
Sauce spec: " Oh sorry I thought we were talking about your breast!"
Chynna:       "Typical Man!"
Sauce Spec: "SHE'S GOOD!"

Chynna

[Melissa]

Actually choosing to DO it.

Which is still pending.

After this, NOTHING in life will ever seem like a "big decision" to me again.

(except for what sauce to get for my chicken tenders)

I understand the apprehension you must be feeling about doing it.  It's kind of like standing at the edge of a cliff to bungie jump (never done that myself) and knowing you want to, but with actually doing it, you resist strongly.  I feel that feeling everytime I need to come out to a new person.  I like to take the "rip the bandaid off" approach to those junctions.  So, you will probably feel that many times if you go ahead with transition.  You might as well get used to it.

Melissa

[Sheila]

I think the most difficult task that I came accross was just looking in the mirror and telling myself that I can pass as female. I knew who I was and felt very comfortable, but I'm not exactly very petite. I wear a size 15 ring and my hands dwarf many mens hands and my shoulders are very large. I have always worn extra large in mens clothing and now I'm a woman. I have lost lots of muscle and with the help of hormones I do have a shape, it may be large but not fat. So the hardest for me was to look past all of this and accept myself as a large woman.
Sheila