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Started by Jaimey, March 19, 2009, 03:27:55 AM

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Jaimey

#20
March 22, 2009, 02:27:17 AM
hmm...as far as the transitioning thing, really, the only thing that would change would be my body.  I don't really have dysphoria.  I'm used to my body, I know how it works, etc, so changing it scares me a little.  I don't have PMDD and any pms I have is manageable.  I'm pretty masculine as it is.  I've always had a swagger, masculine speech pattern, even my accent is more masculine (I honestly think the southeastern US accent is often different between men and women).  My friends don't really care about gender: we watch cartoons and play board games.  My female friends aren't very feminine at all.  My social group tends to be the comic book/nerdy/goth/punk/dementia people.  I'm pretty lucky, really.  Most of the time I'm fine.  It's just every now and then.  Hmmm.  Right now I'm going to concentrate on losing weight.  That's priority #1.  I guess I'll have to see what I look like after that.  I intend on dressing in men's clothing when I'll be less horrified by the sizes :laugh:.  It's definitely not something I want to just jump into.  :-\
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JonasCarminis

#21
March 22, 2009, 02:31:59 AM
mens sizes are generally less scary... i wear a medium in mens tshirts and XXL in junirs girl shirts!  hahahaha  (hey now... i liked the girl shirt so i bought it. >_<)
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Alyx.

#22
March 22, 2009, 02:33:43 AM
Quote from: Josh on March 22, 2009, 02:31:59 AM
mens sizes are generally less scary... i wear a medium in mens tshirts and XXL in junirs girl shirts!  hahahaha  (hey now... i liked the girl shirt so i bought it. >_<)
Hey now...

Real men wear girl's shirts. :P
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Elwood

#23
March 22, 2009, 11:03:56 AM
There is cartilage in the brow.
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Jaimey

#24
March 22, 2009, 06:28:41 PM
Quote from: Josh on March 22, 2009, 02:31:59 AM
mens sizes are generally less scary... i wear a medium in mens tshirts and XXL in junirs girl shirts!  hahahaha  (hey now... i liked the girl shirt so i bought it. >_<)

well, junior sizes are a thing from hell that no one should ever have to experience...I wear an XL in men's t-shirts...it's the pants that are scary.  I don't even want to know.  :laugh:
If curiosity really killed the cat, I'd already be dead. :laugh:

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Arch

#25
March 23, 2009, 02:11:08 AM
I was hoping that T would speed up my metabolism and make it easier to lose weight, but that sure as heck hasn't happened.

I only exercise half an hour a day, six days a week. Looks like it will take more if I want to start losing again.

I was intending to lose a lot more weight before I went on T, but I couldn't stand it anymore. I do advise other guys to lose the weight first, if they can manage it.
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kestin

#26
March 23, 2009, 05:23:47 AM
As I understand it, the bones length won't change after the growth plates have closed... but the bones CAN broaden.
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Luc

#27
March 23, 2009, 07:38:28 PM
Yep, and I've seen that one too... my feet aren't wider or longer, but they're taller, if you can imagine. The height from the sole to the part the laces of my shoes go over has increased a decent bit.

It's funny, because I always marveled at how my wife's feet were so much bigger than mine in that way, but not length-wise; I guess that's a male thing (not to insult my wife, but she does have male genetics).

As per losing weight, I can tell my metabolism has sped up quite a bit, even just being back on T 2 weeks. I think the trick is that you shouldn't eat more just because you're hungrier on T.

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Dennis

#28
March 24, 2009, 12:59:23 AM
Quote from: Josh on March 22, 2009, 02:31:59 AM
mens sizes are generally less scary... i wear a medium in mens tshirts and XXL in junirs girl shirts!  hahahaha  (hey now... i liked the girl shirt so i bought it. >_<)

Men's clothes are so easy to buy. No trying on, just pick your size and go. I swear if I'd known that and not even had dysphoria, I'd have transitioned, I hate shopping that much.

Dennis
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kestin

#29
March 24, 2009, 07:14:03 AM
"I transitioned purely, so I didn't have to shop." lol... and that is Dennis ;)
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sneakersjay

#30
March 24, 2009, 08:54:44 AM
Quote from: Dennis on March 24, 2009, 12:59:23 AM
Men's clothes are so easy to buy. No trying on, just pick your size and go. I swear if I'd known that and not even had dysphoria, I'd have transitioned, I hate shopping that much.

Dennis

LOL  I like shopping MORE as a guy, because I can finally buy comfortable clothes.  Don't ask me why I didn't just shop the men's department before...   OK, I'm a little slow...


Jay


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icontact

#31
March 24, 2009, 05:53:16 PM
Quote from: Dennis on March 24, 2009, 12:59:23 AM
Men's clothes are so easy to buy. No trying on, just pick your size and go. I swear if I'd known that and not even had dysphoria, I'd have transitioned, I hate shopping that much.

Dennis

Gosh, don't know where you shop but guy's clothes definitely do require trying on.
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Andrew

#32
March 25, 2009, 12:24:16 AM
Quote from: Asher on March 24, 2009, 05:53:16 PM
Gosh, don't know where you shop but guy's clothes definitely do require trying on.

Not as much as with girls' clothes. Women are funny about sizes. Nowadays, a size six will fit a small baleen whale. The numbers keep going down because of womens' anxiety about weight -- everyone wants to be a size six -- so different manufacturers have different standards for different sizes. A size seven in one brand might be a size twelve in another. Guys don't do that. It's no shame if a guy's an XXL, so you can count on this stuff being relatively dependable. Furthermore, pants are priced by inches (try doing that with womens' pants!) so if you know what size you are, you can just grab it off the rack.
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