Seeing "bro" in here in reference to me really tickles me! It sounds so much better than anyone calling me sister would. But it still sounds a little bit weird.
My husband does not really understand why I want to push the issue sometimes. He too doesn't really get the extent of what I feel.
He asked, "You wouldn't do anything drastic, now would you?" I think he means surgically.
No, no I wouldn't. Good thing I can be me where it counts. With him and in my own head.
I do love it when some people pick up on the difference. A small child asking his mother "is that a man or a girl?"
Many people asking me where I'm from because I have an unusual accent/way of speaking.
We are the same age, twospirits.
I don't like how people in the media use the "gay man in a women's body" phrase, but don't seem to act the part.
Here's a little about me:
My husband likes long hair, and I have been growing it out for him. Not
just for him, but I hadn't had long hair since high school, and it was dyed and dyed and then chopped off for the last 13 years. I was curious what it looked like, it had been a while.
It is definitely one thing that helps me pass as my birth gender.
I would rather keep a low profile. The less attention the better. If close friends have an idea, that would be fine, but I am very introverted in general.
Anyway, I wish we could post about other forums here, the one I belong to that is focused on hair length and health has only a smattering of non-cisgendered folks. I bet there are plenty on here who would be interested in hair care.
I gave up shampoo, and my curls have never looked better! Oh, and castor oil for thicker eyebrows and lashes, and it is also the best thing for my skin ever! I was able to quit using benzoyl peroxide because of castor oil.
That's about the extent of my girliness. Long hair care and pursuit of better skin.
I have stretched my ear piercings, 10 gauge bottom holes, and on the left ear I also have two 14g and a 16 gauge in the lobe, and a 16g helix.
I stretched the lowest ones to accommodate my own silver craft version of Little7's Goddess Spirals. I saw a bartender wearing them several years ago and complimented her on them. She looked at my ears and responded, "You couldn't wear them." Instead of something like thanks for the compliment.
I was confused???
I never found the same earrings for years, until I stumbled into a thread of people discussing them, and it happened to be on the long hair forum I mentioned above. That's half the reason I stuck around a board that was chock full of women. Normally I would run away from such a congregation of estrogen, but they are a really great group of people. There's a few bad apples in the bushel, but there are everywhere.
I kind of think that this board would be less tolerant of people of vastly different opinions, but I will have to stick around and find out since I'm new here. I know we'll all have our different preferences, just seems like maybe some primary major ideals might be a lot more uniform here. I get so tired of reading people who write inflammatory things about gays, let along ever mentioning gender bending issues. Veiled writing on the subject is allowed in some of my favorite places on the internet, and I don't really want to speak up most of the time.
Too introverted for my own good.
The church I was raised in was instrumental in the Prop8 crap, and I've got relatives on Facebook who are fans of some unspeakable things. Gah!!!
I also have a lot of flair that expresses my opinion on gender, and wrote a note that tiptoes around how I feel about it.
I'm so far back in the closet, the stench of mothballs is cloying.
