"I have naturally extremely high estrogen levels" - actually true, but yeah, not the whole picture.
"I just like the clothes"
"The clothes fit my body type"
"Yes, my clothes, nails and hair do make me look like a rockstar"
"It's about looking good because of the freedom and touches you find in womens' clothing that aren't there in mens', such as the neck lines, tapering, form fitting, and soforth. You have to be selective in what elements you combine into one outfit, otherwise you just look like a bad drag queen. For example, cowboys can get away with wearing ruffled shirts, and it looks "country." Put a ruffled shirt on me and it looks gay or I look like a bad ->-bleeped-<-." - this was actually true too, it's the philosophy I maintain as a fulltime androgynous 'crossdresser.' Of course I can't wait to break that as HRT advances
With all the people who saw my nails and asked if I played guitar, I wish I did.
Quote from: Julie Marie on August 06, 2009, 02:44:34 PM
"I'm tired of shaving so I'm having my beard removed." No need to mention the thousands of dollars this will cost or how painful it will be! 
I've said that I hate shaving, always saw myself being clean cut, was tired of wasting time doing it, that I got horrible ingrown hairs, and that I had very sharp, painful hairs that frequently caused infections when they grew back from plucking them. My face has cleared up dramatically since getting laser hair removal, including way, way less acne, almost no ingrown hairs, no shaving scarring or bumps, etc.
Sure the spiro helped end the last of my acne once I got on it, but even before the spiro my face was getting much healthier with less shaving and hair. Those are all true and valid reasons that I had beard removal and tell people if it comes up. I've actually gotten into conversations with women and straight men about it because they mention their own facial hair woes (women) or they agree that shaving sucks balls. Plus being able to be like "yeah I got shot in the face with a laser a hundred thousand times" is kinda hardcore. Some guys will open up about unwanted hair on their back/shoulders/neck/etc when laser comes up. There's an aspect to being secure in oneself and androgyny that kinda disarms both genders sometimes.
I just leave the transition bit out of it.
