Tranniversaries

[Arch]

I'm not much for holidays or birthdays or anniversaries, and I often have trouble remembering such dates. But now I remember all sorts of personal trans-related dates. The day I came out a year and a half ago. The day I started therapy with my awesome therapist. The day I started HRT. The day I had top surgery. All of these dates stick in my mind and mean a lot to me. Sometimes I feel like a kid again, but I'm not thinking about Christmas or Halloween; I'm thinking about transition-related dates. I guess it's sort of a coming-of-age thing. I want to put these dates on the calendar and celebrate them.

I expect this phase to pass eventually, but do any of you folks do the same thing?

[tekla]

I don't celebrate any anniversaries of anything.  The past is prologue.  Nothing more.  Nothing to celebrate or commemorate. 

[V M]

My calender has transition related stuff marked on it that I plan to celebrate in the coming years 

Some of them purposely occur on dates that would normally depress the stuff out of me 

i.e. Getting my second piercings on my B-Day. I tried to time starting HRT for my B-Day but had to wait an extra week. Close enough        

Now I'm trying to decide some transition stuff to counter the  of certain holidays 

[Arch]

I don't celebrate any anniversaries of anything.  The past is prologue.  Nothing more.  Nothing to celebrate or commemorate.

I always looked at anniversaries as completely artificial because the calendar is a construct. An astronomically-based construct, but a construct nonetheless.

Oddly enough, I have a custom calendar with all sorts of wacky holidays on it. It's sort of a running gag with me. Something on a Stick Day. Mustard Day. Lost Sock Day. Pi Day. But I don't celebrate these days or any official holidays, birthdays, or non-trans anniversaries. Yet I see my trans-related anniversaries as milestones. I feel as if the dates are worth noting. Whatevah.

Post Merge: November 27, 2009, 03:25:27 AM

Now I'm trying to decide some transition stuff to counter the  of certain holidays 

Hmm. What holidays?

[Hannah]

I'm sentimental, and yes dates are important to me. I may or may not make a big deal out of something, but you can bet I notice. "He" had a birthday a while back, and nobody cared but me. I fed us a nice dinner and bought us some new clothes   

As far as tranniversaries you bet. I'll celebrate the hrt anni until there's something more significant to celebrate. Originally I thought I might schedule the various operations on it, but when I went to schedule one the surgeon wouldn't cooperate, lol there went that plan 

[Janet_Girl]

I remember every date that is trans-related.

April 1, 2008 - Started HRT
September 13, 2008 - Full Time
November 6, 2009 - Orchidectomy.



Janet

[Butterfly]

Modified to fit this thread.

Let's see how many birthdays anniversaries I can have.

1. The day I came out to my family
2.  My first day of therapy
3.  My first hormone pill
4.  My first hair removal session
5.  The day I went full-time
6.  The day I had FFS
7.  The day I had GRS

7 birthdays? anniversaries.  Nah.  I'll stick with the day I was born too.

[gennee]

These days are important because they affect your life. I have a few myself.

July 26, 2005-came out as transgender
August 2, 2006- felt content and complete as a transgender person.

Gennee

[Arch]

Heh. Thanks, Leslie. I didn't see that thread.

[Christo]

I only remember 3 dates.  T - November 22 2005. top surgery - July 20 2007.  hysto - November 9 2009 but I dont remember the rest. its been a long time. 

[Arch]

I only remember 3 dates.  T - November 22 2005. top surgery - July 20 2007.  hysto - November 9 2009 but I dont remember the rest. its been a long time.

Interesting. You got the anniversary of JFK's assassination and the anniversary of the first moonwalk.

[Tammy Hope]

There are, so far, three major events I consider landmarks, I remember and make reference to -  two of them, I'm not specifically sure when the other one was but I posted somewhere on-line about it, I should go see if I can pin it down.

[K8]

I have two that I celebrate every month so far: start of hormones and start full-time.  I think as the years go by, I will pare those down to just anniversaries, but the dates are embedded in my brain.

The third one - GRS - hasn't happened yet, but I expect that to be more important than the day I was born with the wrong body.

- Kate

[myles]

I am not sure why but I don't plan on celebrating anything. I have a hard time remembering some of the dates already. I am just looking forward to finally living my life as it should be.
Cheers
Andrew

[Britney_413]

I haven't started transitioning yet but I have some pre-transition mini-milestones:

04/13/08: First time fully dressing as a female
04/26/08: First time going out presenting as a female
12/21/08: This day I suddenly realize that I am transgendered and that the crossdressing is not simply a phase
04/18/09: First daytime outing presenting as female
06/18/09: The day I quit wearing wigs and start using my natural hair from this point forward
10/30/09: First full-day presenting as female

[Dante]

Well, the only tranniversary (nice word, btw）that I have is the day I realized I was trans, which I consider to be the worst day of my life, but also good, because the fog finally cleared that day. That's Dec. 15, and it's rapidly approaching. 

[LordKAT]

The only thing I worry about are if Fred and Barney and King Neptune and the Mermaids and all the other friends, creatures and crustations may get confused as to what song to sing in celebration 

As Posiedon, aka King Neptune; The merpeople and I will sing whatever joyous song you request as well as a few others to celebrate. Personally I need a few more "milestones first for me to be "done" with transitioning.

[Janet_Girl]

I am not sure why but I don't plan on celebrating anything. I have a hard time remembering some of the dates already. I am just looking forward to finally living my life as it should be.
Cheers
Andrew

Sound so much like a typical guy, Andrew.  There is this thing that you can write important dates on so you can remember them.  It is called a "Calender". 

Just celebrating your life as a man, will be good enough, Sugar.



Hugs and Love
Janet

[Miniar]

dates are lost on me..
but a similar thing is on my mind atm..
see, for three weeks I was on a medication called Lyrica, an I don't recall half the time I was on it. I really am missing a week or two...
But, while on it I got the "doctor's orders" from the endo, and I remember "exactly" what he told me to do and when.
funny thing that..

[Arch]

I guess the important stuff tends to stick with us. I'm stoked for you, Miniar.