Tranecdotes - times you had to bite your tongue and laugh about being Trans

[Autumn]

Yeah, it's kinda the US standard US BBQ, kettle design.  I guess when I play down under on my big international tour I'll have to change it to 'toss some kids on the barbie.'

Naw mate, the dingoes ate them all first.

[tekla]

There is a lot to like about dingoes, over here only pitbulls eat kids.

[pebbles]

I believe I've already told this story somewhere else. When I was younger 17 or so I passed alot better one thing I did was present as female sneak out my window at midnight when my mum went to bed and just wander around.

I did so one night and went to bed snerking something witty in the best female voice I could, my mother the next day when she saw me was furious. "DO YOU THINK I WOULDN'T KNOW!?" "DO YOU THINK YOU COULD GET AWAY WITH THIS?!" and all this I very nearly confessed my trans'ness to her as I thought she knew my secret and was frightened. before I could find the words to confess she pre-empted me, and accused me of sneaking strange girls in the house at night without her permission to do wicked things to. Apparently she saw and heard me but didn't think it was me.  :O ZOMG was my response indeed.

It would be interesting to see my life if I hadn't bitten my tongue.

[Cindy]

Another ridiculous argument with my Mum when I was a teenager. Yet again caught out dressed 'inappropriately', or rather in my elder sister's clothes, make up etc. "Don't you want to grow up and be a man and make babies". "No, do you?" I think it was the only time she gulped and retreated.

BTW loved her dearly and miss her as she has passed away. She raised three good daughters, but wanted one to be a son.

Cindy

[Debra]

LOL @ pebbles and ƃuıxǝʌ !!!!

[Autumn]

Well, this started as a tranecdote...

A customer today, not mine looked up and asked me if I had a brother who worked here. "You really look a lot like him, oh, what is his name, I can't remember... very similar in the face..." I said no, and started laughing a little with the associate who was going to help her once she found her paperwork. After a bit I walked off for a while to excuse myself from the situation.

When I swung back by a couple of minutes ago he told me that he'd told her. I told him that it really wasn't necessary for him to tell her. "She felt really stupid, and I knew she was going to feel stupid, so that's why I told her."

Thanks, a lot.

[confused101]

Not sure this counts as a tranecdote but I wanna share it anyway. =P

As some of you may know, I havent transition and don't dress like a male. I just dress a lil bit tomboyish and sometimes girly(if the situation requires me to T__T), but my friends all knew that I rarely ever want to dress girly. Lol.
So, a couple of years ago when I was a freshman in college. Me and my friends were walking home from class. It was me, 2 of my roomies, and one guy friend whom I was quite close to. As we were walking, we passed this really muddy grass area and as tough or manly as I may think I am, I still don't like anything gross like muds and stuff. =P
So I started lifting my pants and tiptoed. Lol. And then my guy friend laughed at me and said, "Hahahahahaa! You're such a girl!" And being in closet that time, I just said "I AM a girl." and laughed along. And then he paused a bit and made this confusing face and then laughed again and said, "Ohhhhh...hahhaha." It's like he finds it amusing that I am girl? Lol.
But I actually liked it that he forgot that I am a female. Hahha. xD

It just occurred to me that it doesn't matter how u look or dress on the outside, it's who you are on the inside that defines yourself.

[Sarah B]

I was traveling home from visiting my mother and I was approximately 100 miles from my destination, I just passed a small town and I was just about to leave when my car broke down and I pulled over just pass a bridge.

Another motorist saw me and stopped to ensure the car was pushed to the side of the road.  I thanked the motorist and I started walking back towards the small town.  It was only a couple hundred of yards from my car.  As I was walking back I was starting to worry how I was going to get home that night and this started to play on my mind.

I rang around to let members of my family know and finally I rang one of my cousins who lived in the same city as I did.  By this stage nothing was happening and I was starting to get frantic and as I was talking to my cousin I started to cry from worry.  After a little while and reassurances from him, he said "this is what happens when you grow breasts, you females always get in a tiz (state)".  I just started laughing with a few sobs in between.  I eventually got roadside assistance and I got home that night.

Kind regards
Sarah B

[Yakshini]

Years ago before coming out as trans, I went to a Speech camp in the summer. No, I don't have difficulties speaking, it was a camp for competetive public speaking (AKA- forensics). The camp was three hours away and the application to join the camp was done all online. In part of the application you check whether you are male or female for the purposes of knowing who has what roomates. The default gender was male, and if you were female you were to click the other bubble. There was an error on the page and it refreshed,going back to the male bubble without my noticing it.
When I got to the camp some weeks later, I gave them my name so they could give me my room key. When I gave them my name, they gave my this big-eyed look and called other councilers over.
"See, this is Shawn. As you can see, Shawn is a lovely lady. And Shawn has mistakenly been bunked with the boys."
I was so darn excited to bunk with the guys, but they changed it around. T_T

Yeah, my name is more masculine than feminine, so I have about a million stories involving "mistaken identity" and "OH! so you're a GIRL!".

[sneakersjay]

Years ago before coming out as trans, I went to a Speech camp in the summer. No, I don't have difficulties speaking, it was a camp for competetive public speaking (AKA- forensics). The camp was three hours away and the application to join the camp was done all online. In part of the application you check whether you are male or female for the purposes of knowing who has what roomates. The default gender was male, and if you were female you were to click the other bubble. There was an error on the page and it refreshed,going back to the male bubble without my noticing it.
When I got to the camp some weeks later, I gave them my name so they could give me my room key. When I gave them my name, they gave my this big-eyed look and called other councilers over.
"See, this is Shawn. As you can see, Shawn is a lovely lady. And Shawn has mistakenly been bunked with the boys."
I was so darn excited to bunk with the guys, but they changed it around. T_T

Yeah, my name is more masculine than feminine, so I have about a million stories involving "mistaken identity" and "OH! so you're a GIRL!".

That's funny.  A similar thing happened to me but it had nothing to do with my name being mistaken for a guy's name (it was undoubtedly F).  I went to an orientation for a trip abroad and we arrived at the dorms.  I went to my room and put my stuff away.  I later went back to find my roommate had arrived, and was definitely M.  My only thing at that time, (I was 18) was that I was mortified with my body and adamant that NO ONE would see it.    To be bunked with a guy was great; but to think of changing clothes... not so great.  We went to the leaders who promptly switched us.  Made for a funny story later.

Jay

[Debra]

Last night, I was at my boyfriend's dad's house (he still lives at home...hey, he's 21 lol).

He and his sister know I'm trans but his dad doesn't yet.

Anyway, his dad is a big joker, very big sense of humor, I really like the guy. Anyway, the 4 of us are in the kitchen chatting away and he's joking around as usual when he starts talking about a crossdresser that contacted him on a dating site. He was essentially trying to make a joke out of it and I was a little uncomfortable , to say the least. The worst part was when he said if this person lived across the street he might take a baseball bat to them.....he didn't say it in an angry tone or anything, I think he was really just trying to get laughs out of it. Yet me, my bf, and his sister just kinda stared back at him like ummm. He realized we werent laughing and changed the subject to something else.

On the way home that night, I told my bf..."I guess your dad really doesn't know about me if he feels comfortable to be saying things like that in front of me." And he said "Yah, I guess not."