Past, Present, and Future.....

[Cruelladeville]

I'm not sure I understand your reasoning completely Miss Bev?

You state that if you had a fully female start, then your children which are genetically yours, this would not be the case had you been born a woman?

I would agree your current life and family wouldn't have been a reality...however, if you were a natal woman and healthy, you would have most likely married and still have had children of your own, and the joy of experiencing pregnancy...

If I'd been offered that... I would never have turned it down....

[Kay]

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I'm with Hypatia on this one.  There just isn't anything about my past that I would keep. 
Oh sure, I'd keep the person who I am inside...but that good person comes with a lot of
scars, damage, and baggage.  The person I am inside only really seems to grow and shine when separated from that horrible past completely.  When the memories are absent.  When the
central figures from those days are far far away.
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If given the chance to start over from the 'git-go' and roll the dice again, I would. 
I'd be me...a different me...both better and worse...but I'd be comfortable with my life,
my self, and my memories.  Those things are really invaluable.  The past would at least
hold some fondness for me, and the future would hold potential for things desired that
this life does not. 
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Yes, most definitely yes.

[augie]

i love would you change time questions.
if time was turned back, you where unborn and given proper chromosones. and born again.
time would be different and we wouldent remember anything,  unless we got a second wish. and that would be a horrible second wish.

i would do it in a heartbeat, even tho i guess i can understand the parents view. since you would effectivly unmake your children.  but in the then proper timeline you could just recreate them for the first time again 

people dont feel bad about all the babies that dont get created because you didnt jump on every opertunity available for making babies. and this isent really that different either. 

[Ms Bev]

I'm not sure I understand your reasoning completely Miss Bev?


...however, if you were a natal woman and healthy, you would have most likely married and still have had children of your own, and the joy of experiencing pregnancy...

No.....not at all.  I would not have married, but had a female partner.  I'm the child-rearing type......not the child-bearing type, and I would have had to have had an intimate relationship with a turkey baster *ick*...

[K8]

While it would have been nice to grow up a girl and be a woman from the get-go, there's no way for me to know how my life would have gone.  I kind of like my life now.  It seems to me to be a waste of time to say: "If only..."

Just my toppence.

- Kate

[Lacey Lynne]

Sorry for only now discovering this thread, but it's a great one. 

First, I'm so glad many of you have had such great and fulfilling lives overall.  That is excellent, and I'm truly happy for you.

Second, my own story is closest to Hypatia's story, I'm sorry to say.  Hypatia, may you finally find some peace, hon.  I empathize with you deeply, because I've been there too ... bigtime.

Third, yes:  I'd much rather have been born a genetic, XX female from the get-go.  Would my life have been better?  I'd like to think so.  Sadly, it may not have been that much better. 

Often times, I wonder if I have Asperger's syndrome or some such malady.  If so, take my word for it that such a syndrome is much worse than having gender dysphoria.  It leaves you with a sense of isolation and sadness that you simply cannot imagine.  It's as difficult to explain to somebody who does NOT have Asperger's syndrome as it is trying to explain transsexuality to "normal" people.  Can you just imagine being universally detested and loathed and not knowing why?  Believe me:  It's a bummer.