In essence....were you born female or..is it that you just want to be female

[Melissa]

I think what Kimberly was getting at is that nobody is born a woman (adult female).  We all start out as children.

Melissa

[Nero]

I am going to say "I am not 100% certain", but there are liitle things about me that would support the idea that I was born mentally female.  (Not all of which will be presented here).  As a child, I was very sensitive emotionally, and would cry all too easily.  

Sensitivity and the ability to cry easily are not traits unique to the female of the species. I know several women who are not sensitive and who never cry. And men who are the opposite.

[Kate]

Do you feel you were born female..........or do you feel you just want to be female

You might find Can you be a boy who wants to be a girl? helpful too

Kate

[Chaunte]

I've wrestled with this too... but in the end, I grew tired of fighting against what I knew I knew. I think my fear was that if I admitted I was a woman, I knew I'd HAVE to then transition. So I theorized, philosophized, debated, analysed... anything to keep The Truth at bay and keep it an intellectual plaything.

Worked for 42 years.

Then I broke down, fell apart and... admitted it.

And now I'm transitioning

Kate

Kate, you said a mouthful.  (Scary - same number of years even!)  All I can say is Ditto!

Chaunte

[Melissa]

(Scary - same number of years even!)

What's even scarier is I know lots of TS that are 42.  Like maybe 3 others.

Melissa

[Suzy]

What's even scarier is I know lots of TS that are 42.  Like maybe 3 others.
Melissa

Wow, I'm within two years of that.

Kristi

[misty]

I voted "I just want to be female"
I loved the wanting.......
& I love being female from the wanting

I don't feel I was born female..........
.........I just feel my soul and spirit are female.......

misty xxx

[SusanKay140]

Born genetic male, emotionally female, wish I had been born a girl, want to be a woman.

Susan Kay

[umop ap!sdn]

I don't really remember seeing myself as one gender or the other until at least the age of 11. I do remember that my closest friends have always been girls and I simply never understood boys. But, as early as age 5 I looked like a girl and was constantly "mistaken" for one, and I caught a lot of flak for that from people who should have been more careful. I know that messed me up a lot. And, I can remember absolutely hating the boy's clothes that I was made to wear when I was even younger than that.

I suppose then that I must have been born mentally female after all.

[Ricki]

Sometimes I know I was born a women and other times I just want to be one soooooooo much.
AsS Kate said

I mirror this as well... I know what i feel and do not feel, sometimes i just pray and wish for some sort of wholeness in that end the gender really would not matter would it?
If a jeanie came to you and said I'm flipping a boy-girl coin whatever side it lands on you'll be completely?  So in that what would it matter--- That wholeness thing stirs me thanks Jillean...
Cause i ponder on this a lot a cure or a fix is a fix right..........
ricki

[Owen]

I voted just want to be female because I have deep down felt like a female as I carry very feminine traits.  I was always the loner in my family never comforming to the standards of the day though in the end I had to comply to some degree. I resisted many things both my parents wanted me to be as male. Though I did play with some boy toys I really wanted to play and be with girls and did so. This was looked on as to weird in the eyes of both my parents and everyone else. There were some girls that took a liking to me in a friendly sort of way nothing sexual. I had from early on thought myself a girl in a spiritual sense if that makes sense. I didnt consider myself male or female even. Just a confused soul for nearly 47 years. Now I know I am female born with male parts. Still discovering my true self.  Female.

Linda Ann

Love being female

[misty]

I wasn't born female.......
In my case the want has been evolving from a core point......which feels like my soul......but also environmental triggers have been significant along the way.......but the important thing is as each one has occurred I have welcomed them & been receptive to them.......now the ball is rolling it is self perpetuating.......
.....by the time I am 90 the craving & desire could be well out of control!!....

.....the flooding of the blood with T had a dampening effect on my femininity.....now the soul is stronger and just uses T for feminine libido & feminine drive.....!!

misty xxx


ps does anybody else have trouble typing with long nails.........im trying to get used to typing with flatter angled fingers instead of typing like a guitarist fingering a fret board
....just my excuse for a few typing errors lately.....!!!

[Melissa]

ps does anybody else have trouble typing with long nails….…..im trying to get used to typing with flatter angled fingers instead of typing like a guitarist fingering a fret board
….just my excuse for a few typing errors lately…..!!!

Oh yes.  So, I keep my nails short.  My hand seems to pass anyways in pretty much all situations.  Here's a picture of it:


Melissa

[misty]

With my two fingered typing I would only have to trim two......but then they would look imbalanced & I've been nurturing them and cosseting them....so couldn't face deliberately pruning them
"Hands" up those who are having similar problems.....could be in for a series of hand photos!!
Still its all part of the fun of being a girl.........plus I'm in great demand as a backscratcher!!........and sometimes it can get you out of jobs.........."but I might damage my nails!!"........all these wonderful new pleasures.........who'd be male!!!!

misty xxx

[Melissa]

Well, I'm a compulsive nailbiter, so I guess it works out for me.

Melissa

[Melissa]

Hehe, I'm not as bad as I used to be, but I do still like to keep them short.

Melissa

[RebeccaFog]

[crazy grooming tip #1 from Rebecca]

When you bite your nails to shorten them, they grow back round edged and you don't have to do much to shape them.

[Melissa]

Hehe, well I tried to fight tooth and nail to stop, but it didn't work.

Melissa

[Ricki]

Me too Melissa i bite like i'm having mid-day snack or lunch?  More so when nervous, worried, bored, or watching a thriller movie(which does not happen as often as before movies are not as good as they used to be!)
Anyway i do take two 10mg gelatin capsuls for nail health.. they never grow in mind you with all the munching but... they are a littler firmer not soft?
See there's my  girly tip for the day take 2 or 2 10mg gelatin capsuls daily (they're cheap too like 3.00 for a bottle of 100)...for nail health!

I had tinkered on and off with glue on nails and the key board thing>
hehe............... --you're asking me the dyslexic typer i cannot even type right with short nails? hehe...
But i think you have to sort of curve your finger tips up some to keep your nails from digging in..
Huh-humm we are still talking about typing on a keyboard right?
hehe.........
Ricki

[Melissa]

Just make sure you don't glue your nails to the keyboard Ricki.

Melissa