That's the letter that we should all write, Allie.

We have a Community Event planned for tomorrow. Basically, a Meet & Greet so people can socialize with our neighbors. I was the first resident to move in after this apartment building was finished back in August. I am also on the Resident Council, so most of the tenants know me. I was informed that the tenants have a new nickname for me: "Prospector Lori". I showed a couple of guys my website and the nickname spread like wildfire.

This morning we got a message from the Taco Truck. Due to a scheduling mistake, it will be here today! So we are scrambling to accommodate the change and offering residents a free lunch. We still plan to have the main event tomorrow. Busy, busy, busy.

Quote from: MartaA on Yesterday at 04:41:33 PMAnd.. It didn't went well.

Hi, Marta.  Nice to meet you.

I am sorry that coming out to your girlfriend didn't go well.  But I admire your courage in doing so.  In my opinion, it was the right thing to do.  A relationship will not work without honesty.

I had been married for 13 years when I realized that I was transgender.  Coming out to my wife was extremely difficult, but I knew I could not be honest with her if I was not honest with myself.  She was hurt, but she decided to stick with me anyway.

Some people can handle a partner who wants to transition, some cannot.  Some think they can handle it but change their minds, and others think they cannot handle it but it turns out that they can.  You have to allow her the freedom to decide whether she can handle it or not.

Iceland is great, put it back on your list! The ride from the airport to Reykjavik might as well have been done on the Lunar Rover based on the scenery. 

Hugs, Devlyn

So I am back from Ireland after traveling the entire circumference of the Irish coastline with two other couples in a minivan for twelve days...we had lots of laughs but it was way too much "close time" with each other.  Thankful we hired a driver to keep the friction to a minimum.

But I learned my lesson: I will not organize another road trip with friends again. 

At least the pubs eased my pain.

The weather was wonderful with only two days of rain. One of the rainy days was touring Bushmills distillery and the other was walking in museums.

The real vacation was not watching the US news reports and the endless TV drug ads.

None of my friends know I am transgender so it was a classic cisgender vacation.  I had a good time but it was also good to be home.

Oh yeah, the added bonus was that we had a great view of the Northern Lights too.  That takes Iceland off my vacation bucket list.

I love it.
Well done, Allie!

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Yes. A good therapist will be able to discover if you really have a gender diaphoretic issue or something else. There are a lot of non binary treatment options as well. Also even if ultimately your therapist says they believe you to be trans doesn't mean you have to transition either. There are so many different options and levels of transition. Some are just happy to change pronouns and socially transition. Some just take hrt, others go for everything under the sun. It's what best suits your needs. Basically the very min that they can do to relieve your symptoms, and what you can tolerate. That's different for everyone.

So it's very possible that you can be prescribed HRT and not transition. But being on HRT (from what I've read, as well as anything else that promotes female hormones) over the long period of time does seem to be wire your brain. And you might eventually feel you need to do more in transition than. Before when you started.

I agree. Women do come in all shapes and sizes, and colors. I know I am making more out of it then it really is. Just another fake excuse to not really commit to a transition.

If I am honest with myself I feel I play the negatives more to be realistic, but deep down I typically am a glass half full kind of gurl. Not that I let anyone else see that, I save the hope against all odds for myself, and let everyone else think I'm just a negative Nancy lol.

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