Community Conversation => Transsexual talk => Male to female transsexual talk (MTF) => Topic started by: Robin Mack on September 23, 2013, 09:58:26 AM Return to Full Version
Title: A night on the town...
Post by: Robin Mack on September 23, 2013, 09:58:26 AM
Post by: Robin Mack on September 23, 2013, 09:58:26 AM
I'm still new to all this, but I wanted to share my experience in case there may be someone who could benefit (and maybe someone could give me a hand, too!)
I had a wonderful night on the town with my fiancee Friday night. I got dressed in a cute outfit, did my own makeup (this time more subtle, lighter eyeliner under they eye, etc, proud of my pretty "natural" look.)
We went to a performance of a local band in the tourist-friendly downtown area, enjoying just being girls out on the town. We kept getting attention, but not negative attention. It was all very flattering, including the expression we overheard from a group of guys who passed by about the beautiful ladies they had just seen (we were the only women in the area; a big ego-boost). I didn't get any hostile or puzzled stares going in to a local shop for coffee; I was (gasp) apparently unremarkable. This is *very* new to me; I think I may have *finally* gotten my walk down.
Quite simply, we were having a blast.
Then we went to a local gay bar I have visited infrequently for some time. As the night wore on, I realized I was getting clocked more and more. I half-expected *that*, the area being more open to transgendered people, etc... but what amazed me is people recognized me from before. Nothing hostile, but I found myself coming out again and again to people who had apparently missed the original bulletin... and then someone took my picture:
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi888.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac84%2Fwriterrobinmack%2FRobinLate_zps730380fe.jpg&hash=bc1c36c4e11dcb25906cd4e4665a055a399da0ba) (http://s888.photobucket.com/user/writerrobinmack/media/RobinLate_zps730380fe.jpg.html)
Aaaack! My face was suddenly splotchy, my eye makeup had disappeared, and all sense of being pretty flew out the window... I had been having such a great time up until then... I realize, now, it wasn't that bad a pic, but at the time I felt like I looked terrible, and I wanted to hide.
I did my best to relax, and then it hit me. It really didn't matter. I had been having a great time and others were enjoying my company. I was accepted, even if I *did* begin to resemble my "old self". It took a bit, and I found it very irritating when one person insisted on calling me by my old name, but all in all, I was OK. I went back to having a great evening.
I would, however, appreciate it if someone could help a girl out with a tip on how to make sure her makeup lasts all night... ;)
I had a wonderful night on the town with my fiancee Friday night. I got dressed in a cute outfit, did my own makeup (this time more subtle, lighter eyeliner under they eye, etc, proud of my pretty "natural" look.)
We went to a performance of a local band in the tourist-friendly downtown area, enjoying just being girls out on the town. We kept getting attention, but not negative attention. It was all very flattering, including the expression we overheard from a group of guys who passed by about the beautiful ladies they had just seen (we were the only women in the area; a big ego-boost). I didn't get any hostile or puzzled stares going in to a local shop for coffee; I was (gasp) apparently unremarkable. This is *very* new to me; I think I may have *finally* gotten my walk down.
Quite simply, we were having a blast.
Then we went to a local gay bar I have visited infrequently for some time. As the night wore on, I realized I was getting clocked more and more. I half-expected *that*, the area being more open to transgendered people, etc... but what amazed me is people recognized me from before. Nothing hostile, but I found myself coming out again and again to people who had apparently missed the original bulletin... and then someone took my picture:
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi888.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac84%2Fwriterrobinmack%2FRobinLate_zps730380fe.jpg&hash=bc1c36c4e11dcb25906cd4e4665a055a399da0ba) (http://s888.photobucket.com/user/writerrobinmack/media/RobinLate_zps730380fe.jpg.html)
Aaaack! My face was suddenly splotchy, my eye makeup had disappeared, and all sense of being pretty flew out the window... I had been having such a great time up until then... I realize, now, it wasn't that bad a pic, but at the time I felt like I looked terrible, and I wanted to hide.
I did my best to relax, and then it hit me. It really didn't matter. I had been having a great time and others were enjoying my company. I was accepted, even if I *did* begin to resemble my "old self". It took a bit, and I found it very irritating when one person insisted on calling me by my old name, but all in all, I was OK. I went back to having a great evening.
I would, however, appreciate it if someone could help a girl out with a tip on how to make sure her makeup lasts all night... ;)
Title: Re: A night on the town...
Post by: Elainagirl59 on September 24, 2013, 12:37:21 PM
Post by: Elainagirl59 on September 24, 2013, 12:37:21 PM
Hiya!
I use a MAC product, Fix+. It is designed to "set" make up. My brows
are so sparse I need to draw them in with powder. The Fix+ is waterproof,
well more sweat proof. It also works well to set powder over foundation
Best wishes,
Elaina
I use a MAC product, Fix+. It is designed to "set" make up. My brows
are so sparse I need to draw them in with powder. The Fix+ is waterproof,
well more sweat proof. It also works well to set powder over foundation
Best wishes,
Elaina
Title: Re: A night on the town...
Post by: Robin Mack on September 24, 2013, 01:40:23 PM
Post by: Robin Mack on September 24, 2013, 01:40:23 PM
Thank you so much... and if that is your picture, you are absolutely lovely! I'll take a dozen of those Fix+'s, please and thank you! ;)
Title: Re: A night on the town...
Post by: Elainagirl59 on September 24, 2013, 02:12:25 PM
Post by: Elainagirl59 on September 24, 2013, 02:12:25 PM
Thank you! That is probably the best pic I have ever had. The camera angle is very flattering.
The picture also has special meaning. It was taken at a girls night out with my co-workers.
We were celebrating my departure for Thailand and SRS
The picture also has special meaning. It was taken at a girls night out with my co-workers.
We were celebrating my departure for Thailand and SRS
Title: Re: A night on the town...
Post by: Robin Mack on September 24, 2013, 02:35:22 PM
Post by: Robin Mack on September 24, 2013, 02:35:22 PM
Wow... that is incredibly awesome. What a wonderful picture for an avatar.
Mine so far have been milestones, too... the current avatar pic was of me before I went out on my first night on-the-town dressed to match *me*. I am so grateful my loving fiancee helped with the makeup. She's been the #1 proponent in getting me to go out of my man clothes, despite the fact she fell in love with me when *I* thought I was male. She never pressured me and let me come to conclusions on my own, but since I admitted to myself that I am transgendered she has admitted that she knew it since the first time she saw me dress. ;)
Mine so far have been milestones, too... the current avatar pic was of me before I went out on my first night on-the-town dressed to match *me*. I am so grateful my loving fiancee helped with the makeup. She's been the #1 proponent in getting me to go out of my man clothes, despite the fact she fell in love with me when *I* thought I was male. She never pressured me and let me come to conclusions on my own, but since I admitted to myself that I am transgendered she has admitted that she knew it since the first time she saw me dress. ;)