Community Conversation => Transgender talk => Topic started by: Christy on August 15, 2014, 05:39:19 PM Return to Full Version
Title: Tomorrow is a big day for me
Post by: Christy on August 15, 2014, 05:39:19 PM
Post by: Christy on August 15, 2014, 05:39:19 PM
Tomorrow a near by city is having their pride festival and I am going out for the first time as a woman. I'm scared but excited too. I still have a long road ahead but as I look back I see how far I've already come. The years of wrestling with who I am, the family talk I wish I never had, the times I bought female items only to purge them. If I had all the money I spent on even female smelling soaps I would be rich. If I get rid of the soaps, nick nacks etc. the feelings will go away, yeah right.
So now here I sit and in about twenty-four hours I will leave this apartment as a woman. Just to vent a little I would like to ask why women's sizes have to be in different categories? Petite, misses, women... and why do they have to cost so much more than men's clothing? :laugh: To be serious for a moment though I am a little scared. By the end of the day tomorrow the people around me will view me very differently than they do today. It's very unlikely I won't be seen leaving or entering my apartment. Seeing that I live in the south I estimate that the news will travel faster than a jet plane. I do have some fear of possible physical harm, though I carry pepper spray and I have fears of someone taking their bigotry out on my car though hopefully none of this will come to pass.
One year ago I made the decision to start transitioning a little at a time and not stop this time around. Now here we are. Wish me luck.
So now here I sit and in about twenty-four hours I will leave this apartment as a woman. Just to vent a little I would like to ask why women's sizes have to be in different categories? Petite, misses, women... and why do they have to cost so much more than men's clothing? :laugh: To be serious for a moment though I am a little scared. By the end of the day tomorrow the people around me will view me very differently than they do today. It's very unlikely I won't be seen leaving or entering my apartment. Seeing that I live in the south I estimate that the news will travel faster than a jet plane. I do have some fear of possible physical harm, though I carry pepper spray and I have fears of someone taking their bigotry out on my car though hopefully none of this will come to pass.
One year ago I made the decision to start transitioning a little at a time and not stop this time around. Now here we are. Wish me luck.
Title: Re: Tomorrow is a big day for me
Post by: Dianne on August 15, 2014, 06:11:43 PM
Post by: Dianne on August 15, 2014, 06:11:43 PM
Just be yourself. Good luck!
Title: Re: Tomorrow is a big day for me
Post by: mrs izzy on August 15, 2014, 06:43:51 PM
Post by: mrs izzy on August 15, 2014, 06:43:51 PM
Ah the first big outing en fem.
Watch the side effects of that.
Happiness,
Fears,
Self worth,
Wanting more.
Wish you the best, relax and just enjoy the experience.
Watch the side effects of that.
Happiness,
Fears,
Self worth,
Wanting more.
Wish you the best, relax and just enjoy the experience.
Title: Re: Tomorrow is a big day for me
Post by: suzifrommd on August 15, 2014, 07:31:58 PM
Post by: suzifrommd on August 15, 2014, 07:31:58 PM
I had a lot of those same fears, Christy. None of them came true. In the two years since then, including more than a year of full-tine living, I've never received so much as a cross word when presenting female. My outings have been amazingly positive.
I'm sending all that positive energy your way. Good luck.
I'm sending all that positive energy your way. Good luck.
Title: Re: Tomorrow is a big day for me
Post by: helen2010 on August 15, 2014, 07:35:12 PM
Post by: helen2010 on August 15, 2014, 07:35:12 PM
Enjoy. You deserve this.
Title: Re: Tomorrow is a big day for me
Post by: Rachel on August 15, 2014, 08:03:30 PM
Post by: Rachel on August 15, 2014, 08:03:30 PM
Congratulations and good luck.
Title: Re: Tomorrow is a big day for me
Post by: specialK103080 on August 15, 2014, 09:17:19 PM
Post by: specialK103080 on August 15, 2014, 09:17:19 PM
The answer the sizing question. The petite just usually means shorter women. Misses is "younger" sizes/ styles. Women is just the "general" woman sizes.....
Congrats on going outside as your true self!! Rock it out and have a blast!
Congrats on going outside as your true self!! Rock it out and have a blast!
Title: Re: Tomorrow is a big day for me
Post by: Edge on August 15, 2014, 10:34:15 PM
Post by: Edge on August 15, 2014, 10:34:15 PM
Hey, tomorrow is my city's Pride too.
Petite means it's for shorter women. I'm not sure about misses.
Good luck.
Petite means it's for shorter women. I'm not sure about misses.
Good luck.
Title: Re: Tomorrow is a big day for me
Post by: Emily1996 on August 16, 2014, 01:02:05 AM
Post by: Emily1996 on August 16, 2014, 01:02:05 AM
Congratulation and GOOD LUCK !!!
Title: Re: Tomorrow is a big day for me
Post by: Boo Stew on August 16, 2014, 03:46:30 AM
Post by: Boo Stew on August 16, 2014, 03:46:30 AM
Wear it like you're a work of art to be admired and misunderstood in equal amounts!