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Title: Hi everybody!
Post by: JulieL on December 16, 2014, 08:52:07 PM
I'm in my early 30s and I recently became more openly questioning of my gender identity. I've had flashes here and there throughout my life of wanting to be more feminine, but I've never really had any serious dysmorphia about my male body. In the last year I began cross-dressing and absolutely loved it. I recently began seeing a new therapist and she was the first person I ever came out to. Since then I've come out to my wife, who has been amazingly supportive. We went shopping for cute PJs that day. I've never felt more loved and accepted ever. I'm excited to began this journey towards finding my most authentic self.
Title: Re: Hi everybody!
Post by: V M on December 16, 2014, 08:54:30 PM
Hi JulieL  :icon_wave:

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Title: Re: Hi everybody!
Post by: JulieL on December 16, 2014, 09:48:46 PM
Thanks for the welcome and all of the information.  :)
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Post by: Gothic Dandy on December 16, 2014, 10:03:14 PM
Welcome! It's great that your wife is so supportive! I'm happy for you!
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Post by: andie1002 on December 16, 2014, 10:06:06 PM
Im so glad ur happy with ur new life now. Xoxo - from the philippines.
Title: Re: Hi everybody!
Post by: JulieL on December 17, 2014, 07:12:38 AM
Thank you all for the warm welcome. :icon_hug:

Luca, her support is amazing. I was in a serious depressive funk before I told her, and I've been so happy since.
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Post by: Vicky Mitchell on December 17, 2014, 09:29:39 AM
Welcome and glad to have you here.   It is great to have support as you start this wonderful journey you have embarked on. 


Vicky
MtF
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Post by: BreezyB on December 17, 2014, 09:48:24 AM
Welcome Julie, we're a great bunch of guys and girls here at Susans so I'm sure you'll feel right at home. It's so good your wife is supportive and that you finally been able to start this journey. It's a wild ride girlfriend, full of thrills and spills, but the main thing is you are being you. Only thing I would say about your relationship with your wife, is just be mindful of her feelings through all this, it's so easy for us to become quite self absorbed and focussed. But hey, isn't it any relationship we should always be mindful of the other halfs feelings?

So nice to have you here Julie, enjoy your stay ...

Bree xxx
Title: Re: Hi everybody!
Post by: JulieL on December 17, 2014, 10:08:11 AM
Thanks for the welcome, Breezy. You're absolutely right about being mindful of our partners' feelings. We're still early in this journey and we may look for family support groups. I know this isn't what she planned when we got married, and I'm really trying to respect her feelings and anxieties.
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Post by: LauraSpiral on December 17, 2014, 12:03:27 PM
Hi Julie, welcome <3

My partner is not happy about how I feel, well, she doesn't know fully about how I feel, so I can relate to you there. I hope I can help support you as much as you need <3
Title: Re: Hi everybody!
Post by: JulieL on December 17, 2014, 12:56:03 PM
Thanks for the welcome, Laura. I'm sorry that your wife is not happy. That must be hard.

:icon_hug:
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Post by: LauraSpiral on December 17, 2014, 01:03:24 PM
I'm actually younger than that, so she's just my girlfriend hehe :3
Title: Re: Hi everybody!
Post by: JulieL on December 17, 2014, 01:58:20 PM
Whoops. Sorry about that. I should know better than to make assumptions like that.
Title: Re: Hi everybody!
Post by: LauraSpiral on December 17, 2014, 02:01:22 PM
Don't be silly, it's fine :) But yes, on topic, welcome to the board <3
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Post by: gennee on December 17, 2014, 09:34:18 PM
Welcome to Susan's, JulieL.


:)
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Post by: mrs izzy on December 17, 2014, 10:11:27 PM
Welcome JulieL to Susan's family

So many topics to explore and posts to write

Hugs
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Post by: Gina Taylor on December 20, 2014, 06:26:31 AM
Hi there and welcome to Susan's!  :)
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Post by: rosinstraya on December 20, 2014, 07:06:49 AM
Greetings from the great South land of Straya.....which some people call Australia.

I'm glad your wife is supportive. It's a great help when you have her with you on this journey.

Take care!
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Post by: Ms Grace on December 20, 2014, 07:09:20 AM
Hi Julie, welcome to Susan's! Love Kaylee! Big fan? :)
Title: Re: Hi everybody!
Post by: JulieL on December 20, 2014, 07:16:26 AM
Thanks for all of the warm welcomes!

Ms Grace, yeah I am a big Firefly fan. When I was originally planning my avatar, I tried a bunch of avatar creator sites, but I didn't like any of them. My appearance is completely male at this point and I'm coming out slowly, so I didn't want to use a picture. Then I starting thinking about characters to use, and I went from Buffy to Faith to Echo from Dollhouse to Kaylee (so big Joss Whedon fan). I went with Kaylee because she's smart, nerdy, and adorable.
Title: Re: Hi everybody!
Post by: Devlyn on January 01, 2015, 07:13:10 PM
Hi Julie, welcome to Susan's Place! I'm a Bostonian. Glad you have support at home. See you around the site!

Hugs, Devlyn

PS When it comes to what to call Australia.........don't call us, we'll call you! <running away>