Community Conversation => Transitioning => Coming out of the closet => Topic started by: sylvie on February 23, 2009, 02:40:44 PM Return to Full Version
Title: not as bad as i thought
Post by: sylvie on February 23, 2009, 02:40:44 PM
Post by: sylvie on February 23, 2009, 02:40:44 PM
i told my parents today that I plan to transition. They took it better than i expected. They have known that I was TG for a long long time but it was still hard to tell them. I have also sent an email to my older sisters and so far they are completely supportive. That was a great weight lifted from my shoulder there. I have heard so many horror stories about girls' families disowning them after they came out that I was scared stiff. I don't know how things will be in the future but we shall see.
Hugs
Shawna
Hugs
Shawna
Title: Re: not as bad as i thought
Post by: Miniar on February 23, 2009, 02:55:40 PM
Post by: Miniar on February 23, 2009, 02:55:40 PM
congratulations.
Title: Re: not as bad as i thought
Post by: Janet_Girl on February 23, 2009, 03:00:34 PM
Post by: Janet_Girl on February 23, 2009, 03:00:34 PM
Congratulations Sylvie. Now begins the real work.
Janet
Janet
Title: Re: not as bad as i thought
Post by: paulault55 on February 24, 2009, 12:16:10 PM
Post by: paulault55 on February 24, 2009, 12:16:10 PM
Congrats Sylvie, it sure takes a load off when we get these things out.
Paula.
Paula.
Title: Re: not as bad as i thought
Post by: Wendy C on February 26, 2009, 07:11:49 PM
Post by: Wendy C on February 26, 2009, 07:11:49 PM
Grats Sylvie, that was huge step for you and will make the next ones a little easier to make also. Hugs
Wendy
Wendy
Title: Re: not as bad as i thought
Post by: sylvie on February 26, 2009, 09:06:13 PM
Post by: sylvie on February 26, 2009, 09:06:13 PM
Thank you very much for all of the support. I feel like I am on a runaway roller coaster ride at times. It's really funny considering that I started to see a therapist in August last year for help on how to suppress my nature. I just saw her today, and she says that I am positively glowing and vibrant now. She said that when I first came to see her I had a huge dark cloud hanging over me and that even though I wanted to suppress it my body language told her otherwise. I feel more happy than I have in many many many years. I have noticed that I have become a little more bouncey and I talk with my hands a whole lot more than I used to. And I'm not even trying. The support that I have received from my sisters has been overwhelming as well. I was talking to my oldest sister on the phone last night and she told me that it was about time that I accepted who I was and did what needed to be done. That caught me completely by surprise. but anyway, aside from my wife who wants a divorce, the rest of my family is actually happy for me.
Yay.
Yay.
Title: Re: not as bad as i thought
Post by: Lacey Lynne on February 27, 2009, 08:20:47 PM
Post by: Lacey Lynne on February 27, 2009, 08:20:47 PM
Sylvie (Shawna):
I'm THRILLED for you!
Hugs!
I'm THRILLED for you!
Hugs!
Title: Re: not as bad as i thought
Post by: Genevieve Swann on March 01, 2009, 07:35:46 PM
Post by: Genevieve Swann on March 01, 2009, 07:35:46 PM
Very few in my family know I'm a CD. I have gotten so thier opinions are not that important. Happiness with ones own life is necessary in order to retain some semblance of sanity. So maybe in these situations "Failure is not an option." Hugs, Genevieve
Title: Re: not as bad as i thought
Post by: Ashley315 on March 01, 2009, 11:11:40 PM
Post by: Ashley315 on March 01, 2009, 11:11:40 PM
Grats!!!!!
I just came out to my parents as well. It went a lot better than I ever thought it would as well. :)
I just came out to my parents as well. It went a lot better than I ever thought it would as well. :)