I want to say "Thank You", first of all, to Susan, the moderators, and all the wonderful people here for creating such a warm, welcoming, and safe place. This is one of the few places, maybe the first, that I have felt safe enough to share this aspect of myself.
I am AMAB (assigned male at birth) but you can see by my forum name that I am not wholly comfortable with that. At this time, I would best describe myself as non-binary. (I plan to post more about coming to that awareness in the relevant thread in the non-binary section.)
I have known that I have feminine aspects and attributes since I was about 5 years old (I am 64 now). However, knowing them and "owning" them are two separate things. Over the past few years I have made peace with them. I enjoy some of my masculine aspects and some of my feminine aspects. And, then, there are other times when they get in the way.
I first became aware of Susan's Place a couple of years ago as my searches and investigations into expressing my feminine side led to here. However, I didn't really explore here (because I wasn't really ready to share that side of myself with anyone).
I'm a Life Coach (my feminine side has helped A LOT with that) and I finally listened to my own advice about owning all of one's aspects and taking responsibility for what one does with them. Part of that, to me, means taking whatever time I need to work through my issues, taking care of myself, and going at whatever pace I need... rather than other peoples' pace. I finally started placing self-care at the top of my list (even though I have been advising others to do that for years and years).
I've been journaling about this and about my explorations for a couple of years and have realized that I need to be a part of a wider social circle that might understand my struggles... and, at least, sympathize if they can't understand. I have already come to see how many people here have many of my own experiences.
I look forward to a long and warm relationship with all of you.
Hugs,
Jackie
Hi Jacki,
Hi and welcome into The Place. No need to lurk in the shadows any longer come on in and take a seat. Relax, get comfortable. Share your stories with us as we share ours with you. Explore, inquire, rant, rave, cry we do it all here. But most of all we share, we share our experiences. We share our knowledge, We share our joys and our fears. We share our dreams. We become a "part of". I invite you to do the same.
For the here and now, I am Jeanette . That could change still. Like you I am 64 and a bit over 2 months ago decided to start HRT. So like you I am new.
Welcome Jacki, Welcome home.
Jeanette
Thank you, Jeanette! Your welcome is exactly the kind of thing I was referring to. I can't tell you how much it means to me. (The "welcome home" really got to me. Thank you.)
You're welcome Jacki.
You'll find there are a lot of good people here to welcome and help you. Heck even the moderators are good people. :laugh:
Hi Jackie, welcome to Susan's Place! I did my name change last year so I'm officially Devlyn to the world. You just joined an elite club, you're a contributing writer on the biggest transgender support site in the world. You're helping people, yays! :) See you around the site!
Hugs, Devlyn
Quote from: JeanetteLW on February 08, 2017, 06:26:02 PM
You're welcome Jacki.
You'll find there are a lot of good people here to welcome and help you. Heck even the moderators are good people. :laugh:
Ya, but the admins are scoundrels! :laugh:
Welcome to Susan's Place. You may have noticed me around, around and around so you may already know my name. I have a little different history as I am older than the hills and have been post transition longer than I lived pre transition. I like solving problems so if you have any for me to work on, let me know and I will see what I can come up with.
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Quote from: Devlyn Marie on February 08, 2017, 07:02:17 PM
Ya, but the admins are scoundrels! :laugh:
I'll have to take your word for it. ;)
I like being part of an elite group... when it's one like this one.
Jackie
Quote from: Dena on February 08, 2017, 08:07:46 PM
Welcome to Susan's Place. You may have noticed me around, around and around so you may already know my name.
I have noticed you around. You are everywhere. :)
Quote from: Dena on February 08, 2017, 08:07:46 PM
I like solving problems so if you have any for me to work on, let me know and I will see what I can come up with.
I can't think of any right off hand, but I'll see if I can't come up with some so you won't be bored. ;-)
Thank you for the warm and witty welcome.
Hugs,
Jackie
Welcome Jackie.
My name is Toni. I hope you will like it here.
Hi Jackie :icon_wave:
Welcome to Susan's Place :) Glad to have you here, join on in the fun
Hugs
V M
Quote from: MeTonie on February 08, 2017, 09:51:22 PM
Welcome Jackie.
My name is Toni. I hope you will like it here.
Thank you, Toni. I think I will.
Hugs,
Jackie
Hey Jackie welcome aboard the Place. Your coaching could come in handy here :D
I trust you will be warmly received and have plenty to share.
And yes, even ->-bleeped-<- knows we do abundant hugging here.
((Hugs)) ;D
Quote from: Tessa James on February 09, 2017, 02:30:39 PM
Hey Jackie welcome aboard the Place. Your coaching could come in handy here :D
I trust you will be warmly received and have plenty to share.
And yes, even ->-bleeped-<- knows we do abundant hugging here.
((Hugs)) ;D
Thank you! I love hugs (both giving and receiving them).
And... I'm happy to share when I can contribute. My bigger problem may be to make sure I don't overdo it. (I don't want to be one
those people... you know, the one everyone rolls their eyes at each other when s/he speaks up AGAIN.) ;)
Hugs,
Jackie
Quote from: Jackie S on February 09, 2017, 05:22:26 PM
Thank you! I love hugs (both giving and receiving them).
And... I'm happy to share when I can contribute. My bigger problem may be to make sure I don't overdo it. (I don't want to be one those people... you know, the one everyone rolls their eyes at each other when s/he speaks up AGAIN.) ;)
Hugs,
Jackie
From one of
those people, you are going to have a hard time overdoing it. My first full day I racked up 10 post and my current posting average for almost 2 years is about 14 posts a day.
Quote from: Dena on February 09, 2017, 06:24:03 PM
From one of those people, you are going to have a hard time overdoing it. My first full day I racked up 10 post and my current posting average for almost 2 years is about 14 posts a day.
::) Oh. Well, I'll be in good company then. ;)
Hugs,
Jackie