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Community Conversation => Transgender talk => Topic started by: Paula1960 on June 28, 2025, 08:21:34 AM

Title: Clothes, Children
Post by: Paula1960 on June 28, 2025, 08:21:34 AM
I turn 65 in October.  This is for all the MTF girls on this board who live in Canada. Where do you buy your clothes? As I would like to dress my age but not be dowdy.

I have five children, two boys and three girls, all of whom are adults.
My question is this: What do you have them call you, still dad?  That would raise eyebrows in a social situation.
Title: Re: Clothes, Children
Post by: Devlyn on June 28, 2025, 02:56:38 PM
My wife just asked the kids what they wanted to call her now. No need to "have them" do anything.  :)

They went with dad (at ages 6 & 4) and still do (at 13 & 11).

Hugs, Devlyn
Title: Re: Clothes, Children
Post by: NancyDrew1930 on June 28, 2025, 06:07:47 PM
I've never had kids, so I can't say. 

As for clothes, I've mostly shopped at Penningtons because they have plus size clothing.  But I've also shopped at Walmart and Amazon.
Title: Re: Clothes, Children
Post by: Sinclair on June 28, 2025, 09:06:54 PM
Quote from: Paula1960 on Yesterday at 08:21:34 AMI turn 65 in October.  This is for all the MTF girls on this board who live in Canada. Where do you buy your clothes? As I would like to dress my age but not be dowdy.

I have five children, two boys and three girls, all of whom are adults.
My question is this: What do you have them call you, still dad?  That would raise eyebrows in a social situation.

Let the kids (now adults) relate to you how they feel .. it's ok to be a dad/mom. :)

As far as clothes go, Amazon has been great with awesome affordable clothes. My sense is I don't want to be "Aunt Bee" so dress smart and classy, perhaps even a little sexy at times. Best wishes!
Title: Re: Clothes, Children
Post by: MaryXYX on June 29, 2025, 03:19:12 AM
Only one of my children still talks to me.  She calls me 'Mary' as she says I'm not her mother.  She has introduced me to a friend as her mother though.

I've done most of my clothes shopping in charity shops.  I can look through a collection of skirts or dresses of a wide variety of styles and perhaps something appeals to me.  Another advantage is that a disaster will only cost me a few pounds, not several tens of pounds.