I realized just what an interesting perspective I and other TS girls have on the world this morning.
As I was on the phone with an endocronologist, trying to get an appointment set up for getting started on HRT, wearing a cute cami and comfy sweats...... I was also loading tools into a .50 caliber ammo box so I could go get parts to fix my car after work.
I couldn't help but laugh. I feel like I've got all the bases in life covered; well rounded individual or something like that..... :D
Oh yeah, Miss_A, I agree. Perhaps this is why many Native Americans saw two-spirited people as special in a good way.
I am a woman who lived on a ship among an all-male crew for five years. That certainly enriched my experience.
It's wonderful if we can relish this blend that we are.
- Kate
i think everyone is different , because there are endless factors . personally how i see it is it's not like we are in both ends , but rather fell in the middle , so usually ts feel isolated and not "belonging" to any group in general, good thing we have this place :D
Quote from: Seven on December 03, 2010, 08:39:14 PM
I don't think I share that with you. Most of my interests/skills aren't really perceived to be a "man thing", unisex usually. Reading and suchlike. And I've always been fairly isolated so was never "one of the guys".
I guess yours is a healthy way to look at it, though. Healthier than being miserable about wasted time and missed female milestones anyway.
I would also say most of my interests aren't male things and I have never been "one of the guys", but I have always been drawn to creating and making things, be it sculpture or screwing things together. It happens to be a very handy skill in times of necessity. ;D
I've felt bad about about the "missed years" in the past, still do really; but I'm starting to realize just how many unique experiences I've had in my life either because of or in spite of being born this way. Would I trade it all in a second to start over in the right body? No doubt. Since that isn't very likely to happen, I might as well be proud of who I am, despite what it took for me to end up here.
~Sara
If that doesn't make any sense, tell me, I'm exhausted right now! ;)
Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Let's see journeyman auto mechanic, computer programmer, loves to cook/bake, uses her own sewing machine.
I guess that could interesting, but to me it is just me.
Like the T-shirt slogan says, "Girls can do ANYTHING"
Quote from: Miss_Anthropic on December 03, 2010, 08:08:36 PM
I was also loading tools into a .50 caliber ammo box so I could go get parts to fix my car after work.
LOL... I like you :)
I am off to buy car #5 today, hopefully, when I get home, I'll own a 1971 VW Camper! Its soooo retro.
I just love the flora curtains!
Machines dont care if I am an Inny or an Outie or whether I am wearing a bra. Who knew I could be good at this :)
Quote from: juliemac on December 04, 2010, 07:37:00 AM
LOL... I like you :)
I am off to buy car #5 today, hopefully, when I get home, I'll own a 1971 VW Camper! Its soooo retro.
I just love the flora curtains!
Machines dont care if I am an Inny or an Outie or whether I am wearing a bra. Who knew I could be good at this :)
That's awesome! We must be cut from the same cloth (it's a nice print ;) ) I've have a '69 Beetle and the car I normally drive, which is broken...still, is the every girly VW Cabriolet. :D
Quote from: juliemac on December 04, 2010, 07:37:00 AM
Machines dont care if I am an Inny or an Outie or whether I am wearing a bra. Who knew I could be good at this :)
Thats exactly why I have always loved messing around with computers, they don't care who I am.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
I like the Heinlein quote, Tekla. Other than gestating and giving birth, I can't think of anything that is so gender-specific that I haven't known someone of each sex who did it.
We can regret the missed years and drive ourselves crazy. Or we can celebrate the odd mix that we are and learn from the experiences that got us here. We can be reclusive and buried in the might-have-beens. Or we can polish our interests and capabilities and be wonderful. It's really up to us.
(After having a '61 BMW sidecar rig, a '55 Chevy in prime condition, and trying to restore a '58 Morris Minor convertible, I now stick to my weaving and let my mechanic take care of my car. :icon_chick:)
- Kate
Quote from: K8 on December 04, 2010, 08:49:09 AMWe can regret the missed years and drive ourselves crazy. Or we can celebrate the odd mix that we are and learn from the experiences that got us here. We can be reclusive and buried in the might-have-beens. Or we can polish our interests and capabilities and be wonderful. It's really up to us.
SO true! You are a wise woman, Kate! In the early going with this journey, I did take a look at what there is to regret - not only the missed years and milestones, but also having to cause pain for the one I've loved for over 34 years, just by trying to be me... but when I thought about it, I realized that my life experiences have taught me a lot, and I would not have missed raising my children for anything. So I also have a lot to be thankful for, and a lot to hope for in the future.
As for hobbies and interests... I don't do cars, but I build and fly model airplanes (control line), brew my own beer (from scratch - and have won awards), and I've made a violin from scratch. And I write and play music.
Historically native American (red Indian people) would have defo agreed with you..... re: what interesting, well-rounded individuals we be....lol
And as they say down in Houston....
"I'm go with that"
With or without that down-link.....lol :P
Some mornings it's like a mill stone round my neck and I can feel the ice cracking underneath me (Those are the bad days), and some days it's like a blessing that I wouldn't change for the world.
Quote from: Helena on December 05, 2010, 04:54:32 AM
Some mornings it's like a mill stone round my neck and I can feel the ice cracking underneath me (Those are the bad days), and some days it's like a blessing that I wouldn't change for the world.
I feel this.
It's nice to see all the wonderful self respect and acomplishments. I'm just a crossdresser who lives as a man and don't want to change that. And the stories I read from you wonderful ladies are more lady like than any women I've ever known. You all have my respect!
Quote from: Miss_Anthropic link=topic=88412.msg632850#msg632
I've felt bad about about the "missed years" in the past, still do really; but I'm starting to realize just how many unique experiences I've had in my life either because of or in spite of being born this way. Would I trade it all in a second to start over in the right body? No doubt. Since that isn't very likely to happen, I might as well be proud of who I am, despite what it took for me to end up here.
~Sara
If that doesn't make any sense, tell me, I'm exhausted right now! ;)
Makes perfect sense to me ;D. I too would give up all the knowledge for a simple female life. That way I my never be overcome with the need to ball myself up in the dark and wish the world away.