im pre-op, and i LOVE stepping up to the plate so to speak
If there was any doubt about my masculinity, me peeing upright definitely removes the most of it for sure.

Quote from: sneakersjay on October 03, 2012, 08:56:48 PM
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Anyway, as luck would have it, only one guy left ahead of me.  I duck into the restroom and think, awesome, it's empty.  But as I head farther in, I see my coworker at the first urinal.  Gulp.  So I go to the opposite end, unzip, and do my thing.  I have no idea if he saw me or not.  I told nobody at work that I had that particular surgery, though they know I was out for 8 weeks 2 summers ago.

It was just...awkward.  He was gone by the time I was done, and like I said I just stared at the wall and don't know if he even noticed me.

I just had to share that first with people who understand, LOL.  Peeing at a urinal at the same time as a coworker who knew me 'before.'

Jay

I often get the impression that people who aren't too informed on trans issues just take for granted that people who have transitioned have had "this and that" done.

As for me, I'm a sitter, and quite happy to keep it that way. XD Luckily just about all men's rooms around here have closed stalls.

I can see that this would feel weird.

I recently had an experience that was weird for almost the opposite reason. I transitioned at a university while I was teaching there part time. I've taught there a couple of terms a year since my transition, and every guy who knew me from before treated me great, as if it were only natural that I'd use the men's room. That was strange at first, but not very. I got used to it. I like it.

Then, this week, I encountered a colleague who most definitely knew me from before. We used to talk now and then, but I haven't run into him in a couple of years because we are always on different schedules. He came into the restroom as I was coming out of the stall, and he didn't even recognize me. Nothing, nada, zip. I wanted to say hi, how are ya, etc., as I do with the other guys. But I didn't want him to suddenly recognize me and think about my past, so I washed my hands in silence.

So my weirdest restroom experience (as a guy) has been when somebody who knew me didn't recognize me and didn't question me.

That has happened to me, Arch, though not in a restroom.  i have run into people i knew before, and they didn't recognize me.  Most times I don't say anything esp, if they were not very important (bank tellers, people at organizations I had dealings with prior, etc._  I just reintroduce myself as Jay, like I've never met them before, and go from there.

jay

The restroom dynamic definitely changed things for me. If I'd seen him in the hall, I would have talked to him, if only to admire his sense of style. The guy looks hot in a vest. (He's straight and married with a couple of kids, but I like to dream.)

Hahaha that was awesome. 

off topic: I looked at the doctor's avatar for a while. I thought it looked like the doctor. Then I read the profile name... HOW can I be so stupid?!