Quote from: big kim on December 02, 2012, 10:45:19 AM
I realised I had spent 10 years wishing and wanting to be a woman and I couldn't face another 10 years of the same.The thought of dying an old man having lived an empty and unfulfilled life terrified me.

I know just how you feel. I've been thinking a lot about that lately, ever since my doctor said he knew a lot of non-transitioning TSs in their 70s and even older who were filled with regret for not having had the courage, or the right circumstances to take the plunge and fulfil themselves as women.

Also, Sadie, that's a great story - well done!

And Carbon, I wish you so much luck and happiness in your transition

Just an update. I was Chair of a job interview panel today. I was also the only female member. I interviewed six people for a job four females two males. None had met me before. None had any physical reaction to me; such as surprise, a blink or anything.

I either pass, and I don't think so, or people are s**t scared of offending me at a job interview.

I was tired of repressing my feelings, so I started cross dressing some months ago. At first I didn't know too  much about transsexuals, I watched a lot of documentaries and talk with another TS and I realized I was one.

After that I started planning my options and finally, my transition.

Quote from: Cindy James on December 05, 2012, 01:47:10 AM
I either pass, and I don't think so, or people are s**t scared of offending me at a job interview.

Perhaps your work clothes fooled them...   

Wore the usual whites:

Quote from: Cindy James on December 05, 2012, 04:09:42 AM
Wore the usual whites:

I had no idea you were casting the Woolloomoolloo Playhouse production of Mamma Mia! 

Quote from: kathy b on November 26, 2012, 12:22:38 PM
GID was effecting everything I did, and it was making life so miserable it drove me to take more unsafe drugs at higher doses to achieve some oddly precieved level of femininity.
Kathy

A familiar theme, so well worded.

Quote from: Tesla on November 26, 2012, 04:50:49 PM
Snap. And information was the key for me. I knew what I was for years. I knew people did such things, but I didn't exactly know how. Once you know, it's like opening Pandora's box. There's no putting it back.

This, was exactly it for me too

Quote from: NadineElaine on November 26, 2012, 01:08:40 PM
I don't post much, but something in the first post of this thread gets me. Apparently someone advised against transitioning while married unless you're severely unhappy or suicidal. That's horrible advice. Becoming suicidal and severely depressed are not something that happens overnight. If anyone even thinks they have the beginning of depression, go see someone. If It's GID,  then only one thing will ease dylsphoria, and that's transitioning.

Whether you're single, married, it doesn't matter. Im married and am transitioning, and thankful as I am that me and my wife are stronger than ever, that would not have changed my decision. I, like all of us, am human and as such, deserve to be happy and alive while I'm here.

That's not advice....it's an opinion, and that is what a forum is about, sharing experiences, ideas, and opinions.  I don't reject your opinion, it's rather informative.

Quote from: HeatherR on November 30, 2012, 05:22:33 AM
I think my sister announcing her pregnancy tipped the scale.

And now said sister is in labor.

Quote from: HeatherR on December 11, 2012, 11:32:00 AM
And now said sister is in labor.

I can totally relate Heather, when my exwife became pregnant it totally sent my Dysphoria into overdrive. I got very jealous.

Quote from: HeatherR on December 11, 2012, 11:32:00 AM
And now said sister is in labor.

Alright, your sister is going to go through an agonizing pain like she never felt before! That's great! (Sarcasm)

I know that it's bad, but my sister told me that she wants to have 4 kids when she gets older, and all I could think at that moment was, "I hope it hurts... a lot."

Jealousy is a cruel mistress.