Hey everyone,
Been a little while since I posted anything, been busy with Uni. But as you can guess, I had been worrying about telling my parents about my girlfriend. If you read back at my intro, you'd understand everything.
So, it took me a while to pluck up the courage but I finally told them a couple of days ago. I was worried about so many things. One factor was that we have never even brought up the topic of transgender people before, so I was scared of how they would react.

I told them I had big news to tell them and told them I got a girlfriend and that hopefully she is the one. They were of course happy for me, and wanted to know more, So I told them a little about her, height and hair colour and so on, until I didn't want to hide it from them. I told them rather nervously, "Well, don't freak out when I say this..." and that is where my mum says, "You haven't got her pregnant have you?!" to which I exclaimed, "No. You know I wouldn't!" and both laughed a little which made telling them the next bit a little easier. I think I put my explanation rather well and I like to use it quite a bit to explain the matter. "She's currently a girl trapped in a guys body." X (my girlfriend), thinks it is a rather good explanation for now. So my mum says, "She's trans?" to which I nod and explain pre-anything. My dad is completely silent and my mum just nods.
-Awkward Silence Time-
Until my mum says that she can't exactly tell me who I can and can't love, it just happens. Then she gave me a big hug and said she was happy I told her. Where my dad nodded in agreement.

So, I'm a rather happy guy at the moment. Plus I am glad that they are okay with it. Didn't really want a falling out with my parents over it.

I hope all you other potential couples get on okay with this kind of thing too. I wonder whether I am just lucky to have understanding parents.

Also if I don't post until then. Merry Christmas! (Or whatever else you celebrate) ^_^

Nice post and she is a lucky girl!!

You are a very special man and your girlfriend is lucky to have you in her life.

I do hope that she knows that you were going to tell your parents about her.

Best of luck to you both in the relationship.

Aw, that's a sweet story. Glad to hear everything went good for you.

sweet story indeed , but i couldnt help my self to think about this :

-you havent got her pregnant ,have you?
-mom thats kinda impossible...

lol , sorry , lol...

Hi!
As someone in the other side of this situation (worried about telling my folks about my boyfriend and/or telling his folks (who are local) about me), it's wonderful to see you going about this so nobly. Bravo!

I do hope you discussed outing your girlfriend first.

Really happy for you that everything went so well. 

A few years ago I had a MTF girlfriend and when  I was introducing her to my parents, I felt so nervous because I hadn't yet told them enough about her and I was hoping that she wouldn't slip with the pronouns. But my mom had caught some of them and amazingly enough she told me that it was my decision. Unfortunately things didn't work out and we seperated. 

This is such a validating experience, put a smile on my face. I would hate for a SO to be ashamed of me, I'm lucky in that aspect.

A great success story!

What were your girlfriend's thought on the situation?  Just curious

Quote from: Me the Girl on January 04, 2014, 05:05:59 AM
What were your girlfriend's thought on the situation?  Just curious

Well I asked her before hand if it was okay to tell them. And I can happily say I think she was relieved, and if I remember correctly she said I had a very understanding mum. Probably where I get it from. heh.

Quote from: Gina Taylor on December 23, 2013, 08:46:20 PM
Really happy for you that everything went so well. 

A few years ago I had a MTF girlfriend and when  I was introducing her to my parents, I felt so nervous because I hadn't yet told them enough about her and I was hoping that she wouldn't slip with the pronouns. But my mom had caught some of them and amazingly enough she told me that it was my decision. Unfortunately things didn't work out and we seperated. 

I'm sorry it didn't work out for you two. But yeah, I was nervous about telling my parents. They needed to know though.

along this subject, my daughter will be flying to visit with her boyfriend and his family in a couple of weeks. I am a bit concerned considering she does not "pass", but is herself and wears girl clothes almost exclusively now.
I'm not 100% sure of her boyfriend's family. My girl keeps saying we should skype with them, but I view the whole situation as thry are adults and what happens with your parents is somewhat irrelevant. My husband and I made our way on our own rather young, in contrast to these two kids that rely on parents heavily.
My dear old husband is not terribly understanding of our kid's dysphoria, but says he's better equipped to go along with having a boyfriend that may be moving in with us.
So, even though I'm uncomfortable with skype-ing with these strangers I am hoping they will be warm to my girl. It's not the place of parents to drive their adult children's future. Just be supportive as long as they are safe.