Sounds like a great opportunity to expand the wardrobe ! Like we ever need an excuse for such things however it is good to have a reason to control the guilt gene.

Hey all, it's Jesse.
Alyssa and I know each other fairly well. Kiara - you would've seen me as the one in drab sitting on your right in the Feb 21 meeting. Well, guess what - I got the nerves up to come dressed for last Sunday, but the cold kept many people away.

I didn't know that the Sunday group goes out in public - perhaps in the summer; I thought we were going to build a fire in the library! I'd be game for going out... but I think my eyelids froze together on the way from the car to the door.

Lol Erica I knew who you were the moment I saw that pink Ducati avatar... sigh!

Jesse, good to see you found us here, grats on going to the meeting dressed, more than i can say but meh i will get there, so was the sunday group any different to the friday group or was it ran the same?

Hi Kiara,
There was a different moderator on Sunday. From what she explained the Friday meetings are for the 'heavier' stuff, and Sundays are social events.

Still, the two meetings were similar, like a free flow chat session. In a roundabout way we did eventually touch tougher subjects, but there was less of the focused medical talk like Friday. Perhaps with better weather and higher attendance Sundays are more party-like?

I was just happy having a chance to interact with supportive people while dressed.

Hey Jesse it was great to meet you and good for you taking that step to come dressed. As the costs of transition escalate I am thinking the bike is going to need to go u

Kiara before you know it you will of stepped out of the house and never look back

Speaking of stepping out - the Illusions monthly meet&greet is tonight at 7:30 - 11:30. Nervous but excited.

Anyone here ever been to the Illusions clubhouse?

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Hey Erin,

I met you at the last meeting and we talked for a while. Just wanted to see how things are going in your left as we missed you at the meeting this Friday. I was going by Ryan in the meeting, but I finally picked a name that I like

Hope all is well.

Alyssa

Sorry Alyssa,

I didn't mean to ignore you for whatever reason I had no idea that there were further posts to this thread. I just happened to wander into the sub forum on a hunch today.

First of all, I love the name! Congratulations!

I missed the last meeting because I had my teeth out the day before. I was on pain killers and trying to learn to talk with my dentures. It has been proving harder than voice training, but thankfully they put in a soft liner today and that has helped enormously.

I was going to go for the Sunday meeting, but was having an extremely difficult weekend.

I'm making it a point to make the next Friday meeting. It's been too long.

So I'm scheduled to work this Friday, but I'm trying to switch with someone else.  If I do, I'll try to work up the courage to come.

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Ok so I'm trying to talk myself out of going....why should I come?  What can I expect?

You should come because I'll be there.

But seriously, I talked myself out of going for years and I ended up feeling pretty lonely trying to get through this myself.

One of the biggest favours I did for myself was to just give it a try.

On Fridays you can expect a couple hours of group discussion, usually discussing what's going in in our lives.

After that we typically break off into smaller informal groups.

No excuses. I want to see you there!

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Is there going to be pressure to talk in front of a group?

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There is no requirement to talk of you don't want to. At most there is friendly encouragement, but you can still say no and no one will judge you.

Hey girls!

Posting here cuz i might be a little tipsy right now. Its sebastian. This will eventually be my name once i transition. Just to let everyone now my username

Profile picture will be uploaded sometime around april 16

Beautiful Name!

It was great to see you out there last night.

I just joined this site based on the groups recommendations, thanks for the heads up about this site

Caysee, funny you should ask - we had a mini discussion yesterday along the lines of "we're so glad we're not forced to talk and we don't do any of those embarrassing icebreaker games". I'm sure I've seen people in previous meetings that didn't say one word, and they weren't put on the spot because of it. The thing is, after hearing others share their anxieties and stories for an hour+, most people come out of their shell anyway. It starts quiet but by the end everyone is talking and laughing.

We all sit in a circle in a library room with a table in the middle, if you're wondering. You don't go up to a podium or anything. Amy, the facilitator, is like the mom I wish I had.

Heya Sebastian - that makes two Keira's now in our circle (well, Keira / Kiara). Keira Rose has a certain ring to it...

Hi Zoe - welcome! Sorry, my memory is like a sieve - which one were you at the meeting? I was the dork that said I've known my parents my whole life