well, I decided no more male. I can't do it any more. I went to my therapy session tues. as myself and decided that's how I'll do it from now on. I went to Target yesterday and got some outfits and a really nice black knee high dress. The dress is for my next therapy session. I don't have male clothes anymore except for a pair of boots and two pair of jeans. I woke up this morning and tried on my dress and I guess my brain just snapped. I went to my normal restaurant wearing skinny jeans and a pull over dress put on my make up and just said the hell with it I can't live the way I lived for so long any more. So I guess it's my new birthday.

Congratulations and best of luck. I'm very proud of you!

Quote from: Dee Marshall on May 08, 2014, 12:55:45 PM
Congratulations and best of luck. I'm very proud of you!

thanks

me, too, proud of you, sis! 

I soooo want to just tell my family I want.. no.. really -need- to do this and just walk away, saving my mind from the hurt and pain, but sadly, I know I wont, I;m not strong enough.

I truly envy you have the courage to do this for yourself.  I wish I was as strong.

Quote from: stephaniec on May 08, 2014, 12:49:37 PM
I went to my normal restaurant wearing skinny jeans and a pull over dress put on my make up and just said the hell with it I can't live the way I lived for so long any more. So I guess it's my new birthday.

Stephanie, that's the way to do it. A lot of people spend years planning their transitions and they end up a few unhappy years older.

Enjoy womanhood. Those have been the best days of my life.

Quote from: Paula Christine on May 08, 2014, 01:09:07 PM
me, too, proud of you, sis! 

I soooo want to just tell my family I want.. no.. really -need- to do this and just walk away, saving my mind from the hurt and pain, but sadly, I know I wont, I;m not strong enough.

I truly envy you have the courage to do this for yourself.  I wish I was as strong.

well,  my situation is quite different , I have no one else to be concerned about. It's not a big hurdle for me

Quote from: suzifrommd on May 08, 2014, 01:11:38 PM
Stephanie, that's the way to do it. A lot of people spend years planning their transitions and they end up a few unhappy years older.

Enjoy womanhood. Those have been the best days of my life.

yea, it just feels so right

Happy new birthday!

Quote from: Blue Rabbit on May 08, 2014, 02:15:34 PM
Happy new birthday!

thanks, I'm not quite a day old

Great news! As one recent full time transitioner to another I wish you all the best.

Quote from: Ms Grace on May 08, 2014, 02:43:50 PM
Great news! As one recent full time transitioner to another I wish you all the best.

thank you so much , so far so good , nobody has thrown any thing at me yet.

Congrats!  That has to be such a relief. 

One day last year I just said "screw it".  I felt so ridiculous in boy clothes with my nipples poking through the shirt one day that I never wanted to play that charade ever again.

Quote from: Jill F on May 08, 2014, 02:52:46 PM
Congrats!  That has to be such a relief. 

One day last year I just said "screw it".  I felt so ridiculous in boy clothes with my nipples poking through the shirt one day that I never wanted to play that charade ever again.

yea, each second that ticks by is such a feeling of great relief

Quote from: Jill F on May 08, 2014, 02:52:46 PM
I felt so ridiculous in boy clothes with my nipples poking through the shirt one day that I never wanted to play that charade ever again.

You get used to it. I've been in boy clothes with poky nipples since I was 12 (gynecomastia). On the plus side I haven't started HRT and I'm already a "B" cup. Even while losing weight that hasn't changed so most of it must be breast tissue rather than fat.

Congrats Stephanie.  I hope from here on out it will be nothing but smooth sailing. 

Quote from: stephaniec on May 08, 2014, 02:50:52 PM
thank you so much , so far so good , nobody has thrown any thing at me yet.

<GRIN> I will be surprised if they ever do.  Congratulations and happy birthday!  I would send over jelly and ice cream but fear they would melt in transit.

Rosie

Quote from: stephaniec on May 08, 2014, 02:50:52 PM
thank you so much , so far so good , nobody has thrown any thing at me yet.

If they ever do, pick it up and throw it back!

Awesome !

Sorry, word of the week for me due to being subjected to the Lego Movie and not being able to get the theme song out of my head.

But that is what it is. Awesome.

Congratulations !!

Congratulaions!!! It must be awesome to be free of those chains at last. =)

Enjoy your new life! ^^

Good for you, Stephanie!

Anything comes sailing over throw it back and then some as well

My timeframe keeps getting shorter too. Hoping to join you soon.