Quote from: Ms Grace on August 23, 2014, 08:23:28 PM
She might not have mentioned "phase you are going through" but I can pretty much guarantee that's what she thinks... ("just want to play with the girls" was a pretty good sign of that!!
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Grace, I played with the girls a lot in fourth grade at about age 10. They thought it was a little strange, but a group of about 3 or 4 of the "popular" and "normal" girls from my class many afternoons for many months, let me play jump rope with them, and hang out with them in their front yards, no boys within several blocks in our suburban neighborhood. We didn't play with dolls, but we played some other sorts of girl games and had girl talk conversation typical of 10 year old girls.
I felt super great with it. Some of my male friends from school wondered where I was, like why wasn't I playing baseball or football with them, but I spent most of fourth grade with the girls group after school.
Some of the girls teased me just a little about it, but most important they ACCEPTED me as their female-type friend, and I got along great with their 10 year old girl talk.
In fifth grade, my girl self got suppressed by boy sports, and stayed suppressed until a little bit of feminine expression at age 16 but that is a story for another time.
Then, 39 years of mostly suppressing and denying hwo I really am, and like you Grace, finally this time I had my greatest moment of clarity day before yesterday...
I AM FREE.
I AM ME.
I AM FEMALE.
Johanna.