Quote from: TSJasmine on November 27, 2014, 04:19:16 PM
If your life is worth living miserably as the gender you were assigned at birth, then maybe transitioning isn't necessary. If you are truly 100% dysphoric over being the other gender, then transitioning can be very worth it. All just depends on circumstances & how strong your dysphoria is.

Uhh, no.

I can certainly live miserably as a man but it probably wouldn't end well for me.

In my case I reached the tipping point because I just could not concentrate on anything else but getting dressed up in my wife's and later my own girl clothes. When I started experimenting with hormones and it made me feel good, that really did it for me.

Yes.

For me, passing is a philosophical dilemma. It only matters if I assign any value to it. But it will never change the fact I am woman. If I won't pass, other might disagree that I am woman, but their shortsightedness isn't of any concern. Both situations do not change reality, a reality which is a mere subjective reality. Or as surrealist painter René Magritte taught us: Ceci n'est pas une pipe.

As I've said before about passing, it isn't about looking gorgeous. It's about looking normal. I plan to look normal.

Quote from: ImagineKate on November 27, 2014, 08:12:09 PM
As I've said before about passing, it isn't about looking gorgeous. It's about looking normal. I plan to look normal.

Don't worry, you'll pass just fine and are practically passing now. With makeup atleast, I wouldn't think trans if I saw you on the street. I can only see your face though. But facewise, you're gold.

Quote from: Joanna Dark on November 27, 2014, 08:16:16 PM
Don't worry, you'll pass just fine and are practically passing now. With makeup atleast, I wouldn't think trans if I saw you on the street. I can only see your face though. But facewise, you're gold.

Thanks Joanna.

Body wise I need work but that is what HRT is for. Hopefully I start Monday?