Hey everyone. I find it near impossible to work on my voice when my girlfriend is around (which is almost always because she lives here and doesn't know how to drive), even when she's asleep. The reason why is because she has this habit of waiting until I think she's asleep and then jumping out and scaring me. She does this almost every night and it's annoying. The last time she did this, I was holding a glass of iced tea and I jumped, spilling the tea on my white shirt and staining it. But I digress.
I'm very embarrassed at my voice training attempts so far. She even said she can tell its a guy voice. And I don't doubt that, but I don't want her hearing my attempts at a female voice while it's in this state. And every time I ask her to stay at her grandma's place or somewhere else for a while, we end up having an argument because she interprets it as either I'm cheating or I'm dumping her, and she won't listen! I'm so frustrated because she simply won't quit long enough for me to practice my voice.

I understand that frustration very much!  But since she is supportive of you, just practicing in front of her is an option.(even if it's undesirable) Another limited option is to do like I do and practice while driving places by yourself.  If you have any friends that you would reasonably spend time alone with, perhaps they could assist you.  Well, that's my thoughts.  I hope something here is helpful.


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Finding your voice, done properly, will make you dysphoric.  Of course you don't want anyone to hear that!  To really know what effect you're creating with your training, you need to record yourself, and listen to the feedback.  And that is just, like, the worst!  So you want to carve out time just for yourself to do this. And it will take time -- it took me six months of experimentation to nail it, and several months more to strengthen it enough that I could use it 24/7.

But this is more of a relationship issue you have here with your gf.  If she's saying it sounds like a guy voice, she's misgendering you.  And if she won't give you time and space to do your work, then she is resisting your attempt to transition.  The accusations of "cheating" and "dumping" are passive aggressive and insecure... possibly because deep down she fears that your orientation will change and shift as you shed your old persona and step into the real you.