Zero regrets / no disappointment but dating has been a challenge. Recently I  committed to dating only other trans folks (especially other FTMs) and its been much better.

My regret is that I started so late. I'm never going to have a very masculine face like guys who start in their 20s. My voice will always be tiny. My eyebrows will never grow back. T is very powerful, but seems only to favor the young or those who are butch to start.

But, it's better than nothing.

I wonder what the success rate is for trans guys to find lasting relationships in the queer community opposed to the cis-straight community? In theory, the queer community will be 1. more understanding of trans folks so the whole " your not really a man" thing is negated and 2. If the plumbing isn't all hooked up down there, a queer person might be more responsive to trans sexual desires.

Anyone have more insight into this? Just from my experience on a college campus, I haven't found the trans folks here to be very lonely people. It actually seems like they've all buddied up with other non-binary, sexually and gender fluid people. My own experience is with a bisexual cis-fem who just likes both genders 

Quote from: Clever on February 02, 2017, 11:31:16 AM
My regret is that I started so late. I'm never going to have a very masculine face like guys who start in their 20s. My voice will always be tiny. My eyebrows will never grow back. T is very powerful, but seems only to favor the young or those who are butch to start.

But, it's better than nothing.

I'm not sure how accurate that is. It largely depends on genetics. I've seen some "older" guys that have a very easy time with masculine changes and plenty of younger guys who no matter what still seem to look female.

Quote from: kings joker on February 02, 2017, 12:05:45 PM
I wonder what the success rate is for trans guys to find lasting relationships in the queer community opposed to the cis-straight community? In theory, the queer community will be 1. more understanding of trans folks so the whole " your not really a man" thing is negated and 2. If the plumbing isn't all hooked up down there, a queer person might be more responsive to trans sexual desires.

Anyone have more insight into this? Just from my experience on a college campus, I haven't found the trans folks here to be very lonely people. It actually seems like they've all buddied up with other non-binary, sexually and gender fluid people. My own experience is with a bisexual cis-fem who just likes both genders 

Am I the only one that has a hard time finding people, well women for me, that identify as queer? Lesbians, bisexual women, Straight women I can find. But queer is hard. I'm also only into binary women so that limits my potential partner pool. Man I wish I were still college age. So many more opportunities to date and hook up. Being trans in your mid 30s and dating is a generally sucky experience.

Quote from: CMD042414 on February 02, 2017, 02:22:24 PM
Am I the only one that has a hard time finding people, well women for me, that identify as queer? Lesbians, bisexual women, Straight women I can find. But queer is hard. I'm also only into binary women so that limits my potential partner pool. Man I wish I were still college age. So many more opportunities to date and hook up. Being trans in your mid 30s and dating is a generally sucky experience.

I guess it's the LGBTQIA circle that I roll in and how steeped in the culture it is in my area. Generally, folks here are super anti-binary. Even my trans friends don't swing to one side or the other. Theres a lot of fluidity in the air.

Quote from: Clever on February 02, 2017, 11:31:16 AM
My regret is that I started so late. I'm never going to have a very masculine face like guys who start in their 20s. My voice will always be tiny. My eyebrows will never grow back. T is very powerful, but seems only to favor the young or those who are butch to start.

But, it's better than nothing.

This certainly isn't true for everyone; I socially transitioned as an elementary school kid. I was always very androgynous and gendered male by strangers long before doing my first shot of T at 38.  As with so many other trans related things, everyone is different and YMMV. Don't be discouraged!