@Alaskan Danielle @LizK @Michelle_P @Donica @Jessica_Rose @Laurie I'm glad you all have enjoyed the scenes at the beach.
I may have eluded that my wife wasn't happy in general when I said she wasn't a happy camper. Poor choice of words.
She is happy with our life and our love for each other, but isn't so keen on overt changes she envisions with me.
Time will tell what changes are overt and which ones are subtle. There is a lot of variables in how they are presented.
This last few days have shown me I can be comfortable in my past presentation, without diminishing who I am. Can I be who my wife is happy with and be happy myself..... to a large degree yes. I am who I am, and I've always have been who I am. With my meds and my days out with my girlfriends have been adequate so far, so the status quo holds.
I'm 62, married for 37 years to my best friend and my true love with no regrets.
Life is what you make it.
Options were non-existent for transitioning in my early years, and I did my best.
The one thing that set me on the path I've been on for more than a year now was the acceptance that society was beginning to show for transgender people. I have second thoughts if this is a reality. Fear again has given me pause to present entirely the way I wish.
Reservations abound when revisiting the past, and I'm not speaking of my own, but of societal norms of long ago (though very much alive) regimes that had put extreme pressures on anyone they didn't like. Is this happening again? I pray we are better than that on a whole. We will see tomorrow.
Hugs and smiles from a
California girl