Quote from: Arianna Valentine on December 06, 2018, 11:07:24 PM
Some gentlemen held the door open for me at the store and called me darling

If you can't accept yourself,  how can you expect others to accept you?

Congrats!  And if you would left that wonderful wavy hair of yours alone, not only some men would have done this, but ALL of them!

Quote from: Dietlind on December 06, 2018, 11:46:23 PM
Congrats!  And if you would left that wonderful wavy hair of yours alone, not only some men would have done this, but ALL of them!

Honestly I can say I actually never got called darling when my hair was wavy LOL. Thank you so much you are such a sweetheart

If you can't accept yourself,  how can you expect others to accept you?

Quote from: Arianna Valentine on December 07, 2018, 12:06:02 AM
Honestly I can say I actually never got called darling when my hair was wavy LOL. Thank you so much you are such a sweetheart

If you can't accept yourself,  how can you expect others to accept you?

You just did not hear them calling you sweetheart.  They were so full of wow that they hardly could whisper it!

Did I ever mention that i liked your nice and wavy hair a lot?

Went to dinner with a friend, got "ma'am" and "ladies" from the staff the whole time. Also took a full-body photo and was a bit shocked at the difference. Been feeling a lot better lately.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 07, 2018, 12:39:14 AM
You just did not hear them calling you sweetheart.  They were so full of wow that they hardly could whisper it!

Did I ever mention that i liked your nice and wavy hair a lot?

you have sweetie several times lol I will come up with an alternative to where I can keep my wavy curly hair but keep it partly straight to

If you can't accept yourself,  how can you expect others to accept you?

Quote from: AoifeB on December 07, 2018, 12:48:42 AM
Went to dinner with a friend, got "ma'am" and "ladies" from the staff the whole time. Also took a full-body photo and was a bit shocked at the difference. Been feeling a lot better lately.

Congratulations on getting ma'am. And ladies all night at your dinner with your friend and I'm noticing the change that you have incurred

If you can't accept yourself,  how can you expect others to accept you?

Quote from: Arianna Valentine on December 07, 2018, 12:52:05 AM
you have sweetie several times lol I will come up with an alternative to where I can keep my wavy curly hair but keep it partly straight to

If you can't accept yourself,  how can you expect others to accept you?

That-a-girl!

Kind of a minor thing but.. today I took a shower, shaved my arms, and when I went to put on a shirt I happened to touch my arm.

My skin is getting soo soft! I almost cried. I need to feel this all the time.. apparently I need to move up laser on my arms    my priority was face, chest, legs.. didn't think arms were really necessary..

Well, I guess the estrogen IS working after all 

Quote from: Anastasia E on December 07, 2018, 05:25:19 AM
Kind of a minor thing but.. today I took a shower, shaved my arms, and when I went to put on a shirt I happened to touch my arm.

My skin is getting soo soft! I almost cried. I need to feel this all the time.. apparently I need to move up laser on my arms    my priority was face, chest, legs.. didn't think arms were really necessary..

Well, I guess the estrogen IS working after all 

This is interesting!  And congratulations on another new female feeling!
I never thought about the fact that many former males would not know how fabric feels on their skin!  I never had any hair on my body, and the feeling of fabric on my skin is absolutely normal for me, an will not create any sensation at all.

VERY minor thing but was desperate and went through the McDonalds drive-thru last night (in male mode) and the first comment was 'allright darlin'.  Now I know it was dark and I was in a car and he probably had very bad eyesight but I'll take it!!! lol

I was soon deflated when I paid and he called me 'mate'.       lol

Vicky that's not a minor accomplishment.  Before starting all this I didn't realize voice can require months or years of work to fine tune (even with VFS).  If you were initially gendered correctly based on voice you're doing really well.

Quote from: Kendra on December 07, 2018, 10:11:30 AM
Vicky that's not a minor accomplishment.  Before starting all this I didn't realize voice can require months or years of work to fine tune (even with VFS).  If you were initially gendered correctly based on voice you're doing really well.

Hi Kendra!

Unfortunately, no it was not my voice.  I can only guess it was my hair and possibly having long nails (maybe).  It did really boost me up for a few seconds.   

Well it's still great news and you can look forward to this happening more often. 

I really hope so and thank you for the kind words of encouragement!   

Quote from: Arianna Valentine on December 06, 2018, 11:07:24 PM
Some gentlemen held the door open for me at the store and called me darling

If you can't accept yourself,  how can you expect others to accept you?

I love it when guys do that for me. That's great.

Realizing in just nine days my first year of HRT will be over and the hardest test of my life complete. Next year I may actually get FFS and this dream might finally end and I'll wake up. So far two straight days of being happy without caffeine and loving it. Also VFS freaking rocks as each day my voice gets more fem. Funny they say all it does it pitch yet I got more than just pitch.

Also super happy I find out if I can get bottom surgery or not March 1st. If not, I simply get scar revision and clean up that area and live life accepting it'll never happen, otherwise I find out I can actually get it! Let's hope Ting can work magic on an experimental patient.

Quote from: VickyS on December 07, 2018, 08:30:41 AM
VERY minor thing but was desperate and went through the McDonalds drive-thru last night (in male mode) and the first comment was 'allright darlin'.  Now I know it was dark and I was in a car and he probably had very bad eyesight but I'll take it!!! lol

I was soon deflated when I paid and he called me 'mate'.       lol

Overall that sounds like it was a good experience!   
Maybe he was a sailor.

Chrissy

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We all too often take things for granted until it happens to you. Thank God I am safe have what I need to continue on!!

Quote from: Donica on December 07, 2018, 07:00:29 PM
I got to work for 3 days this week.

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God bless you all!

Quote from: Donica on December 07, 2018, 07:07:14 PM
We all too often take things for granted until it happens to you. Thank God I am safe have what I need to continue on!!
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