^^^   still did not sleep or also living on the other side of the Atlantic or a very early bird? hihi 

Quote from: FairyGirl on August 16, 2009, 03:47:14 AM
I came out of a public stall the other day with my very pretty ankle length skirt tucked neatly into the back of my panties.

Oh my dear, this story totally made my day! Not just tucked, but neatly tucked. Woot!

Yesterday, I was with my family while returning home from a short trip. We stopped at a rest place. I have always used men's bathroom while I am with my family, but at this time, I used women's after checking whether my wife and daughter came out. I do not want to meet my wife in women's rest room.

When I washed my hands after finishing my business, an aged man entered. He seemed to be a cleaning worker there as he had cleaning tools and seemed to clean something next to me. He had spied on me when I smoked near the rest room just before entering the rest room. I was still a little bit surprised. Here it is O.K. that cleaning women enter men's, but I have never seen a cleaning man enter women's. But, no woman seem to compalin on this matter.

Barbie~~

Quote from: ="Yabby"Steffi said -   Part of the "problem" is that the ladies room is NOTHING like the Gents - girls loiter and chat to each other even if they're complete strangers.

when was the last time you found men fixing their make up in the mirror? 

some of the reactions i did get so far was "i like your dress" or "i like your make up"

LOL @ men's make-up! 
It's all down to guys' HUGE paranoia when they're in the Gents, whereas I think that girls actually see the restroom as a Safe Haven where they can drop their guard and really relax for a minute or two.

Yeah, girls will often touch each others stuff .... "Oh that's a nice brush/pretty compact/lovely colour, where did you get it?"

Girls are pretty free about touching each other - e.g. "Hang on luv - your label's stuck out" and reach up and tuck it in for them.  If one was in the Gents and some guy was struggling to get his arm into his overcoat, you could not possibly say "Here mate, let me give you a hand" and hold his coat for him!
- the reason I know that is because once long ago, I did so!
Touching another guy in the Gents in any way is a taboo that is clearly understood from childhood on. Even accidental contact causes instant hostility.    

Accompanied by a natal female, I went into one crowded Ladies in a rock club to find two girls swapping bras! One was wearing a basque/bustier type thing and the other a bra and they were just in the process of swapping when we walked in.  I got a bit of a stare, but not really hostile and we went into the stalls.  When we came out, the owner (or original wearer) of the basque was just lacing the other girl in. My companion, Holly said to her "Oh..... you don't want to do it that way - I've got one and if you lace inwards from the edges so that the bow's in the middle, it pulls together much more evenly and doesn't gape at the top. Here, let me do it...." and proceded to redo the lacing. When she was done and ready to pull tight, she said to the wearer "are you right there, with the cups?" reached round from the back and lifted the cups/underwires up into place - therefore briefly cupping the other girls breasts     Neither seemed to think anything of it at all.  (Holly and the other two girls are approx 19 to early 20's)

After a lifetime of male paranoia, it takes some getting used to   
- of course, I don't touch other girls anywhere for any reason ..... I'm still far too unsure yet and wouldn't risk it, but they've touched me a couple of times.

i was once in a club, and while in the girl room i started chatting with a girl and after a while she say: i need to go to the stall, just come.
me: oh no not necessary.
she then dragged me and said: come on i am not shy.

of course she just dragged me because we were chatting and she did not want to stop chatting with me (there was no other reasons at all).   

Now try to do this in the men room haha 

This topic is funny, I almost got busted once...Me and my FtM Sister where at a store, while our Grandpa was outside waiting by the car for us to be finished and the Men's Room was closed for my FtM Sister, so me and her went into the Lady's Room and we were doing our business...Like anyone else...We hear this really big gas fart from a stall in the middle of us, we don't pay attention to it and finish.

We get out of the stall and wash our hands, the lady walks out of the stall and stares at us, she then says to my FtM sister (Who is still pre-op and passing as a girl), "Dang! You guys are really tall!", Then she stares at me and says, "Nice make-up by the way, honey!"

We move out of the way and the lady washes her hands, in the stall she forgot to pull up her panties and when she was walking out you could see her male noodle sticking out as we just figured out that we got stopped by a transgendered women...Funny really.

How would she be walking without pulling her panties up? Penguin walk?

Quote from: LordKAT on August 16, 2009, 12:55:40 PM
How would she be walking without pulling her panties up? Penguin walk?

Something like that, we just thought that she was drunk at first...

Strange, funny but strange.

A guy got upset once because I used the mens room while dressed as a woman. But mostly I will use the restroom for the gender I am dressed as. Sometimes at a local gay lounge I use the mens stall standing in heels just to get a reaction when I exit from the stall.

I have never had a problem, but I do have my carry letter just in case.  When I came out at work I was told in no uncertain terms that I could not use the men's room at all.  That, of course, was fine by me.  I have ran into many of the girls I work with and the response is always the same.  "Hi Janet".


Janet

I recently attended the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal. The ladies room lines there were HUGE. I never encountered any strange looks or problems, just polite smiles and a little small talk twice.

Quote from: heatherrose on September 08, 2009, 11:35:13 AM

As I washed my hands, the cutest little (5-6yr. old) tiger came in,
chattering ahead of his Daddy. With a look of confused fright, he stopped cold
silent in his tracks, staring at me. His Daddy, right behind him, almost ran him over,
as he saw me. Apologizing and stepping backwards through the still open door,
he looked at the sign and then back at me. Trying to manage some sort of soothing
tone as I looked into that shocked little face, I said, "You are in the right room".
Smirking, his daddy says, "Oh, ok" as he scoots his little boy, who was pointing
and protesting, "...but there's a lady...", past me into a stall.
That was the last time I used the men's restroom.

Awww! That has got to be sad and an big ouch! Well if they thought you were a lady, you could of have used the ladies room then! ;]

Quote from: heatherrose on September 08, 2009, 09:20:52 PM

Yup.

If you don't mind me askin'...If you do mind. They just say so. If you pass as an lady why did you use the Men's Room? :]

Quote from: heatherrose on September 08, 2009, 10:12:39 PM

It was very early in my transition and
I was not secure in my "passing" ability.
I was scared of getting into problems with the law.

Butches go in the ladies room all the time...Just say your a butch! ;]

LOL! When I was early in (Still kind of am), I would get questioned, but I would say...Oh sorry! I'm a lesbian butch--Don't mind me. Seriously? What are the other girls going to say or do? They really can't do much and if they did---Just book it! 

Ouch, skirt tucked in the back of the panties... that was close !
Better double-check everytime from now on...

Quote from: heatherrose on September 08, 2009, 11:35:13 AM

As I washed my hands, the cutest little (5-6yr. old) tiger came in,
chattering ahead of his Daddy. With a look of confused fright, he stopped cold
silent in his tracks, staring at me. His Daddy, right behind him, almost ran him over,
as he saw me. Apologizing and stepping backwards through the still open door,
he looked at the sign and then back at me. Trying to manage some sort of soothing
tone as I looked into that shocked little face, I said, "You are in the right room".
Smirking, his daddy says, "Oh, ok" as he scoots his little boy, who was pointing
and protesting, "...but there's a lady...", past me into a stall.
That was the last time I used the men's restroom.

Oh a kid story tangent - not a bathroom but still....

Stopped at a year sale a week ago and was wearing my usual fem-but-not-overt clothing and a head band with some light makeup.

There's a child in the yard, maybe five or so, and while I'm talking to his mom (small talk) the kid interrupts and says "Momma that's not a girl"

Awkward! I knew she knew but that meant we had to kind of ignore what was now out on the table.

As for bathrooms, I was totally dressed in Tupelo last week but I didn't bring myself to dare the ladies room. may have been best since I got "yes sir" at one point later in the day! Being clocked aside, who says "yes sir" to anyone in a skirt?

Oh well, back to your discussion.