Boxers rock

Peeing standing up is fun

Guy's clothes is comfy and cheap

I get to choose the size of my cock

Having a beard (eventually) is gonna rock!

Being ignored more easily.

Male clothes > female clothes XD

My friends' parents no longer question my friendships with their sons. >>

-Flat chest (when I can finally get one >_< )
-That feeling of being a guy
-Being treated like one of the guys
-More body strength
-Peeing standing up (when I can get it to work)
-Men's underwear ROCKS!  Girl's underwear would give me wedgies a lot but I haven't had that problem AT ALL with the tightie-whities (still do with the boxers though)
-Men's clothes are cheaper and better quality
-Not expected to look pretty
-Not expected to have babies
-Not expected to go gaga over other people's babies

- boxer briefs are sooo comfy
- don't take things as personally anymore which rocks
- the feel of facial hair (while only a little) is brilliant (leg hair too)
- every single time someone says sir
- feeling at home in my skin
- muscle mass increase


-Jace

BOXERS.
I love them. I've never, ever worn briefs, haha.
Not having to shave.
Looking younger than I am-I get to buy the cheaper bus tickets.
Flat chest. Oh god, seriously. I'm so obsessive about it. I wear two binders and I can barely breathe but totally worth it.
I love having a bulge. >.>
Getting muscular-once I start testosterone.
Shaving my face.
I would love to pee standing up but sadly my aim is non existent.

feeling normal

Not having to shave.
Not being expected to show emotion all the time by the inflection of my voice. My ma never liked it when she couldn't tell exactly how I felt about something. Now she has realized that it is the words I use that matter.

One thing I don't like is not being able to cry. I'm an emotional guy.

- mens underwear.  I used to assume that it was impossible to design comfortable underwear, and that everyone put up with it.  Then I started wearing briefs. 
- not being expected to care about other people's babies and young kids.
- men's clothing is more comfortable, and often cheaper and more functional
- not being expected to be able to relate to other girls as a girl/ not being expected to understand the nuances of what's happening in a social situation/ being ignored more
- peeing standing up
- more muscle mass and a flat chest eventually
- feeling safer when I'm by myself at night
- being treated as one of the guys
- feeling like myself 

On the other hand, I dislike not having as much freedom to express my emotions, even though I'm normally stoic. 

Quote from: LordKAT on February 03, 2011, 05:37:39 AM
feeling normal

Im gonna start to post here, with the ideas in my head but probably come back and edit once i think of more things cause I know that there are a lot of good things.

-clothes, girls clothes are tight and uncomfortable and too flashy, guys clothes are comfortable, simple, and convenient

-less head hair (unless u have long hair for a guy) its just simpler, plus more fun to style

-bathrooms, guys don't go in there to put on makeup and giggle, they go in there to ->-bleeped-<- and piss, I love it, i always felt weird trying to do my business in the girls room, cause it seemed I was the only one in there using it for what it is, a bathroom.

-no makeup, most girls are expected to wear makeup, sure guy liner is cool sometimes, but i'm so glad i'm not expected to wear it

-I don't have to look good- i can just roll out of bed and go to class, no one cares if i look grungy

-no periods/pms (for guys on t)

-don't have to shave your body

-boxers, I had been wearing men's underwear before i even knew i was trans, panties are uncomfortable and too thin!

-higher pay, they say men get more money.. cha ching.

-more respect

-getting treated as one of the guys by other guys, there seems to be a silent code of respect between guys (for the most part)

-being stronger, not being seen as weak, being expected to pull your weight, and not treated like a wimpy girl

-stp's sometimes it sucks to not have a penis that pee's but sometimes its nice to have an stp, cause you don't have to touch anything! (with my stp brand) so i don't even have to wash my hands after, and its nice using urinals cause i had bad ocd, and i don't like going inside stalls, i think its gross even to just hover over a toilet.

-getting erections, now that I am on T, I can feel them.  being able to physically feel arousal is awesome

Quote from: Chris73 on February 03, 2011, 02:35:03 PM

- feeling safer when I'm by myself at night

agree

-Being called bud, bro or man by peers.
-Being called son (I love that term of affection.  You never hear anyone say "daughter" as a term of affection).
-I completely agree with the men's underwear, although I find briefs the most comfortable.
-Not being given a hard time about not wearing makeup.
-Not being assumed to be weak or vulnerable.
-More comfortable clothing.

For all of you who say cheap clothes where do you shop? My mom is constantly getting better deals than me

-Flat chest (when binding)
-boxers
-Just being ignored instead of looked at like a weird butch chick
-getting teen discounts when I'm not a teen
-Feeling alright with myself
-Being able to wear a tie
-Not being stared at weird for acting immature...

Quote from: LordKAT on February 03, 2011, 05:37:39 AM
feeling normal

Quote from: Chris73 on February 03, 2011, 02:35:03 PM
- feeling safer when I'm by myself at night
- being treated as one of the guys

Oh and being called boss by a guy the other day

-Being more comfortable.
-Lack of femininity isn't questioned.

Quote from: Elijah on February 03, 2011, 03:36:33 PM
-I don't have to look good- i can just roll out of bed and go to class, no one cares if i look grungy

That was one of the things I always loved about being born with a male body.  I could literally wake up and go to the store.  Sometimes I didn't even comb my hair.  Just a quick running the hand through the hair is sufficient.

Even to prepare for work literally takes only minutes.  You run a comb through the hair, put on your suit, and walk out the door.

Quote-getting treated as one of the guys by other guys, there seems to be a silent code of respect between guys (for the most part)

Don't forget that respect is earned, not given.  I noticed in my interactions with my guy friends that there is a degree of contention.  You should expect to be challenged every now and again.  It seems to be common for guys to challenge each other, even if it is only through sports and games.  If a guy tries to test you in such a way, don't take it too seriously.  Being really serious and emotional about things is considered a feminine trait by most of the guys I've met.

Not feeling like I'm putting on a show.  If anyone's seen Chicago, I used to always think of my interactions with people as starting with "And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, a tap dance."

This thread is sad. For me, the only answer is: being myself.

MANY of the things you guys have listed are things that girls or women CAN do and DO, every single day. Many are things that I did long before I knew what trans was, and no one was policing my gender or saying, "Girls can't be grungy," "Girls can't wear boxers," "Girls can't wear men's clothes," etc. etc. etc.

It makes me sad, because it means that so many of you guys are either living in places or with families that have far stricter "gender policing" than where I grew up or lived as an adult OR have internalized a lot of gender socialization so you *think* people care about this stuff, when the truth is, they really don't or it's no where near the big deal that you think it might be.

I find this type of thread uncomfortable, because it suggests that the reason people are trans is that they want the advantages of being a guy or don't realize that you can't be a masculine girl or woman. I KNOW that's not why you guys are trans, but these "Wow! I love being a guy so I can do stereotypically guy things!" threads give the impression that people are trans because they are too chicken to live as butch women. To me, there really is only ONE answer about the best thing in being a guy - feeling normal or more like who you are.

Quote from: VeryGnawty on February 03, 2011, 07:51:09 PM
Even to prepare for work literally takes only minutes.  You run a comb through the hair, put on your suit, and walk out the door.

Haha.  I do that now.

I uderstand that. I made this thread because I see so many negative comments about how tguys (and girls) hate their bodies and hate things about being trans. I am trying to get guys to realise that there are good things about being a Tguy.

Quote from: Sean on February 03, 2011, 08:15:00 PM
It makes me sad, because it means that so many of you guys are either living in places or with families that have far stricter "gender policing" than where I grew up or lived as an adult OR have internalized a lot of gender socialization so you *think* people care about this stuff, when the truth is, they really don't or it's no where near the big deal that you think it might be.

I disagree. For me those things I listed are male because I feel they are male. I consider black nail polish male. I also consider being able to say "screw the stereotype I want to cry" very male. Man if I thought my period was male I wouldn't care if the rest of the world said otherwise because that is how I think and feel. I liked the thread. I thought that it exactly fulfills Mr. Rainey's attempt to show the positives. 

Quote from: Andrew Scott on February 03, 2011, 08:52:42 PM
For me those things I listed are male because I feel they are male. I consider black nail polish male. I also consider being able to say "screw the stereotype I want to cry" very male. Man if I thought my period was male I wouldn't care if the rest of the world said otherwise because that is how I think and feel.

Dude, you have an awesome attitude.  You rock!

That's really what transition is all about.  It's about becoming what you feel you are deep down inside.