I'm not sure where to post this so I'll just leave this here. I just wanted to mention to everyone how happy I am today. I've had issues with coming out as FTM to my mother for quite some time but today she says she can finally accept that - she still cannot, however, accept all the 'baggage' it comes with such as surgery and binding. Other than that I actually bought my first binder! It has still yet to come in but the excitement is still just as intense as if it was sitting right next to me. I ordered from Love Boat and although it's a bit expensive I liked their large selection of various binders. My mom is still against me binding though so all of this is actually private and 'behind her back' so to speak. I ordered it with a visa gift card thing so that the transaction doesn't show up where she can find it and I'm sending it to a friends house instead of mine. So many precautions... But I seriously don't care if she finds out anymore. I'm just too happy to care ahah. I also applied for a job right up the street from here at Office Depot so I plan to use my binder there and go by my preferred name. [By the way is Office Depot known to be trans* friendly?. I did some research but haven't really found out anything other than that they made a business alliance with an LBGT owned company.]Also the majority of my friends now call me by my preferred name and use male pronouns - though they mess up here and there, it warms my hear to know that they're trying and actually care. But yes, life seems to actually be getting better. Oh and I got my braces off today after 6 years of having them! [not FTM related but still happy about it].
