I just came out to my mother.
It went better than expected.
She was shockingly cavalier about the situation, and said that though sh suspected it, she figured I'd tell her when the time is right.
I guess a bunch of my other family members have suspected or found clues recently.
Which means I wasn't really living as stealthily as I thought.
But they have to know soon, so I'll be updating this thread with more stories as they happen.

-Richie

My dad is now aware, and he's okay with it too.

I do have a question:
For everyone who has come out to your parents....when you came out, were you terrified that things would go irreparably wrong, but they ended up coming out so much better than expected that it made you feel both giddy and apprehensive?

Because that's totally how I feel right now.

I'm glad to hear that it went well with both of them. 

What I thought was funny was that after I told my dad, he was all "yay! now we can go hunting and fishing and elk skinning together!"
We couldn't do any of that before I came out?
But...I should be happy about it and not dwell on stupid ->-bleeped-<-.

Sounds good.

They seem to have been waiting for you to accept yourself.

Nice

Cindy

Thinking about it, and knowing some of the negative stories I've heard, I'm very very lucky.
I'm glad things turned out the way they did.

This may sound stupid. I'm use to being stupid , I tell girls on the board to be the best daughter they can be, not being girly girly crap but being a 'dutiful'  daughter. I do not mean that in a sexism way. In your case I suggest you be a dutiful son. Take the young male role and DO IT. And no I do not mean going out getting drunk and throwing up in the driveway .

You have a nice opportunity. Take it.

Good Luck Bro

Cindy

I don't take it as stupid at all!

Thanks Bro,

Getting rid of stereotypic habits are the most difficult, so concentrate and BE the man you are.

And yes there are very difficult times. You need to be aware and practice for them. The obvious one is the menstrual cycle. Plan carefully and if and when you can kill it with T great.  Most men have no concept of a menstrual cycle it just embarrasses them.
There are lots of obvious other scenarios, just plan ahead when you can.

Cindy   

Unless your periods give you great problems, you can do most if not all those things with your dad.  How soon are you planning going full time?  Having you around as a man may take them some time to adjust too.

I don't live in the same state as my family.
But either way, I'm going to try and smoothly go from stealth to presenting as male.
Periods don't give me a great deal of trouble, and I can't wait for them to stop.
I already got rid of all clothes that suggest femininity (except my bras...all of which are sports bras).
Looking around my apartment, the only thing that is a dead give-away that a bio female even lives here is the tampons I have in the drawer under the bathroom sink.

I keep my tampons hidden in my bedroom so someone using my bathroom couldn't see them anywhere there.  I keep what I may need for a few days each month in my school backpack.  I use the men's room at school and go when there is less chance of anyone being in there.  I change my tampon rap the used one in tissue and push it deep in the paper towel trash.  My cramps come about a day before I start and I handle them fine with over the counter meds so noone realizes. Will sure be nice when they stop completely.  I wear sports bras or a binder, works fairly well mine are firm and willn't flatten completely.

I came out to my grandma today.
She was really good about it.
I was worried with her being part of a different generation, that sh'e flip or something.
But she didn't.
She was really nice and supportive.
While I was on the phone with her, my grandpa was downstairs, so he wasn't really in on it.
We talked about how he might take it, because sometimes he has outbursts before he thinks.
And after a bit of deliberation, we decided it would be better if she talked to him first, since she did't want him to yell at me.
I kind of didn't want that, but I also can't talk my grandmother out of anything.
I guess it's good that she wants to protect me from getting yelled at.
She was like "honey, it's just that your grandfather doesn't always think things through before he speaks, and I don't want him to hurt your feelings".
So, after a bit of "hmmmm, I don't know" I finally gave her permission to tell him for me.
She said she'd call me and let me know how it went.