Once HRT started to work and I entered 'second puberty' I noticed that I was acting like a 15 year old again, so decided to go with it consciously, and see if I could speed up the process.  At one point I had a real setback and regressed to a 12 year old. I just let the tears flow and hugged the teddy bear I had kept as a souvenir of my daughter, and was able to get  over it fairly quickly.
I was back to feeling like a 15 year old within a few days, and since then have accelerated the process, so that I don't have the  feeling that I missed out on my teenage years.  I now feel like an adult again, but of indeterminate age.  It was sort of like a rebirthing, but starting from the point where GID caused me to start to have problems.
As for the way I dress,  I had a good friend (who is a lesbian) say I had great legs, so I will keep wearing short(ish) skirts! I am into a 60's Mod/ hippy style at the moment, so anything I wear will be consistent with those, not current teen styles.

Karen.

I don't think I'm super little girlish but I do have a few things I would have love to have when I was a kid.

My mother passed away and she had some dolls she picked up back in the 80s to give to her daughter or grand daughter if there would ever have been any. *A few rainbow bright, and cabbage patch kids, still in the boxes.* But then... I also still have some of my favorite transformers as well.

Needless to say I see it as my mom bought them for her daughter and I think I'm the closest thing to her daughter she ever had.

Quote from: justmeinoz on November 14, 2011, 05:40:48 AM

As for the way I dress,  I had a good friend (who is a lesbian) say I had great legs, so I will keep wearing short(ish) skirts! I am into a 60's Mod/ hippy style at the moment, so anything I wear will be consistent with those, not current teen styles.

Karen.

yeah, i wear shorter skirts a lot too. It's just the fashion around here...even with women my age. However, I don't wear shorter skirts with hello kitty prints or pikachus

A friend of mine asked me the other day "so why do you wear skirts all the time?" (She knows I'm transgender). I responded "Well, why do you wear pants all the time?" She said "because I was forced to wear skirts all the time growing up and I hate them now." And I said "Well, there's your answer! Just flip the clothing around."

Then I said "I do wear jeans once or twice a week" lol

There are many older women who dress on the younger / more athletic style.
I wear shorter skirts sometimes but they do complicate things playing guitar sitting down.

On the juvenalia side, I'm pretty innocent, although I do have a smiley stuffed flower on my desk.
It makes me happy and I give myself leave to do that.

Quote from: Renate on November 14, 2011, 08:20:13 AM

On the juvenalia side, I'm pretty innocent, although I do have a smiley stuffed flower on my desk.
It makes me happy and I give myself leave to do that.

I find nothing wrong with that. I was talking about...well...for example, I know of a trans girl who has hello kitty everything. Bumper stickers, backpack, knee socks, stickers, folders, hair bows, candy...everything is hello kitty. I just noticed this trend among 40 year old transwomen more so than 40 year old ciswomen.

But, then again, I know of a man in his 40s who has star trek figurines in their packages nailed across the mid section of the wall that goes completely around his living room with a Klingon Suit in his closet. So it could mean something totally different?

Ok, I do have a Hello Kitty sandwich container that I bought at Target for $1.
I meant it as tongue-in-cheek response to the phenomena that you mentioned.

I have been told that I dress like a primary school teacher.... i don't even own a mini-skirt, and when i wear a short dress i always wear it with leggings. Thing is, still being in my 20s, i can't help but feel i SHOULD be dressing young, hehe. Maybe if i can drop enough weight by next summer I can walk around dressed like a tart and make up for lost time.

Tams x

Annah, is your friend Asian by any chance? Hello Kitty for some reason appeals to east Asians immensely... (and to a smaller extent Americans, whereas it tends to not appeal to other Westerners)

In Asia, Hello Kitty is not a purely teenage thing. There are Hello Kitty laptop computers (real ones! not toys), Hello Kitty microwaves, Hello Kitty cars, Hello Kitty vibrators (!), even a Hello Kitty taxi fleet in Yokohama (just west of Tokyo). It's absolutely normal for young Asian women around 25 to 30 years old to love Hello Kitty. I am one of those but I have noticed it appeals to non-Asians a lot less...

And I admit that I am one of those wanting to live the teenage years I have missed out. If I think about how I usually act, I act about six or seven years younger than my actual age. I'm not really sure why; I am not deliberately doing it. But I'm happy with it, and happy with people treating me as if I were six or seven years younger

Quote from: apple pie on November 14, 2011, 09:35:55 AM
Annah, is your friend Asian by any chance? Hello Kitty for some reason appeals to east Asians immensely... (and to a smaller extent Americans, whereas it tends to not appeal to other Westerners)

In Asia, Hello Kitty is not a purely teenage thing. There are Hello Kitty laptop computers (real ones! not toys), Hello Kitty microwaves, Hello Kitty cars, Hello Kitty vibrators (!), even a Hello Kitty taxi fleet in Yokohama (just west of Tokyo). It's absolutely normal for young Asian women around 25 to 30 years old to love Hello Kitty. I am one of those but I have noticed it appeals to non-Asians a lot less...

And I admit that I am one of those wanting to live the teenage years I have missed out. If I think about how I usually act, I act about six or seven years younger than my actual age. I'm not really sure why; I am not deliberately doing it. But I'm happy with it, and happy with people treating me as if I were six or seven years younger

Speaking of Asian fashion, I actually learned the other day that the Real Life Experience-requirement have now been modified and that all MTF's must dress like on the following pic for atleast 2 years if they want to be approved.

LOL I propose an extra amendment that the dresses be completely pink also

eh, I like basic tunic tops, and skirts (though not together), and the kicker is I still think suits are the best in professional formal wear. I have a frock coat suit that I love ^_^

Quote from: The Passage on November 12, 2011, 04:42:27 PM
I've noticed it. I want to relive my childhood as a girl, as horrifying an experience as that sounds, but I don't feel the need to be the pretty little princess in pink 24/7. In fact, I don't believe I ever wanted to be a princess either.

That's sort of what I want. The girl part of course I want and want a lot.  But there is much more to my childhood I would also want to be better than what it was.

Quote from: Annah on November 11, 2011, 03:45:59 PM
I've noticed a trend where new transgender girls enjoys wearing clothing that is geared (or designed) for younger girls in mind. I also see this with their bedrooms, their jewelry, and their other fascinations (Hello Kitty, Strawberry shortcake, tinkerbell, winnie the poo, etc etc).

I had a transgender friend invite me to her house today and she gave me a tour of her house and her bedroom looked like a bedroom an eleven year old girl would love.

Is this phenomena because they are trying to relive their childhood? Is it something else?

I haven't started this but I have thought about it. Hello kitty and Barbie's. lol. I posted a little while back about me trying to get passed the idea of wearing things that I wanted to wear when I was younger. It has been a hard one for me I think that is partially why I collect stuff with butterflies on them also.

Quote from: Bishounen on November 14, 2011, 09:57:23 AM
Speaking of Asian fashion, I actually learned the other day that the Real Life Experience-requirement have now been modified and that all MTF's must dress like on the following pic for atleast 2 years if they want to be approved.

If people dressed like that outside of cosplaying...I'd have a LOLfest.

Sorry, but people should dress like adults and follow their own cultural guidelines IMHO. It's not high school anymore.

Quote from: Annah on November 14, 2011, 08:26:19 AM
I find nothing wrong with that. I was talking about...well...for example, I know of a trans girl who has hello kitty everything. Bumper stickers, backpack, knee socks, stickers, folders, hair bows, candy...everything is hello kitty. I just noticed this trend among 40 year old transwomen more so than 40 year old ciswomen.

But, then again, I know of a man in his 40s who has star trek figurines in their packages nailed across the mid section of the wall that goes completely around his living room with a Klingon Suit in his closet. So it could mean something totally different?

While I've seen 40 yr old (usually socially ... unfortunate) men wearing / worshiping star wars gear, I have never... EVER seen a 40+ yr old cis woman having anything to do with hello kitty unless she was getting it for her daughter. The oldest I've ever seen a cis woman having to do anything with hello kitty was early 20s.

Quote from: Alainaluvsu on November 14, 2011, 11:51:25 PM
While I've seen 40 yr old (usually socially ... unfortunate) men wearing / worshiping star wars gear, I have never... EVER seen a 40+ yr old cis woman having anything to do with hello kitty unless she was getting it for her daughter. The oldest I've ever seen a cis woman having to do anything with hello kitty was early 20s.

ahhhh fanboys.

Quote from: Alainaluvsu on November 14, 2011, 11:51:25 PM
While I've seen 40 yr old (usually socially ... unfortunate) men wearing / worshiping star wars gear, I have never... EVER seen a 40+ yr old cis woman having anything to do with hello kitty unless she was getting it for her daughter. The oldest I've ever seen a cis woman having to do anything with hello kitty was early 20s.

  Lol umm my grandmother has a hello kitty change purse and hello kitty notepads + pen so yeah age doesn't matter for cute things like that.  =P