I agree with Padma that her picking fights was a little rough. Meanness is hard to excuse. Still, she was funny and sometimes very interesting.

I also agree with Hikari's reminder that yeah, people come and go here. It is the way of sites like this.

Quote from: JoeyD on January 20, 2012, 11:26:29 AM
It's O.K. guys..

You still have me.
(:

THANK YOU JOEY! That's right. Everything is fine.

Kia Ora,

"What happened to Mahsa? "

The last I heard, she had gone to Thailand to study 'Ladyboyism'...She wanted to become a ladyboy !

Metta Zenda

Mahsa pmed me several times.  And she's not in Thailand and she's not bored.  She and I were facebook friends for about 30 minutes.  Then I unfriended her just because I don't like being so public between posting on message boards and knowing people.

Those of you who do know her on facebook.  Keep your Indian ears to the ground.  I was mamasan worried about her.  She is not in the best situation at the moment.   So those of you who are friends with her.  Please keep in touch with her and make sure she is ok.

Mahsa I think snarked it out as a way of covering up a whole lotta pain.  But she was adorable and hysterical and flat out mean.  When I was 25 I would have wanted her to be my best friend.  Now that I'm fat and dumpy not so much.  LOL

Hugs to Mahsa if she is reading this.  Love you girl.   Come back if you need us.   

Mahsa tagged me in a FB note entitled "The absurdity that is passing" in which she said:

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I consider transition to be a large part...presenting as a full time drag queen minus all the glitter, cut creases, and clown makeup.

The above is a copy-and-paste from her note. The ellipsis between "part" and "presenting" was how she typed it in her note.

She posts this and tags me in it after I re-friended her. I had deleted her because I was tired of seeing status updates and posts that would often describe how awful me and mine were. For whatever reason, I re-added her and I get treated to this.

No; transition is not "presenting as a full time drag queen." Transition is not a performance. What I was doing prior to transition was a performance: I was playing at being a man.

I don't wish harm upon her. But, I can't honestly say I'll miss her participation on this board. As she pointed out to me, she and I come from different times and places. It might not be possible for her and I to truly relate to each other.

Kia Ora,

Elle's behaviour was no doubt her way of 'coping' with her personal issues...She was/is struggling with her demons just like many here still are...

So it really does pay not to take things personally...It was just Elle putting up a front - Elle's persona

I wish her well and hope she find whatever it is she's looking for...

Metta Zenda

Quote from: Bishounen on January 20, 2012, 11:08:48 AM
Six Feet tall?
That somewhat surprises me, as she several times bragged about how short and petite she were, which she also did in her farewell thread, where she said that she would be very successfull in Thailand because of her height of 5,5, or something of the like. On the other hand, maybe she in actuality were taller.


The 6-foot tall girl was Natalie, who was mentioned ina post just above that one.

Anyway, my personal opinions is as follows: I had no problem wiht her "being", or how to say and I did enjoy that she always stated the honest truth on some matters without tip toeing and false politeness, but always stated her blunt and honest opinion.

I did, however, had loads of problems with her attitude and some of her reasonings.

Perhaps the thing I had the most problem with, was that she practically never seemed to be fully "there" or prescent, or how to put it.
Regardless of what the threads or posts were about, her comments on those for the most part totally dodged what was actually said and she instead either answered with something totally irrelevant or, which she did even more, just started talking about herself non-stop regardless of what was said to her.

I agree that she provided the blunt truth, as she saw it.  And her posts cheered me up.  Of course, as a lurker much of the past year, I wasn't the focus of her comments.

My feelings were and still are very mixed about her.
In one aspect, I liked her and considered her an asset to the board as she gave the board even more diversity in all her bluntness and showed that indeed not all transitioners are "trapped" in their bodies and hates their genitals. Yet, in another aspect, she totally annoyed me.

I wouldn't mind, however, if she returned. In fact, I think it would, for stated reasons, be an asset.

I agree about adding diversity.  I see myself as a minority within a minority here.  So, perhaps, I could relate to her in ways others did not.

I miss her.

Quote from: JoeyD on January 20, 2012, 11:26:29 AM
It's O.K. guys..

You still have me.
(:

That's a plus!

Quote from: mixie on January 20, 2012, 10:53:24 PM
Mahsa pmed me several times.  And she's not in Thailand and she's not bored.  She and I were facebook friends for about 30 minutes.  Then I unfriended her just because I don't like being so public between posting on message boards and knowing people.

Those of you who do know her on facebook.  Keep your Indian ears to the ground.  I was mamasan worried about her.  She is not in the best situation at the moment.   So those of you who are friends with her.  Please keep in touch with her and make sure she is ok.

Mahsa I think snarked it out as a way of covering up a whole lotta pain.  But she was adorable and hysterical and flat out mean.  When I was 25 I would have wanted her to be my best friend.  Now that I'm fat and dumpy not so much.  LOL

Hugs to Mahsa if she is reading this.  Love you girl.   Come back if you need us.

That's a very thoughtful comment.

When people join a internet board, like this one, they might be looking for information, or entertainment, or maybe just someone to chat with.  I have no trans friends, I have no experience in transition, I have no role models.  But I have found kindred spirits here.  Mahsa was one of them.  I am glad there are many more.

I would be in the group that will miss her.  Yes she was at times classless and did like to pick fights.  Many times I disagreed with her but I did like that she had a unique and atypical opinion.

Quote from: JoeyD on January 20, 2012, 11:26:29 AM
It's O.K. guys..

You still have me.
(:

It has been two years.  Has anyone heard from Mahsa?

Quote from: Jamie D on March 05, 2014, 09:09:14 PM
It has been two years.  Has anyone heard from Mahsa?

I haven't, but this site and world of warcraft are my only online presences, so I wouldn't know. I participate haphazardly with those two situations as it is.

Fwiw, if anyone ever wants to say hi irl, email me and if you can make it to any lgbt (or other) events in portland oregon then we can meet up. I do keep up with local politics and like going to shows when I can get a sitter.

Not trying to take the thread topic from Mahsa. She was important, if a little vicious, and I hope she's doing okay.

She is fine I'm guessing. I spoke with her a few months ago via facebook. If anything has happened to her since then, I could care less. but I passed on the link to this thread.