Well, today is my 1 year mark on hormones (woo) and I have actually been looking forward to it (kind of like a birthday?). I went down and got cupcakes and just generally think it will be a nice day to celebrate things.

Does anyone else celebrate their ->-bleeped-<-versary? If you do, what things do you do?

Quote from: Jaime Renee on March 22, 2012, 01:51:17 PM
Must you use that term in the subject line though?

Agreed.

O.o tis a joke....! I'm jewish, i do that....

I'll explain it

You see, "->-bleeped-<-versary" rhymes with "anniversary" ... You just remove the "Tr" at the start and they are really similar! Which makes it funny....

~sigh~ when you get upset about something like that, you might need to start asking yourself if you take life a little too seriously 😛

i am thinking they were just trying to make a joke of something we all mostly have had or been and is maybe best to leave at that

i dislike the term but i do understand you osmetimes have to beable to laugh at you self first

oh 🙁 Sorry to hear that

I use the term a lot around people 🙂 That way it disarms the term and how i think about it. I know people will think I am a "->-bleeped-<-" (in a less than nice way), but if i use the term first and am completely ok / comfortable with it... it robs them of their ability to use it in an offensive way.

My joking way of handling things makes others become a lot more comfortable around me. When I make jokes about transyness (case in point, making up terms is a good way of showing others you are comfortable with it and approach it with humor) they realize it is safe to talk to me as a normal person. They aren't afraid of accidentally using the wrong term or asking a question that might send me for their throats.

I see being super senstive about being trans as only making things worse for ourselves. If I bit peoples heads off of using the wrong term or phrase or all the other VERY VERY common mistakes people outside of the community do... it would just make me seem hostile and alienate myself. Most the time people call at MTF as "he" or use "->-bleeped-<-" instead of "transgendered" .. they aren't doing it as an attempt to insult anyone ... they are simply not educated to the prefered way to refer to transgendered people (because they probably have never run into it before). I'm pretty understanding of that, it is all about the intent behind the words.

So, basically, lighten up 😛 If you learn to laugh about it and make jokes about it and are just comfortable with it... you will have a MUCH easier time around people. People will be drawn to you (instead of pushed away) and will be more able to accept and understand our transitis. Humor is an extremely powerful tool when dealing with difficult subjects

I think your humor is more than acceptable
and i plan to celebrate mine
just a couple more months x3

Come on folks, I'm sure nothing was meant by it.  Accept it as a play on words, an attempt at humor.

Quote from: Sarah Louise on March 22, 2012, 03:11:34 PM
Come on folks, I'm sure nothing was meant by it.  Accept it as a play on words, an attempt at humor.

NO !! LETS ALL GET RABBIT AND BEAT HER UP   



kidding 


My tranniversary was dec 8th and i am in my 14th yr post op and well i started in feb 98 so i am in my 15th yr from starting and well next yr will be my sweet 16 rebirthday and i am still a virgin waiting for well waiting for nothing lol i am a celibate / asexual / wet dreamer     so no there is no party or gifts except the gift of freedom from having that thang weigh me down in life.. plus i do so many more things since sex isn't a part of my life.. well except for when i am asleep 

No!

I give it more than just an attempt at humour, that's good stuff! Besides, there are more important things, the woman says she has cupcakes! Hugs, Devlyn

Last year I think I was mostly like "Oh look, it's the day I started hormones! Neat!" and thought nothing more of it

I don't really think of it as a day that defines me all that much, it just happened to be the day that I went on hormones... I'm more interested in potentially celebrate the day that I went full-time, as that was infinitely more monumental to me in terms of things actually happening. 

In November. I'll eat Chinese food, or go to a Bar and Grill. 😀

Dear Rabbit,

Congratulations on your one year anniversary!    I am excited to hear about your success and could care less about your choice of words to describe your happiness. Good for you and maybe some day I will get to celebrate with you! 

Jennifer

  No, I celebrate my birthday for which getting on HRT was a birthday present to myself.  So far, so good!
  Joelene

I dunno. There are so many things worthy of celebrating.

Like for me, the most important day to me is The Day The World Made Sense. The day I understood and accepted that I needed to transition to be happy. The day I stopped trying to convince myself I was really male. I always thought of that day as the start of my transition.

Of course, that day was four days before my birthday. I can't get two parties out of that! So maybe your idea is better.

Quote from: Tazia of the Omineca on March 22, 2012, 06:25:57 PM
In November. I'll eat Chinese food, or go to a Bar and Grill.

So's mine. I plan on eating my Chinese food with my yearly viewing of Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon.

My ->-bleeped-<-versary is september 27th, 2011.

I'm going to have to buy myself something nice or something. 😀

I start with low dose E about my birthday (25th  )
So I have it simple  😀

Duh, my ->-bleeped-<-versary is going to include lots of food stuffing and just being very lazy the whole day. If it happens to be a work day, I'll take the day off and just enjoy it. It's like my second birthday, just that it feels somehow more important.

6 more months!

// edit

Zomg, alyx, we have it on the same day! I started hormones on September 27th, too!

Took me about an hour to find a thread like this, doubt its the most recent but w/e it is still relevant.

I celebrated by first year on hormones by buying bras for the first time and getting my ears pierced( I chose the July Stud, it was affordable and I liked how it looked only<3 Ruby color). 38B by the way fit me the best~ It was a great experience.

I was with a friend(co worker) and we went to have dinner.  I was properly greeted (she is cis), and I decided to buy a beer.  The look on the guys face when he saw my ID was PRICELESS.  he spent like two minutes staring down at it and then back at me in utter confusion and disbelief.  It felt good.

The guy who bought out the food called us both ladies, and well it was just a good peaceful night.  For the first time I was actually completely confident, didn't think about my birth gender at all, it all just faded into Rita.

At claires a few female customers were like, oh look that girl is getting her ears pierced (and omg they have this bear for little kids that get their ears pierced that is SO CUTE, Yes I played with it while my ears were being pierced >////<.

I've had a couple of tranniversaries. There was 5 June 2012 which was my 1-year HRT anniversary, and I "celebrated" it by going out without any makeup one.

16 September 2012 was the one-year tranniversary of me going full time. I took myself out for a nice lunch that day.