I'd be annoying more people on Facebook likely.  I have a yahoo group for trans stuff, but I sort of rarely post there anymore and just mostly let the other owner take care of membership stuff. Not much activity in it these days anyway. Its not like the old days, back in '04-'08.  I did spend a ton of time on MS forums, mostly l&r for years, but when they closed down, that left a big void in my online life, I had already heard about this place, so I tried it out. 

All in all, there's only one TG site/forum here in Bulgaria, and it's in an abysmal state (much like the overall LGBT situation). So finding Susan's was a real relief for me.

QuoteThere are points in a person's life where a single event makes it branch off down one of two possible paths. This site is responsible for a good number of those events. If it never existed... things would have been different. Whether that's different in a good way or a bad way... I don't know.

I agree with Sephirah except I'm 99% certain it's different in a positive way for me.

...I would be much more bored and time would go much slower at work. Lol. Susan's hasnt really helped me with my transition because I was full time years before I stumbled upon this site but it's a nice place to share our experiences and thoughts with one another.

Quote from: Felix on April 05, 2012, 06:14:40 PM
I spent two weeks gone when the site was having problems, and didn't realize until then how important Susan's is to me. There are a lot of good people here.

I feel exactly like this. I really thought I'd managed perfectly well, but not having the opportunity for contact, even if I might not use it, really bothered me.

I try to contribute where I can but find that sensible things have been said, generally much more than I would have thought of. But it's good to know there is somewhere where we can stop pretending.

I would've offed myself, or ended up in jail for a jealousy-inspired killing spree. The other site I on, felt like it was just a never ending stream of empty platitudes and canned "You're a speshul snowflake" BS. At least over here, if you're being an idiot and need to hear the hard truth, someone will eventually come along and say it.

Easy answer.  I would not be here.  Or anywhere.

I too was suicidal at one point in time but found hope because of this site. If it wasn't for Susan's I'd be clueless, haha. There's so much information here, I've learned so much. And it really helps you to realize how many of us are out there.

There would be other places where others could help us in our journey.

First off, there have been some really helpful people I have had  real pleasure in P- Mming here . I came here on account of another forum that has really become a playground with too many HEAVY Handed moderators who were so paranoid of everything about them . I have found for the most part a lot of enlightening discussions and I have enjoyed sharing things I already have confidence in . Looking forward to more too ! ellen

Unlurking after months and months to say that when this site went down for that time I found myself almost feeling lost for some manner of outlet. I come here often when I'm feeling like I'm absolutely alone in the world.  Sometimes I just need to be shown that there's life after transition. It will get better. There's a life for me.  For every person that replies to this thread, I would bet there's a handful of lurkers who are perhaps too afraid or uncertain to do so. More people draw strength from your courage to speak openly than you might realize, and I for one am thankful for just having a chance to listen as I do.