Quote from: Ashley_C on April 17, 2012, 10:04:58 PM
Is there something that you just loved as a guy (minds out of the gutter, ladies) that you just lost interest in?

Technology.

I used to get something like a new GPS and be like "Oh this is so cool I can't wait to use it!" ... now I just don't give much of an eff.

Not a whole lot. I have lost the desire to do some things I did before, especially mechanically and metalworking.  But I still don't like to eat my vegetables.

 I stopped gaming altogether too which is weird because I've always enjoyed it.

Dancing is definitely on the radar now whereas as a guy dancing was never an option for me cause umm ya know a straight alpha male dancing like a girl is rather weird.


Seems common enough =P

Did you find any new interests on purpose because you saw them as "more feminine" or lose any interests because you saw them as "more masculine?"

pretty much my whole career has been as an artist in one form or another,

even when presenting as male over the years...my feminine side was clearly in charge of the artistic talents, even when I was younger that was the case, its where I could always escape and be "all girl" and no one would ever know    as art can be very "gender neutral"

Quote from: Ashley_C on April 19, 2012, 01:27:11 AM
Did you find any new interests on purpose because you saw them as "more feminine" or lose any interests because you saw them as "more masculine?"

I can say when I went full time, I also retired from my past profession as a car mechanic. I was ready to do this anyway but I just couldn't see dealing with my hands all butchered up from this etc (can you say broken nails?) + how society views a woman car mechanic in this totally male dominated field. I always enjoyed that work and pretty much gave it up completely but can still do it if I need to. Like wrenching on my motorcycle or fixing the lawnmower etc etc.

Quote from: Ashley_C on April 19, 2012, 01:27:11 AM
Did you find any new interests on purpose because you saw them as "more feminine" or lose any interests because you saw them as "more masculine?"

Good question!

Personally there's somethings that are definitely viewed as more feminine which i've gradually adjusted to. Ive been slowly getting more into make-up and experimenting with my hair, but its slow going! Although I don't know whether this is to do with me trying more feminine pursuits or learning things that are integral to being a woman, if theres a difference.

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Quote from: Bexi on April 19, 2012, 05:59:19 PM
Good question!

Personally there's somethings that are definitely viewed as more feminine which i've gradually adjusted to. Ive been slowly getting more into make-up and experimenting with my hair, but its slow going! Although I don't know whether this is to do with me trying more feminine pursuits or learning things that are integral to being a woman, if theres a difference.

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I think being interested in makeup, clothing,fashion etc is just part of being a woman and that most MTF need to become decent at. A born female can get away with zero makeup, wearing whatever clothes etc and still "pass". I know some MTF can too but that's not me.

I think what they are talking about have people taken up knitting or crafts because they feel it's a girly thing to do. Or like I said, I have mostly given up wrenching on cars when I went full time.

Well, I haven't gotten into some activities because they were "female"; however, I did stop forcing myself not to consider some because they were female and I wasn't, and was thus not allowed to do without consequences.

My actual activities haven't changed, since I have a lot of trouble placing anything, even if I'd reallly like to do it, into my schedule, due to concentration and organisation difficulties, but since accepting myself, I did grow more interested in things such as knitting and embroiding.

I also notice I've been feeling more like having children.