QuoteIf I could have a face as feminine and attractive looking as yours, but it meant growing to be 5'10" tall...I would do it without hesitation.

That's so sweet but i'm 5'11 lol would you still want to look like me? anyway -HUGS-

Quote from: DonnaTroy on May 21, 2012, 01:05:51 AM
That's so sweet but i'm 5'11 lol would you still want to look like me? anyway -HUGS-

And I never flatter, I only say things the way I see them, so what I say is genuine.

Sorry, 5'11"?   That's still not tall enough to get noticed around here, so yeah.  I like to be unique looking though, so I would rather look more like you than me, but not a twin.  The same goes for many other lucky, pretty ladies who use this site. 

Will just have to wait and see how the hrt works for me.  My Dr. (Who is trans like us) says I will turn out well, even though I feel like I'm really old now at 33.  For the short time I was on hrt 5 years ago, it was like magic.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a repeat of that.

QuoteI just wanted to add one thing in this edit:  If I could have a face as feminine and attractive looking as yours, but it meant growing to be 5'10" tall...I would do it without hesitation.

I really hope that statement still stands, it makes me happy to know i can be attractive . I don't know how you look but i wish you look your best too -HUGS-, and that's really cool having a doctor just like us. Wish i could find somebody like that, she would understand us so much better than just a regular GID.

Edit: i understand what you mean now by that, trying my best not to sound vain which i hate! you want to have the same "attractiveness and pretty of my face" not look exactly like me, same goes for me when i look at models and think "i wish i had her beauty" .

Donna,

I am 6' 2"....if you want to feel a bit shorter for once we can hang out for a day when you get here

5' 10" is surely not an unusual girl height around here, you will be perfect with all your cute-ness!!

Being tall and beautiful here will just have people suggesting you should model.

5'11" that's not bad no matter how I'm dressed at 7 foot tall I always get stared at lol.

Quote from: DonnaTroy on May 21, 2012, 01:05:51 AM
That's so sweet but i'm 5'11 lol would you still want to look like me? anyway -HUGS-

Donna, 5'11 is a very common height in America, even for women.

I'm 5'9 and half of the genetic women I know are as tall or slightly taller than me.

Not -all- of America, at the very least.

I tower above 90-95 % girls at 165 cm / 5'5, and I'm only slightly below the male average.

But yeah, I've heard that in the US, people tend to be taller than that.

The average height for a female in the US is 5'4".

But its not unusual to find girls over 5'10"

Quote from: A on May 21, 2012, 06:33:53 PM
Not -all- of America, at the very least.

I tower above 90-95 % girls at 165 cm / 5'5, and I'm only slightly below the male average.

But yeah, I've heard that in the US, people tend to be taller than that.

You tower over girls being 5'5? This is a case where the problem is them not you

Do American's Stare? I don't know as I've never been to America! 

Quote from: Kelly-087 on May 21, 2012, 05:09:04 PM
Donna, 5'11 is a very common height in America, even for women. I'm 5'9 and half of the genetic women I know are as tall or slightly taller than me.

Oh goody! I'm gonna look tiny if I go over to America!

I find Americans pretty much mind their own business compared to Latino's. Wow, can our community stare.

It's been my experience that the more you think people are going to stare at you, the more they do stare at you. The reason being that your body language becomes that of someone trying to hide something, so as not to be stared at. And that in itself looks out of place, not what the person themselves looks like.

I've lost count of the number of times I've seen tall women walking down the street, acting totally natural, oblivious to the people around them, and not given them a second glance beyond "hmm, she's pretty." And by the same token, women of 'average' height, looking like they should blend seemlessly into the background but then you notice their eyes darting around furtively, their movement hesitant, moving quickly from one place to another... and it's a case of "hang on, what is she doing? Why is she acting like that?"

That in itself draws longer than normal looks from people just out of sheer curiosity. The way people act and carry themselves is far, far more noticeable than what someone looks like. If you go about your business like you have something to shy away from, or something you feel you don't want others to pay any attention to then it can often have the opposite effect since people are going to wonder exactly what that something is.

Donna, you're extremely gorgeous. Sweetie you are. What you have to learn to do is to live your life as though other people around you don't matter. I know that's a hard thing to do. It's almost instinctive to wonder what others are thinking and seeing as you pass. But really, think of it this way. If people stare at you, it's not as though you're going to disintegrate into a little pile of ash from laser beams which come from their eyes. And if they have little better to do than stare at someone else then that doesn't mean you should spend that same amount of time feeling bad about it. You don't know them. They don't know you. And once you've passed, given a few minutes, someone else will be getting stared at. Some folks are just like that.

*big hug* You can't be responsible for what other people think about you based on a glance. You can be responsible for how much that matters to you, and how much power you're prepared to give these people over the way you live your life.

QuoteAnd by the same token, women of 'average' height, looking like they should blend seemlessly into the background but then you notice their eyes darting around furtively, their movement hesitant, moving quickly from one place to another... and it's a case of "hang on, what is she doing? Why is she acting like that?"

That is so true!!! I have noticed myself getting nervous and thinking that people were looking when they were only checking me out, and then I probably seemed strange for making eye contact with them. Haha then I noticed some of them (men) got nervous and look away quickly (the men). I'm positive this is what is going to happen to you Donna, stares of attraction, not nasty stares of intolerance you might get from some Singaporeans....I am so chicken of going to Singapore as a transwoman, not so afraid of going to SF.

I have only really had one nasty stare here in Australia. It was on a bus, and I can understand the feeling of self-consciousness and worry that comes from it. Being from a place where people do it all the time is bound to give you self-confidence issues, but I think you can look upon SF as a place to escape from all that.

I imagine American's are far more image conscious than in any other country. But I've never been to the USA , so I can't comment on the thread.