What if I can't transition or fail passing?

[Lori Dee ✅]

To paraphrase, you can't be a mechanic if you're a woman. It just made my day!

My ex-wife is a mechanic. She worked for Motorola for many years, then they closed the plant. That qualified her for retraining. So she went to college and got a degree in Automotive Engineering. Before she graduated, she was offered a job at a manufacturing company. They make insulated tanker trucks, like for hauling hot liquids. She makes the tanks. Makes good money at it and loves her work. One of the welders that she works with is a woman. The rest of their crew are guys. They all get along and work well as a team.

Never say never.
😁

[NancyDrew1930]

I think the other thing you have to remember is that physical changes take years.  There are charts that give outlines for each thing that will change on HRT, however I'm just finding recently that when it comes to things like breasts, while I did have growth in the first 6 months to a year, their growth did seem to stop, however now that I'm at the 3.5 year mark (and I haven't had a BA), they seem to be growing again.  So some changes will take longer than advertised and you are basically going through your adolescence again where you might've had a growth spurt when you were 8 but then nothing really happened until you were 12 when you went through another growth spurt. 

So you will pass.  And we all have insecurities because we are transitioning. 

[Charlotte_Ringwood]

Gotta say, guy mode clothes don't last so long either! I've spent the last 20 years as a truck and heavy equipment mechanic. So, yeah, absolutely. Funny story, not long after coming out to Amy, she asked what I was going to do for a job. To paraphrase, you can't be a mechanic if you're a woman. It just made my day!

Oh dear lol! This has made my day. So I assume you became a nurse or midwife then 😆