Thank you very much, I will def check these out. Hopefully I'll have better luck.   Hugs

These work well to keep the bits in place without too much discomfort. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=menstral+panties&crid=3A0T4KFOGDZW3&sprefix=menstral+panties%2Caps%2C89&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Going to a bigger size might help. I'm wearing high cut panties every day now - threw out all my male underwear - and ended going up a size just for the abrasion issue. I think that wearing them all the time has helped me "acclimate" as well.

Currently the material is stretch cotton bikini with no tucking. I've even tried to stretch out the front to create a pouch. Unfortunately I've only had limited success with that.  I'm considering trying a bigger size..maybe that'll help. Thank you for the input

Maddee, that makes me so happy for you!   I, too, am grateful for what I've learned about myself and for how far I've come in this past 1.5 years. 

Correction: MUCH more peace than I had before.     Profound improvement.  Gratitude. Make it the best possible. 

@Sally Stone I am genuinely sorry that I haven't been able to respond to your amazing story and example. Life has just been throwing multiple challenges my way.   I live close enough to Harrisburg to have been seriously thinking about attending the conference next year. Of course, your latest discussion of living part-time gives me pause because the fits me right now. I've been tempted to reach out to the organization and start a dialogue. I have signed up for their newsletter.   Any thoughts on if/how I should proceed?

It's never wrong to teach Peace, Love, and Understanding. —Davie

•  My meditation teacher has a canker sore on her lip,     so she teaches me silence.

+ 1   To answer the question, yes, I am at peace with myself. I only reached that point a couple of years ago when I finally realized that I didn't have to hate my masculinity and push it aside, to accept and make room for my femininity.    There are many things in my life that I intensely dislike and actually resent, nothing to do with gender, but the inner glow that I constantly feel from my inner woman is strong enough to rise above all that. I feel serene as a result.

Although I like the health benefits of bicycling, I'm mostly a bicycle commuter.  The nice thing about commuting is that it gets you out there even when you don't want to do it.  And you don't have to slot a specific time for it.   I've been working from home exclusively for 12 years, so that wound up with me just not biking very much.  I was in a position where the doctor prescribed "rapid weight loss" to me back in 2011, and I decided back then that exercise might be counterproductive in those efforts contrary to what we hear so much out in the world.  So I was able to lose 60 pounds solely by calorie reduction.  I had good eating and exercise habits before I put on all that weight in my late 30's, so when the weight came off, I started feeling better and went back to those old routines.   Back in 2020, I got really frustrated at not bicycling, so I setup a schedule to bike for fun (always reminds me of the line in Back to the Future "run for fun?").  My house is basically in a valley, so it is a climb out of here.  I prefer the hills to the flat.  It's fun to get the wind in your hair and go fast a little bit.  I'm not as strong as I used to be.  I'm always able to climb out of the neighborhood, but coming up the hill on the other side on the way back from downtown is too much for me now after a long ride and I've been walking my bike up that hill.  There are not many other bicyclists around, but that hill is an intersection for bicycling traffic in this part of town and other bicyclists have been asking me if I'm OK?  I always say yes, I like walking just as much as biking!   I ended up riding 700 miles in 2020 (50 miles a week [Wed, Fri, Sun] for 4 months or so) and then 300 miles in 2021.  I sold my car 6 months ago, so I've mostly been biking for transportation this year.  It's funny how the car is a magnet to restaurants and fast food.  I did a report on my spending this year and I've only spent $12 on fast food in the last 6 months.  Here I'm going to run that report again!!   Fast Food: 2024 (Jan-May) (no car): $12.53 2023 (Jan-Dec): $1,062.72 2022 (Jan-Dec): $624.96   I was working a full time job with a lot of other obligations during 2023 and I had a Fiat EV that I was driving all over town.  I had it in 2022 as well.  I've been on two 40 mile rides this year.  One was a group ride through the rain and the other was to a doctor appointment.  40 miles is about as much as I can handle.

Hi there, @Amy Powell. Welcome aboard, by the way! 🙂   Just wondering if your sensitivity is due to the material of the panties, assuming that it might be different to what you used to wear? Also, the style of the panties? And, is it sensitivity or pain? Do you tuck?   I'm in the opposite position in that unfortunately, I don't have much feeling down there at all. I normally wear stretch cotton boyleg shorties during the day and good ol' fashioned cotton granny panties in bed at night, but I do have a selection of other stuff, including stretchy nylon panties in various styles too. 

Yes, pretty much.  I am happy with who I am.  I no longer feel the need to pretend to be anyone or to act a part, either male or female.  I am just myself.  I feel a little self-conscious if I am not presenting noticeably female, for example if I am in my grubbies out in the garden.  I always wear a hat if I am not wearing a wig, to cover my MPB.  But mostly, if I am out in public, I just wear whatever nice clothes I feel like wearing that day and go about my business.   In fact, I am so relieved at not having to act any more that, when one of the directors at the theatre asked me if I would consider being on stage, I said no way.  I realize now how stressful it was to act a part 24/7 for 62 years, and I am enjoying not acting so much that I can't imaging doing it "for fun".   I am less at peace with the direction the world is heading, and that stresses me quite a bit.

I think this is a perfect answer for me, as well. I am at peace with understanding who I am yet not fully happy with where I am in transition. 

Hi there @BobbiSkunk. Welcome aboard, by the way! 🙂   I cycle a bit, not in a group, just alone when I feel like it. My bike is a basic hybrid with straight handlebars and a 2x8 gearset. My basic 'short ride' route is along a flat shared path in a linear park which runs next to a creek, with a loop at the end around a small lake, and back again. It is a bit over 6km (4 miles) and takes me around 15-20 minutes to complete.   I sometimes go on longer rides either through town including short steep hill climbs and eventually to a path alongside the highway which then connects to the path along the creek, about 10km (6 miles) in total and taking around 45 minutes due to the hilly sections, or I head off on a gravel cross-country trail towards a neighboring town and turn around when I feel like it.     I think the important thing to consider is not to push yourself too hard! I haven't actually been on my bike for a few weeks now, preferring to go for long walks instead, but if I went for a ride tomorrow it would only be the short and easy one. I wouldn't try a strenuous ride until I was 'back in the groove'.