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Hi all -

I've been seeing a GT and am finally starting to be myslf. I've waited 40 years in frustration before I finally sought out a GT and I'm glad I did!

Kayleigh :)

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Hello Kayliegh,

Welcome to Lauras's Playground. Hopefully, we can help ease your frustration. Come on in, look around and ask questions. I'm sure you have a ton of them. :)

MaryEllen :)

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Guest Donna Jean
Hi all -

I've been seeing a GT and am finally starting to be myslf. I've waited 40 years in frustration before I finally sought out a GT and I'm glad I did!

Kayleigh :)

Hello, Kayleigh!

Welcome to the Playground!

Oh my....I can see right off that you are one smart girl....Seeing gender therapist is a major step and the very best thing to sort out your feelings and find where you are in the big picture!

So, I'm sure that you'll have plenty of questions and want to participate in the forums...

I have already heated up the coco for another new person, so hold your cup over here...And here is some really awesome cookies ....Sally makes the very best cookies that you'll ever eat!

Come on in and look around...it's your new home, Sweetheart!

Nice to have you!

HUGGS!

Donna Jean

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Welcome to the forums.

So good to have you here and to see that you are starting things out the right way.

We are all here to support each other, share experiences, ask questions, learn, make friends and have a good time.

Good to have a new sister.

Love ya,

Sally

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It is a relief to find a gender therapist and remember tell all they are not paid to be your friend but your helper in these tough times.......and guide you through the darkness.

Great step and remember be honest..tell the g.t. things that would are in the dark recesses of your mind.........and the light will shine on you,,and btw welcome to the forum....Mia

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Guest ~Brenda~

Welcome Kayleigh!!!!

Welcome hon to Laura's. You are going to find that we all share so much in common. You do have many friends here!!

Post hon!!! Post to the forums!!!

HUGS

Brenda

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Hi all -

I've been seeing a GT and am finally starting to be myslf. I've waited 40 years in frustration before I finally sought out a GT and I'm glad I did!

Kayleigh :)

Wow, Kayliegh, I'm exhausted reading through your post. You're quite a talker! Lol

Seriously, Hon, welcome to Laura's. This is a great place to learn everything you need to make things easier,

find support and ask all the questions you want. Like my sisters have said, you're on the right path with

your G.T. Great first step.

I wish you all the happiness in the world on your journey. We'll be walking it side by side.

Carolyn Marie

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Guest Erica A

Hi Kayleigh,

I know exactly how you feel. I waited 50 years before finally making the decision to be myself. Since then I have never been happier in my life and a gender therapist can be extremely helpful in sorting out your thought and feelings. There's no better feeling than just being yourself. You many encounter a few bumps along the way, but they'll be well worth it!

Welcome to Laura's Playground. I'm a new member here myself and have been warmly welcomed by all the other members.

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Welcome to Laura's Kayleigh, i am a bit older and started my transition last year at the age of 56, and these last 15 months have been the happiest i have been out of the last 56 years, free to finally be me, i will not say it has not been a struggle at times but that is why we are all here, to give support to each other.

The G.T. is the way to go, if you have the right chemistry between you and the G.T. it will feel like you are talking to a good friend not a gatekeeper, that is how my relationship is with mine.

HUGS!

Paula

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Guest AllisonD

Hi Kayleigh

so nice to see another girl from Connecticut here!

I think we are underrepresented with Brenda and me seeming to carry the ball for the entire state of Connecticut.

so double welcome from me.

Allison

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Guest Kayliegh

:) Thanks to all my new sisters!

I know I'm not alone, and even though I've been to a number of sites such as Laura's, I never had the courage to join.

That being said, now I'm here and I know I'm in the company of soon-to-be friends who'll make my transition that much easier!

Higs to all! Kayleigh

(BTW - I don't know if we can ask this, but are you CT girls in the Hartford area?)

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Guest Amanda joan

Hi Kayleigh,

I am new also. These ladies here are the best friends a girl could ask for. They will give you great advice and get you thinking about all kinds of good stuff. I am 43 and I am so happy to be out of the box I had pushed myself into for so many years.

Enough about me! Kick back relax and enjoy your new home.

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