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As it says, hello world! this is my first ever overt post as a tg person. for the record, i'm a MTF transgendered person. i have known that this is what i am since i was maybe 3 or 4 years old. anyway, so long ago that i can't be sure about the age. some of my earliest memories are of wanting to play with the other little girls but not being allowed to. this should not be surprising as the era i'm speaking of was the early 1950's. i was allowed to play with little boys, period. so, at 59, that makes me 56 years into this tortured imprisonment. as i'm sure you can guess, i've spent most of my life trying to pretend it doesn't exist. i gave up in 2000 after becoming remarkably suicidal. i've been in therapy continually since and went through 4 therapists before i found a fit. it's been a hard road since then, trying to salvage something of life. i'm not trying to actually transition, you know - srs, although I did spend a number of years living as a female when I was young; but that's another long story. i hope to get something from this site that may help me deal with the issues. my first reaction is that i'd love to read every single post, but that's not really very feasible for the short term; but i am reading, so we'll see.

anyone, nice to meet everyone!

warmly,

maggie_o

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Guest Donna Jean

Maggie, Sweetheart......

How's this...I'm 59 too......

Yep!

So, welcome to the Playground, Honey...geez, sounds a lot like my story....

Tell ya what...let me get you some nice hot coco and a big plate of Sally's cookies and we can sit a spell...you can have that big chair over there......

Now...

We moderate the site..each and every post is read and we keep the idiots out, too...We don't judge and you're free to just be yourself.....OK?

After you make 5 posts you can use the Personal Messenger and talk with anyone privately.

So, get all comfy and lets see who comes by to say "Hi!".....

BIGG HUGGS!

Donna Jean

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Guest ~Brenda~

Welcome Maggie :)

Yes, for me the final year was 2003. I know exacly what you mean. You reach a point of no return and that is it, you know who you are and you cannot go back to the way you were.

While you are reading hon, post your thoughts sweetie :)

Love

Brenda

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Guest Jean Davis

Welcome home Maggie

I hope you weren't too serious about reading every post, but if you want a challenge there's only about 116,935 posts to read. :lol:

Now that I make my joke, you can see there is a lot of information here at Laura's. :P

Please feel free to add to that number if you wish and if you can't find an answer your looking for just ask. :D

We'll be more than happy to try and help. ;)

LUV

Jean

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Welcome to the Playground, Maggie! Its very nice to meet you.

I'm one of the more senior crowd, myself (cough!) at 55, and discovered just this year that I'm TS. So I know how you feel, Hon.

Right now, its my intention to transition, although I haven't given myself a timetable.

Please do look around at any forum that interests you, as well as the chat rooms and research forums. Make yourself at home...

because you are home. :)

Carolyn Marie

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Well Hello Maggie,

I'm 58 myself and as you may have noticed, I'm the cookie baker for the forums - not sire how that actually happened but it did and it seems to fit so we like to welcome everyone with some virtual snacks, it just seems friendly and sets the tone, we are here for support and information but that doesn't have to exclude friendships and fun.

If the 116,935 + posts seems to be too daunting of a task, you could start by just reading mine - that's just over 7,286 so not so much to read! :lol:

Seriously this site can become addictive so be sure to set an alarm clock for when you need to leave or the night will slip away from you like it does so often for me.

Welcome to the family.

Love ya,

Sally

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Guest Maggie_O

ok, i can feel the acceptance and lack of judgement ... makes me want to cry, seriously. the thought of actually "being myself" is staggering. i spent most of my life thinking that would never be possible.

in any event, thank you for the cordial welcome - i make pretty good cookies myself :) - so i hope i'll like it here. i already think i do.

thank you, thank you, thank you, and hugg you right back!!!

maggie

Maggie, Sweetheart......

How's this...I'm 59 too......

Yep!

So, welcome to the Playground, Honey...geez, sounds a lot like my story....

Tell ya what...let me get you some nice hot coco and a big plate of Sally's cookies and we can sit a spell...you can have that big chair over there......

Now...

We moderate the site..each and every post is read and we keep the idiots out, too...We don't judge and you're free to just be yourself.....OK?

After you make 5 posts you can use the Personal Messenger and talk with anyone privately.

So, get all comfy and lets see who comes by to say "Hi!".....

BIGG HUGGS!

Donna Jean

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Guest Maggie_O

ya kno, i also never thought it would be possible for anyone to understand who i am. it's incredibly great to hear such as this.

thank you too!

maggie

Welcome Maggie :)

Yes, for me the final year was 2003. I know exacly what you mean. You reach a point of no return and that is it, you know who you are and you cannot go back to the way you were.

While you are reading hon, post your thoughts sweetie :)

Love

Brenda

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Guest Maggie_O

i've spent a lifetime wandering the world feeling as though no where was home. that this might finally be the place is teriffic!

thank you!

maggie

Welcome to the Playground, Maggie! Its very nice to meet you.

I'm one of the more senior crowd, myself (cough!) at 55, and discovered just this year that I'm TS. So I know how you feel, Hon.

Right now, its my intention to transition, although I haven't given myself a timetable.

Please do look around at any forum that interests you, as well as the chat rooms and research forums. Make yourself at home...

because you are home. :)

Carolyn Marie

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Guest Robin Winter
i've spent a lifetime wandering the world feeling as though no where was home. that this might finally be the place is teriffic!

thank you!

maggie

Build your home in your heart, and everywhere will be home! Then you can invite us all in for tea and cookies ^_^

This place really is fantastic, I just love everyone here.

Welcome home!

:)

*Hugs*

Shi

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Welcome and a Big Hug Maggie!!! Laura's Playground is such a wonderful, accepting place for people of all ages, but for our generation it is a special safe haven for those of us who have struggled for so many years in isolation to simply be who we are. And Hun! that is the key for all of us to just be who we are among people who understand and accept us. As you will read in the posts there is no one way about transitioning, no right or wrong way but what feels right to you. There is really no right or wrong language or terminology that applies to everyone, but again what seems to fit and have meaning for you. I suspect there are a number of wonderful cooks on this site too. Maybe we ought to have a recipe sharing thread. I have a recipe to die for from my mother for prune bread and another from my grandmother for "baba" her Polish sweet bread.

ricka

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Hehe, hi, Maggie, and welcome! You don't have to worry anymore, because the road gets easier from here! Have fun reading every single last post ever posted, and I hope you have fun here!

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Guest Donna Jean
... my first reaction is that i'd love to read every single post, but that's not really very feasible for the short term; but i am reading, so we'll see.

anyway, nice to meet everyone!

warmly,

maggie_o

Hey, Maggie.....it's just me, Donna Jean.....

Just checking back to see if you've read every, single post yet....

No rush....

Let me know when you finish......I have another stack over here--------------------->

Oh my, your eyes sure are red!

Donna Jean

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