Hey All!

[Guest Emlyn]

Hey everyone,

I just recently discovered that my affection for cars rather than dolls and tuxes rather than dresses is not an illness, although my ultra-Christian family tells me otherwise. I came out as a lesbian at first, but I still was not content with how I lived until I accepted my masculinity. I have a hormonal imbalance, which my family blames for my being the way I am. How do I explain to my parents that it's not just my hormones, it's my identity? Any input is welcome, thanks.

Much love,

Emlyn Jayden

[MaryEllen]

Hello Emlyn Jayden,

Welcome to Laura's Playground.

MaryEllen

[Guest Elizabeth K]

Emlyn Jayden, hey

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME

I am the other way MTF and much older so I defer on your excellant question - and I know our younger FTM people will come running to greet you. We have a great site here and I think you might have some great things coming your way! So look around and post post post. We need your imput as well as your questions!

Glad to meet you

Lizzy

[Guest Zabrak]

Welcome to Laura's Playground, Emlyn Jayden.

[Guest Donna Jean]

Hello, Emlyn!

Welcome to the Playground!

Yeah, Hon.....isn't it a drag to have to go around all of the time explaining that we don't have an illness and can't be cured? We CAN be treated to better fit our gender, though!

And,what can I tell you? Parents.....well, that may be a long row to hoe or it may be silk smooth...we hardly ever know how they will react...but, rest assured you'll have to discuss this with them sooner or later, so read-read-read....there are many stories similar to yours that may give you some insight into a way to approach them....

I wish you the very best of luck, Hon....

BTW....I like cars, too!

XXOO

Donna Jean

[Sally]

Hello, Emlyn Jayden,

I like cars too, I wouldn't drive anywhere without one!

We aren't always serious here but we do take everyones questions seriously.

Come in and sit down here by the fire, I like to offer all of our new members some refreshmants and I seem to remember that young men tend to like the pizza best so have a slice or two and I'll get you a cold drink.

Parents are always aproblem, they see you as their little girl, mine still see me as there little boy and I'm 57 years old and having a very hard time getting them to accept that I've been acting the way they wanted me to for all this time and have been completly miserble.

I wish there were easy answers but life doesn't have too many of them.

There will be some young FTMs through here, it should be pretty soon when they smell the pizza.

While the food and fire are virtual you will find the warmth and caring is very real, you have met some of your new family already.

You can sit here and wait for others to come by or you can go explore, take your pizza with you, we don't mind - if anyone comes by they will leave you a note.

Welcome again to the friendliest place on Earth.

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest Emlyn]

Thanks so much everyone, I really appreciate it. I've been thinking, and I'm pretty sure I want to move out and go off to college before telling my folks. I'm pretty sure I'd get kicked out if I told them now. But I really do appreciate all the love, support, and virtual pizza. (How'd you know that's my favorite, Sally?) I'm finally starting to feel like I belong in the world, and it's fantastic!

Much love,

Emlyn Jayden

[Sally]

So glad that you feel that you belong, I felt that way too.

As for knowing that you love pizza - I'm magic!

Actually, it is pretty common among boys your age (and older).

Welcome home, Emlyn Jayde.

Love and hugs,

Sally

[Guest PatrickLee]

Welcome!!! This is one of the friendliest places on earth. (as many wonderfull people here have told u and as u have probally figured out for yourself)

Sally's right...again. We run to her when ever we smell the pizza! yum!

I understand about telling parents. I've tried telling my mother...and, well... She's very very blonde. (or in denial. I don't really know which)

They told me I had a disease when I said I was bisexual... I'm not going to try to tell them again until I move out. So, its okay. Everybody's parents were at least a bit weirded out at first. Some more so then others... But I digress.

I hope you feel as welcomed and loved as I did when I stepped through the front door. The smell of Sally's amazing pizza helped!

Cheers,

Patrick

[Guest Naomi Stardust]

welcome to the playground

hope we can help

[gennee]

Welcome to Laura's, Emlyn.

Gennee

[Guest ~Brenda~]

Hey Emlyn,

Dude, Welcome. Feels great to be recognized by your real gender doesn't it!! This place is so cool. you are going to love it here. Don't worry, you are completely safe, so relax.

Have some wings and tacos on me.

Sit and be yourself!!! Let's talk.

bernie

[Guest mia 1]

Sorry Emelyn two days late and my bad.....(stole that one)..........education is the lantern away from ignorance...........your mom and dad are believers in Christian Dogma which is fine fir them,,,but it is interfering with their quest for seeing the facts on gender dysphoria... a small thought as a family get on the computer and google gender...and then gender dysphoria..et. and follow the links and then you can all read together...from what you have said they are not denying your condition they have wrong info. about your condition...so hopefully this info on the net will help them....or maybe you can do the research alone and print out the info for them to read and study at their leisure....

Hope this helps...and welcome to our family....enjoy the Pizza.... Warm Welcome Hugs..........Mia

[Guest Jackson]

Welcome, Emlyn.

You know, my parents are Roman Catholic and I never thought I'd see the day that my mom would kind of start accepting this, but it's been almost a year and I think she's finally coming around. Now I'm not exactly young (37) but apparently I look it (19 I've been told).

We're all in this together. We'll help each other through it.

Oh yeah. I love cars too. Actually trucks. Not that I've not liked them before, I just never took the time to learn. But one of my best friends and darn near a second father has been teaching me about them. Now I've gotten to the point where I can talk and almost sound like I know what I'm talking about. So Donna Jean and I'll talk cars with you any day.

(Hint: ask me about my truck.) I think I've bored people talking about it.

[Guest Emlyn]

Oh I'd love to hear about your truck. Anyone who has heard about it a million times...well, I'm sure they won't mind one more time.

And also- FTM's out there, what are the pros and cons of taking T? I'm having an immense internal debate over taking it.