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Hi! My name is Jenna, and I'm a 30 year old MTF. I've known my gender identity as far back as my very earliest memories (though I of course did not have terms and definitions for it). Now, I'm finally realizing my dreams and working on transitioning. I am about to hit a year on HRT, though I haven't started living full time yet (and I'll admit it scares me a bit).

I have a wonderful wife of 8 years, who, while straight, is supportive and wants to stay together. Aside from stumbling blocks, I honestly think transitioning and HRT has made our relationship better than ever. :)

I also have two fantastic daughters (13 & 6) with whom I've been out for years.

I can't particularly think of any other relevant introduction stuff at the moment.

Jenna

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Welcome Jenna :) and thanks for joining. I also know the joy of raising daughters.

Best of luck as events unfold and do post away....

Hugs

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Welcome to Laura's Jenna. Glad you stopped lurking and joined the fun.

Hugs,

Charlize

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Welcome to the Playground, Jenna, or more accurately, welcome to the part you can participate in. :) I'm so glad to hear that your family is supportive and with you on this journey. It is not as common a thing as I would like to see. I hope you do participate actively in our discussions, and take advantage of all we have here.

HUGS

Carolyn Marie

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Thank you everyone for being so welcoming!

I'm so glad to hear that your family is supportive and with you on this journey. It is not as common a thing as I would like to see.

My family certainly has times where things are a bit rocky, but overall I'm extremely fortunate. And there are certain things my wife is getting an absolute kick out of. For instance, this evening she finally realized that I'm now physically weaker than her, and years of playfully torturing her quickly came back to haunt me. :poster_oops:

Jenna

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Hi Jenna

Hello and welcome :)

It's good that you have support at home. A stable home can make all the difference (and it is nice to feel loved :) )

I find it hard to work on a relationship as well as understanding myself but when it works it feels like life is so good!

Nice to meet you

Tracy x

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Hi Jenna

Welcome to the forums.

It's a great place to express your fears, share your triumphs and ask questions.

Glad to hear about your family. It makes a huge difference.

Johnny

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Thank you all again! And Tracy, I wholeheartedly agree on the niceness of being loved. Normally I'm a fairly withdrawn person, but both my wife and therapist have been trying to encourage me to be more open and make connections within the community (I think HRT is helping in that respect too).

With that in mind, I figured I'd share a photo of me and my youngest daughter out on the deck earlier.

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Jenna

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Hello Jenna

Welcome to the playground. So glad that you decided to join us. I would take it slow and ease your spouse into being accustomed to your feminine side. Souses are accepting in the beginning but reality is really difficult because you are changing to a new gender. When you go out with a straight woman, she's going to need time getting used to other people looking at you both being as a lesbian couple.

Given time, she will adapt.. Daughters, My oldest child is my daughter. She was the first person I discussed that I was going to start transitioning. She is so supportive of me. I love that your daughters are so supportive of you. I hope to see you around the forums Kathy

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Hi, Jenna. Welcome to Lauras! Nice to see you joined. This is a wonderful site with lots of great people and advice. Look forward to hearing more about your journey. BTW: That's a lovely picture!

Hugs, :)

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I would take it slow and ease your spouse into being accustomed to your feminine side. Souses are accepting in the beginning but reality is really difficult because you are changing to a new gender. When you go out with a straight woman, she's going to need time getting used to other people looking at you both being as a lesbian couple.

I do worry about that sometimes, but she is a spitfire of a woman who has no issue at all telling random people to go f*** themselves if they get hateful with us. Luckily, I've been out to her for five or so years now, so she's fairly used to it. We've only been out in public together as two women though a couple of times. I'm still at that fairly nervous about going out stage.

Although, truth be told, with the changes HRT are causing, I don't have too much time before I won't be able to really present as male anymore (after all, pass a certain level of chest development and you've left "fat guy boobs" and headed into obviously female chest territory).

Jenna

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Welcome to Laura's Jenna.

Glad you have joined us and you will find an amazing set of people here who are so awesome and open and willing to help where they can.

Like you, I have daughters (3 of them) and 2 sons. They've all been super supportive of me, even though my oldest son (11) tells me and the other girls to stop talking about our bodies (yes, my oldest daughter and I will be enjoying puberty together). Hahaha.

Enjoy your time here and look forward to getting to know you more.

God bless

Ashley

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Guest miss kindheart

Hi Jenna,
<<< hug >>>
Welcome to Laura's Playground.
Please feel free to come over and chat sometime.
The Chat room does require another registration that is separate from from your forums one.
Please read the chat room rules before coming in, and expect a short interview with one of the chat room moderators.
One of the things that they will ask you is if you read the rules. :)
We all look forward to seeing you.
:wub: vanna

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Guest JillyDeex_53_mtf

Hi Jenna,

You are so very fortunate to have such an understanding spouse. What a beautiful photo of you and tour daughter. I can see the happiness in your eyes and your smiles! :wub:

I wish you the best and keep us posted on your progress. I hope that someday I will have that same understanding with my wife and 2 children. They're a bit older (17 and 20). I have just began my journey (on E for 6 weeks) and already feeling the changes.

Share the love in your heart :wub:

Always,

Jilly Dee

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