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Welcome to Transgender Pulse Forums Mealaini,
Like you I knew in my preteen years that I was meant to be a girl, but didn't have any way to bring it up in the early 1960s. It was the expanding news outlets on the telly that allowed me to understand that I may not be the only person who felt this way. Wow was my mind expanded once the internet became a reasonable research tool in the 1990s.
My grown daughter (42) is nonbinary and atheist with pagan leanings. So when I came out to her she was thrilled and wanted to dress me up and show me the world. Well I think she wanted to show me to the world. My son (45) is evangelical christian and very upset with his sister for many reasons. However he's a reluctant supporter of me as transgender. I'm out to my wife and we've been married for 48 years this June, so I'm in a very late in life transition.
The other thing that has me going down an internet rabbit hole is your location. It clearly states United Kingdom with a sub flag of Illinois. I've searched the web and can't seem to locate Illinois, UK. Am I missing something?
Best wishes,
Mindy🌈🐛🏳️⚧️🦋
Thank you for sharing, @Mealaini, and welcome.
I appreciate your description of IFS and your book recommendation. I have a few close friends who are very enthusiastic about IFS and my therapist is incorporating some of those elements into my therapy.
-Timi
Leg hair. Shaving it was a surprisingly big decision. (Not as big as the beard tho) After I did it a few times, it's never really grown back. Haven't shaved them in a couple of years and you'd never know it. A daughter living with me doesn't shave hers, and she is much furrier than I ever was.
I don't exactly hate my living as a guy in the past. TBH, I was never quite there anyway. But I just dropped it. I live full time fem, and it would bother me a lot to go back to being a guy. But I don't have to appease family or an employer.
@Loreleiit always sucks getting a ticket for passing a slower vehicle. I'm guessing the police officer was some distance behind you until you performed your passing maneuver. My most costly ticket was from a similar situation, however we were heading out of town and the last straight stretch of road to pass the two slower vehicles ahead of me was still in a 35mph zone. I didn't see the officer behind me and as soon as I pulled out to pass he turned on his lights and siren. Since I was in the process of passing, I figured the next safe place to pull over was at the upcoming roadside park. He didn't accept that and wrote me up for passing two gaps, speed in excess of 15mph over, and failure to stop. He did not care to hear about any fellowship in public safety, and no professional curiosities would be honored. I did go to court plead my case and the judge, and he did see my point of continuing to pass with the intentions of pulling over safely at the roadside park. He was very familiar with the location. This allowed him to drop the failure to stop charges, but I did have to pay the full 15mph over speeding ticket. So my lesson learned was to never pass when entering or leaving a small town or village.
Hugs, and good luck in court.
Mindy🌈🐛🏳️⚧️🦋
Welcome to Transgender Pulse Forums,
I hope you find this site helpful as well as informative.
Best wishes, stay positive, and motivated.
Mindy🌈🐛🏳️⚧️🦋
Good afternoon, and welcome to Transgender Pulse Forums.
As I'm sure you noticed while looking through the forums. You're not alone in your feelings.
Best wishes, stay positive, and motivated.
Mindy🌈🐛🏳️⚧️🦋
Marriage complicates things. We think we know someone… but then we don't.
My ex supports me, but we're certainly not married. She actually took me out for dinner a couple days ago.
But if I said I didn't miss her it would be a lie. That part is still hard.
The hard truth is I had to get away from her, to have the freedom to find myself.
Maybe it won't be that way for y'all.
Kymmie, it's hard to think of her as an ally when she's still re-posting anti-trans information. On the flip side my wife is supportive of everyone else in the LGBTQIA community, and reluctantly supporting me.
Hugs,
Mindy🌈🐛🏳️⚧️🦋
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