You all have been very patient with me, and I truly do appreciate that. I am the crossdressing parent of a recently announced transexual son. I have been trying to be supportive (she is 22, what choice do I have), but my own worries and doubts keep getting in the way.
Can I beg your indulgence one more time? Help me understand if this material is within the TS experience, when I keep feeling like I am letting my child make a mistake.
In a recent conversation I was relating to her some of the things I have learned from this forum. It turns out that she has also been participating in a forum on Reddit. This is a very general forum with a transgender section. I think it is mainly oriented toward younger persons. (One current thread is titled "How old is too old for HRT?" and was started by a 22 year old!) So I went to Reddit to read her writings. Aside from disturbingly frequent entries about marijuana, her first transgender post was 5 months ago. Could you please take a look at it:
http://www.reddit.com/r/asktransgend...call_for_help/
It just does not seem to fit the experiences or burning desires I read about here. I should note for you that although she says "I'm not trans." here, she says that she came to that realization a month or so later.
I have more to say, but I should just let you read her own words. And as always, if I have my head up my a**, just tell me. This is too important to me to worry about a few bruises.
Liz