Small World!

[Sally49]

I recently attended my 30th year anniversary (as my male self,hopefuly it will be different for the 40th!).
It was ths usual reunion fare, I went to an all boys school and kept myself to myself, the room was full of fat,balding midle age men.
there were some notable absentees, unfortunately 2 had died, but the talk of the night was Steve the class bully who excelled at all sports but has since fully transitioined.
I was absolutely gobsmacked,we were not friends, but we did play football together, I didn't have the heart to say that I had plans to also become a woman!

[Veronica_Jean]

Isn't it amazing how those kinds of things happen.

I recently was explaining that I was a transitioning M2F to a guild mate on World of Warcraft to find out that she has always felt she was a boy instead of being a girl, but wa afraid to say so!

I told her (him) about this place and hopefully she/he will take advantage of all there is here.

Veronica

[Teri Jean]

Sally you missed an opportunity but then you have someone to talk with as you are both acquainted already.

Teri

[joanlynn28]

I so wanted to go to my 30th high school reunion which was a few weeks ago. I did not find out about it until two days prior to it. Having recently moved I had no way financially to attend. I attended a very large school and there are a lot of people that have passed away and just also seem to have fallen off the face of the earth. But I also am curious to see if any other of my classmates may have transitioned like myself. With a school that had almost 4000 students the odds of that existing is probable. But I have renewed some old contacts and so far those persons have been very excepting of me.

[Sally49]

I Have an update, I have managed to track down my former classmate,it wasn't difficult to find her as we still live in the same area.
She is now called Sarah and has been post -op for 5 years,she did not remember me at first as we didn't have much contact,but she thinke she remembers me from the football team.
We are hopefully going to meet up soon. we had quite a long chat on the phone,it was all a touch surreal!

[cdsteph]

A few years ago, upon returning to my home town, old friends held a wee party in my honor....

Sitting beside me was a lady named 'Cheri' who seemed familiar.....

It took me a while to realize that Cheri was my old football playing pal, Richard
who used to mash me into the turf on a daily basis.
What impressed me the most was the way that all of the old circle of friends took her new appearance in stride without so much as blinking.
I admire her courage particularily as she still works at the male dominated factory that she had worked in as a male since she was 16.
It took amazing guts to reappear at work after a sex change in that environment.

[Teri Jean]

Wow Sally, talk about a second chance, good for you and I hope you both have fun getting reaquainted.

Teri

[Sally49]

An update - I have arranged to meet Sarah this coming weekend, it should be an interesting experience!
We are just meeting for coffee and a chat. I will keep you informed.

[Melissa A.]

Good for you! That's a cool story. More friends are always a good thing.

Hugs,

Melissa:)

[Sally49]

Sarah and I did meet up last weekend, it didn't go that well unfortunately, she has made a successful transition and is happy in a relationship with a guy.
She wished me all the best,but is not in a position to help me. I suppose i'm part of her previous lifeand she wants to move on.
I said I would keep in touch,but it goes to prove that we were not friends at school and we won't be friends now

[joanlynn28]

Sally, I'm sorry that things did not go as well as you had hoped that they would. I hope that you understand that for those of us that have made our transition it is hard to be able to hold on to past friends. You must understand that it is difficult for us at least me to remain in contact with old friends and aquintances, the need to be somewhat or total stealth prevents us from maintaining old friends. The need for one's personal safety also is a major concern and that your high school friend is in a relationship puts her in a position where her partner may or may not know her status. She might be putting herself at great risk if she persude a continued friendship with you. At least you know that you were not alone at school with others that shared the same feelings as you.

[Sally2005]

Its natural that someone who has made a major life change would want to move on and forget about the past. I would tend to use them as a resource for getting hooked up with people who can help you instead of expecting a real friendship from them. Many people I knew in high school never changed much now that I think about it.