Traci Elizabeth
11-21-2010, 11:16 PM
In mid-September I elicited from all of you - HOW BAD DOES IT HURT TO GET YOUR EARS PIERCED.
It was obvious to many of you that I was the biggest "sissy" to walk the transgender journey to date.
After much trepidation, it has FINALLY happened! I have been so fearful of this happening, I have postponed this for well over a year and have worked myself up to such a frenzy, I never thought I would actually have the courage to do it!
But YESTERDAY, I got a wonderful surprise from my wife.
She bought me a pair of 14k gold post diamond studs that could be used as "starters" as well.
She told me, lets get dressed and go to the mall and get these put in. Normally, I would have said "NO WAY!"
But after she bought those for me, I could not say that.
My wife was even willing to go with me totally in my "normal" Traci clothes and make-up but instead, I elected to just to let my wife put my hair in a pony tail with some of my hair hanging down on the left side of my face between my ear and eye. It is so long now that it actually curls under the front of my neck like that. It actually really look cute and I had never worn it that way before but my wife thought it would be good to get my long hair away from my ears.
Then I threw on an Extra Large Old Navy sweat shirt that was left over from my "male" days, my woman's jeans and a pair of casual shoes. But no matter how hard I tried to conceal my breasts, they now are so large that I cannot hide them anymore. So with my gender perhaps a little mixed in my clothing style off we went!
So (laugh all you want, that's OK), it took all my will power to get in the car and drive with my wife to the mall. It was very obvious to my wife that I was a nervous wreck. She kept telling me, "honey quit thinking about it, it's NOT going to hurt and it will be over BEFORE you know it happened."
Well as much as I wanted those words to give me relief and calm me down, inside they did not.
OK - So here we are in the middle of the mall in front of everyone.
After giving my life history, and signing away ALL legal rights to sue them, they brought me into the booth. But before I entered, I said I want my wife with me.
I sat down in the "Chair of Death!" I grabbed my wife's hand and squeezed really tight and the woman said one, two, three...ZAP!
And OMG, it did not even hurt.
She gave me a mirror to look at the first one. And I was so happy, my eyes waled up with tears. Then she went to my right ear, I grabbed my wife's hand again and ZAP! It was done. The lady gave me the mirror again to look at both of them and all I could do was grin from ear-to-ear!
I was so happy, I just wanted to burst out and cry my heart out. The studs are so beautiful and the woman told me I had the perfect earlobes for pierced ears and that I should feel lucky.
Coincidentally, when we pulled into the mall parking lot BEFORE I got my ears pierced, I looked into the mirror and I saw a very feminine looking me even in "Drab" with very little make-up.
So I asked my wife as we were walking and holding hands into the mall. Have I really changed so much that I look like a woman now even dressed like this?
My wife, looked at me and said, "Yes, you do honey." That too made me so happy.
THEN EVEN MORE GOODS NEWS, on the way home we had to stop at the grocery store to pick up a couple of final items for our Thanksgiving meal and when we came up to the checkout counter the middle-aged cashier woman said "Hi Ladies, how are you today?"
I thought I was going to pee my pants with excitement. I nudged my wife and she leaned into my ear and yes, "yes, honey, I heard!"
Then after we paid for the items the cashier said, "Thank you Ladies!"
I cried several times last night. My wife asked me why I was crying and I said because I am so happy!
It was very symbolic to me, and a major milestone for me. And I just wanted to share these moments with you!
Oh by the way, YES! I have looked into every mirror in our home 1,000 times since yesterday.
It was obvious to many of you that I was the biggest "sissy" to walk the transgender journey to date.
After much trepidation, it has FINALLY happened! I have been so fearful of this happening, I have postponed this for well over a year and have worked myself up to such a frenzy, I never thought I would actually have the courage to do it!
But YESTERDAY, I got a wonderful surprise from my wife.
She bought me a pair of 14k gold post diamond studs that could be used as "starters" as well.
She told me, lets get dressed and go to the mall and get these put in. Normally, I would have said "NO WAY!"
But after she bought those for me, I could not say that.
My wife was even willing to go with me totally in my "normal" Traci clothes and make-up but instead, I elected to just to let my wife put my hair in a pony tail with some of my hair hanging down on the left side of my face between my ear and eye. It is so long now that it actually curls under the front of my neck like that. It actually really look cute and I had never worn it that way before but my wife thought it would be good to get my long hair away from my ears.
Then I threw on an Extra Large Old Navy sweat shirt that was left over from my "male" days, my woman's jeans and a pair of casual shoes. But no matter how hard I tried to conceal my breasts, they now are so large that I cannot hide them anymore. So with my gender perhaps a little mixed in my clothing style off we went!
So (laugh all you want, that's OK), it took all my will power to get in the car and drive with my wife to the mall. It was very obvious to my wife that I was a nervous wreck. She kept telling me, "honey quit thinking about it, it's NOT going to hurt and it will be over BEFORE you know it happened."
Well as much as I wanted those words to give me relief and calm me down, inside they did not.
OK - So here we are in the middle of the mall in front of everyone.
After giving my life history, and signing away ALL legal rights to sue them, they brought me into the booth. But before I entered, I said I want my wife with me.
I sat down in the "Chair of Death!" I grabbed my wife's hand and squeezed really tight and the woman said one, two, three...ZAP!
And OMG, it did not even hurt.
She gave me a mirror to look at the first one. And I was so happy, my eyes waled up with tears. Then she went to my right ear, I grabbed my wife's hand again and ZAP! It was done. The lady gave me the mirror again to look at both of them and all I could do was grin from ear-to-ear!
I was so happy, I just wanted to burst out and cry my heart out. The studs are so beautiful and the woman told me I had the perfect earlobes for pierced ears and that I should feel lucky.
Coincidentally, when we pulled into the mall parking lot BEFORE I got my ears pierced, I looked into the mirror and I saw a very feminine looking me even in "Drab" with very little make-up.
So I asked my wife as we were walking and holding hands into the mall. Have I really changed so much that I look like a woman now even dressed like this?
My wife, looked at me and said, "Yes, you do honey." That too made me so happy.
THEN EVEN MORE GOODS NEWS, on the way home we had to stop at the grocery store to pick up a couple of final items for our Thanksgiving meal and when we came up to the checkout counter the middle-aged cashier woman said "Hi Ladies, how are you today?"
I thought I was going to pee my pants with excitement. I nudged my wife and she leaned into my ear and yes, "yes, honey, I heard!"
Then after we paid for the items the cashier said, "Thank you Ladies!"
I cried several times last night. My wife asked me why I was crying and I said because I am so happy!
It was very symbolic to me, and a major milestone for me. And I just wanted to share these moments with you!
Oh by the way, YES! I have looked into every mirror in our home 1,000 times since yesterday.