How many of you live full time??

[VickySTG]

How many of you live full time??

I am talking living 24/7 being seen as female or being read as a trany every time you step out the door.

[Kim E]

Hi Vicky ~
I've been living full time, 24/7 since October 2004. I have no male clothing, so everything I do, I do as a female. That means grocery shopping, pumping gas, going to the post office and bank, doctor's appointments etc. I've had good success blending in, but I get read on occasion, I just don't let it bother me. There were some unique problems in the beginning but I'm surprised it hasn't been all as bad as I thought it would be. I've made friends and have a good life and am very happy. I wouldn't change anything.

Kim

[Ms. Donna]

Hi Vicky,

Almost all my clothes are womens and my neck length hair usually has a more feminine look to it. It's a coin toss as to how I'll be read in any given situation. My presentation is Trans / Gender bent / whatever. I don't make any attempt to hide or disguise who I am or what I'm wearing and I make no excuses.

Just as an example, I have five years worth of old commuter rail tickets. They have boxes on them to be punched as male or female. About 90% of them are punched as female. Is that full time enough? ;)

Love & Stuff,
Donna

[VickySTG]

I am not making any judgements here just wanted to know who else is full time.

Vicky

[Ms. Donna]

I am not making any judgements here just wanted to know who else is full time.

Hi Vicky,

I didn't think you were making any judgements. I'm sorry if my tounge-in-cheek comment came off that way. My bad...

Love & Stuff,
Donna

[lydia7]

It is my sincere hope that this thread has an overwhleming response with 50, 60, 80 or even 100% responses.

[Natasha Anne]

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

I do, but then I started RLT on 1 Dec. Is that cheating :cheeky:

[Rachel_740]

How many of you live full time??

I am talking living 24/7 being seen as female or being read as a trany every time you step out the door.


I've been 24/7 for just over 12 months now. I appear to be accepted as female by most men and 'older' women. It's the girls in their teens and early twenties who (shall I say) pay most attention to me.

I am careful, however, to dress (fairly) appropriately for what I'm doing and where I'm going (if I'm not working I always wear a skirt, which sometimes limits me in what I actually do eg. I don't do any serious hill walking at the moment), and always dress appropriate to my age - you'll NEVER see me in a denim mini skirt or any other 'teenage' clothes.

Rachel

[Natasha Anne]

Hmmm! I love denim skirts, but they just above the knee, not too short!

[KatieKaboodle]

Well, I've been full time since I left the last job I had worked at as The Boy. May 12, 2002. Jeez, has it been that long?!

Katie

[eleventhdr]

Where can i go to be and do this away from here. Oh well Suzy!.

[mistunderstood]

I dress every day but I am planning to start going full time as a guy by no later than March.

[Rachel_740]

I dress every day but I am planning to start going full time as a guy by no later than March.


Hey, you're F2M then :). Great to see you mistunderstood, you're in a much lacking minority here.

Rachel

[mistunderstood]

Thank you. I read both sides and post if I see something interesting. i try to be on topic and not be ignorant.

[Gilded Graper]

My wife & I share the same clothes.

I went to the sleep (apnea) clinic as a man and the cleark entered Female into the computer and medicare refused payment.

When you're old, it's easy to pass, I've been off HRT for 8 years.

Often, I forget to deepen my voice to a man's.

[VickySTG]

Hope this comes out right.
I remember when I tried to pass as fem and was thrilled to be accepted as such.
I remember when I did not try to pass as fem and was thrilled to be accepted as such. (a big smile when no one was looking)
Now I don't try to pass as fem but I am seen as fem and am accepted as such and its just another day.
(well once in a while I still have a smile)
Like when I fill out a form and check/write male and the person over seeing the forms still refers to me as female.

When I was called by the passport office and ended up having to go down because they thought the photo was mixed up with a womans photo.

When (just this year) a guy insisted (and I mean insisted) that I take his seat while on a bus in Montreal.

Vicky

[Ms. Donna]

I remember when I did not try to pass as fem and was thrilled to be accepted as such. (a big smile when no one was looking)

Now I don't try to pass as fem but I am seen as fem and am accepted as such and its just another day. (well once in a while I still have a smile)

I have found that I get read as a woman most often when I'm not trying. It's almost as though the extra effort I made made it too obvious.

I posted in another thread (What can I get for you today, hon? (http://crossdressers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22105)) how I will be treated differently - in a good way - by men even when I know thay are not reading me as a woman: let me on or off the elevator first, hold a door for me - little things that men - as a rule - don't do for other men.

I suspect that we may be more 'full time' than we realize.

Love & Stuff,
Donna

[ladyelaine]

I'm not living full time and don't get outdoors much but am thinking a lot about it now. Even when dressed "drab" I do get read for being more feminine than not, but this doesn't happen predictably! If I have been dressed for awhile and them change for outside it might be more obvious who I feel like being.

Thanks and best wishes
ladyelaine

[TracyDeluxe]

Hi Vicky ~
I've been living full time, 24/7 since October 2004. I have no male clothing, so everything I do, I do as a female. That means grocery shopping, pumping gas, going to the post office and bank, doctor's appointments etc. I've had good success blending in, but I get read on occasion, I just don't let it bother me. There were some unique problems in the beginning but I'm surprised it hasn't been all as bad as I thought it would be. I've made friends and have a good life and am very happy. I wouldn't change anything.

Kim

I couldn't have said it better, only I would change the date to " June (?), 1993. Oh, and I don't really think of myself as a female, more a sissy, or fem man. I WISH I was a woman, but I'm not.

[Sierra Evon]

I pretty much do now I'd say about 90% of the time , I'm currently
unemployed , so I can dressup to my hearts content, but when I
gotta go out job hunting , I'm still CDish but I keep it on the down low
alot of generic stuff so I can mix into the main stream soo the I
will be able to work among the haters crowd of the work force, and
thus have a pay check to support me in my womenhood and all that
stuff...........SIERRA

[gennee]

Right now, I wear panties, bra and camis. I will be going out in public very soon. Some day I would love to live full time.

Gennee

[PennieS]

I have been married for 30 years and most of that time I have had long to medium length, or permed Womans style hair styles. Just with the longer styles and slighter build, I have many times been addressed as mam, or mistakedly been thought to be a woman, even without makeup or fem clothing. i always thought it was a kick, but my wife would sometime get upset about it. Having being blessed with a nice full head of hair and really very limited body hair has been something that has made me very easy to pass dressed up. Once when my kids were little I went to a holloween party where everyone was supposed to be dressed in costume. I went dressed as a woman in my wifes clothing and several people asked why I was not in costume for the party. When I told them I was a man they were embarressed. I wore a 2 piece dress outfit, with pantyhose, bra and my own long hair, which wa permed and almost down to my bra line in the back. My wife got upset with me and did not want me to dress up like that again for Halloween, I didn't for a few years but did it again a few years later and received a similar expierience but my hair then was only about half as long. In my 20s and 30s i often went out in full dress to shop or on trips and I do not believe I was ever read until I was in my later forties. I love looking like a woman and am currently taking steps to look more like one everyday. My wife does not know that i actually am an avid crossdresser, other then panties and the long hair, but I think she may be giving more and more attention to my feminization changes.

[Rikkicn]

I've been fill time for about two years. I've also been suprised at how easy it has been for me. I live in San Francisco and that makes it easier too. My wife Identifies as a dyke and me being trans most all our friends are queer.
I'm sure that if I were fulltime in middle class America, like say Columbus , Ohio I'm sure it would be much harder. But then moved here just for that reason.
I'd rather live in a place where there is a large community, support and laws that protect us and make our lives easier.
It's not illegal for a trans woman to use the womens rest roomas an example. The city of San Francisco employees's health coverage pays for SRS and hormones

[TracyDeluxe]

I have found that I get read as a woman most often when I'm not trying. It's almost as though the extra effort I made made it too obvious.




Funny (not haha, strange), that is my experience also. Until a week ago, I drove a semi for a living, and sometimes, often in fact, I didn't have the time/energy/facilities to try and make myself look my best, it was just hard enough to get the job done. And I got read more often, it seemed, when I did have the time to "pretty" myself. I've been living as a woman since '93, so it's not like I don't have the "real woman" look down, but there does seem to be something about the "screw it, this is me" attitude that works! :)

[CaptLex]

I don't usually try to pass 'cause I figure it's pointless, but this past weekend I went out bar-hopping to a couple of gay and lesbian bars and gave it a shot. I put on a new suit and tie, didn't shave my natural facial hair (yes, I really have some), styled my hair in a male fashion, put on male cologne, no makeup, no jewelry (except for a plain band on my finger), and even tried to wear a binder. :eek:

Well, I didn't fool anybody. I was definitely "made" the moment I opened my mouth, but even before that I got a couple of looks where people were trying to figure me out and then I could see that they did. Of course, there was no mistaking it when I was called "miss" or referred to as "her". Didn't matter too much, though. I still had a nice time. People were very friendly and a couple of the gorgeous gay guys even bought me drinks, kissed my hand and put their arms around me. What more can a gay man in a straight woman's body hope for? :cheeky:

I'm not discouraged yet, though. One of these days I may get it right. ;)

[Maria D]

Nah, don't be upset, I get 'sir'd' a lot, and I've been full time 3 weeks. Got a little to do with my facial hair on my top lip and a lot to do with my voice. Not a terribly deep one, but as feminine as a tree. Of course, a lot of the people I see every day (train passengers, conductors, homeless guy, co-workers etc) saw me as a man before, so they already know. I'm not bothered by that. I agree with Tracy's attitude, I'm me whether you see a man or a woman.
No such thing as getting it right, it's just dependent on what people see.

Apart from the female pronouns it sounds like you were treated excellently, and had a good time. That's great, I hope it's a confidence booster for you.

Although I used to do the male gender role thing, I can't think of anything to really help you 'be more male'. The only thing I can think of is walking like a big man, which I used to do despite being 5 "5'. Mannerisms help a lot I think, I was a small dainty man, but no one suspected for a minute that I was anything other than a man. I wish I could help more, that's not much use, sorry.

BTW, I hope the binder didn't hurt.
Take care :)

[ToyGirl]

I remember going to the computer store to get some hard drives , fitted shirt , white belt , bootleg hipsters . *boring lol* was allways teens and young people in the shop so i was kind of nervous , though im a great geek. I talked to the kid in my male voice , i really couldnt be bothered trying to pass. I just wanted my hard drives. I talked to the kid about games and the internet for like an hour though, introduced myself as my male name. Went back a few days later when my drives arrived , payed for them and had a chat. When i was installing them i looked at the reciept.

"Item 2 x wd raptors customer : Danielle"

Im still in transition but i never attempt to pass as a boy and havnt had male clothes for years. so im gonna say 100%

[geegee2]

because of my job, I teach truck driving, I cant dress fully but after work and on weekends I am totally GeeGee. I go every where dressed fully. 38cs and all:D :D love hugs and kisses GeeGee2

[Denise01]

I would love to be able to go full time, but because of my job, etc, i can't

I do become Denise as often as I can, and when i go out shopping, if possible shop as Denise.
Went out yesterday, had a great time, and never had one adverse reaction including when in the restaruant out for dinner

Denise

[Stephanie Marie]

http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/C:\Documents and Settings\steve\My Documents\My Pictures\New Folder\[email protected] work full time 40 hrs a week but as soon as I get home I shower and dress and have a few friends that I go to or they visit me. Atleast 50% now but growing a little more everyday :). Stephie

[RikkiOfLA]

I've been full time for the past eight years and I love it.

I've worked my last two jobs as an openly transgendered woman. That took a bit of planning, to be sure. But definitely worth it.

I consider myself a transgenderist or full time crossdresser but I don't have any interest in transitioning further.

Rikki

[CharlaineCadence]

I am basicly fulltime except for work at the moment. but soon I will be switching jobs to a job that accepts me as a woman. Have filled out a few applications and have had nothing but wounderfull treatment. My bigest problems so far have been my neibors who one is totale upset at my change, to the point of vowing physical harm. Police take notice grin. I love how people who are lacking in knowledge are so evil and dumb. I'm accully not at all worried about him or his wife because in time they wil come to realize that I am just being myself and if they cant deal with it oh well. I'm happy.
I am in transition into a new theripast and will soon be back on hormones. I have decided that for me going full time is the best thing for me weather or not people accept it i dont care i'm going to be me.
On a lighter note I went shopping with a gg girlfriend and her husband yesterday and had a wounderfull time. We tried on shoes and dresses and I even found a few pairs i'm picking up tuesday. Pluse an new work outfit. I could not beleave the way I was accepted by the workers and people in general. With only one bad experece the whole night. and that was rectified buy the people working at the store I was in and some of the other custumers. I was even apporched by a woman who had worked with transgendered peoples for a lone time who asked how far along I was in my transition. And other women just talking about shoes with me with out even batting an eye. I was made to feel wounderfull. I even as I headed to the mens side of the dressing ared was rederected to the womens side by the maniger of the store(Target) and told that I was heading to the wrong side. I even relield yself anf wass told the I was a wommen at heart and beleaved myself as a woman then i am a woman. What a night. made me feel so good. pluse Just shopping with my friends and being picked on not because of anything bad but because we share some of the same tastes in clothes. and bout being a normale sized women 14-18 depending we both where complaine when we found beautiful dresses that where ment for a size 1 or 2 in our section. It was just wounderful. She ( My girlfriend ) was even picking on me when we wher on the sales racks and I couldnt find all but one thing that might fit and it was no way in gods name ment for a 44c woman. Later that night when we got back to her place she admitted that she liked me alot better this way because she now understood me better. I feel as though it brought me closer to my best friends. I'm so happy.

[Clare]

As for clothing/makeup? No, not yet, and probably not for another year or two (have other personal issues to deal with in the interim).

As for my name? Well, i've been seriously considering changing my natural name to my femme Christian names (Clare & Bethany) whilst keeping my Family Surname for about a month now. Again, the same personal issues noted above have stopped me thus far.

[Adam]

im male mode 24/7 coz i dont own any female stuff and i never leave the house without my binder vest lol and if i go out of my home town where everyone nows me to shop i get some sirs :) but not many because i have a very female face :sad:

[Nigella]

How many of you live full time??

I am talking living 24/7 being seen as female or being read as a trany every time you step out the door.

I live full time otherwise I would be :gn:

I have been 24/7 since last January, and even Sandra has said she wishes we had done it sooner.

Not one item of male clothing left, kept it all for six months, but it just gathered dust on top of the wardrobe, so off it went to the local charity shop.

Our neighbours just accepted it no nastyness at all, a few "awkward" people at work, and the general public, for the most part just ignore me cos they have their own lives to lead.

[danadoll]

Yes I'm Dana 24/7 an lov every minute of it :cheer:

[Ebonee_Tgirl]

For me it was live full-time or live miserable. I am 20 and started living full-time a little over 3 years ago, shortly after finishing high school. I don't want to sound like I'm boasting cos I'm not, but for me the part of being public wasn't a big issue as I have always been very fem looking and had been going out dressed since 14 and passing almost all the time. Also I cheated and got me some nice breasts lol. And interestingly, the few times I was seen through the people either smiled, or made a pass. There are ALOT more people interested in tgirls than I think we know!

I found the harder part was being open and honest with those closest to me. I pretty much broke my Mum's heart, she is finally coming around but it's been a struggle. I lost some friends, kept a few and of course made several new ones. I don't know if I'm being clear here, what I'm trying to say is that physically, living full-time has been pretty easy and rewarding. But the impact on those close to me has been severe and so for me too as I hate hurting people. So if you are considering living 24/7, and really if you are you probably really NEED to for your own sanity, my advice is try to prepare the people around you and do what you can to help them understand your needs, and also that despite the outward changes, you are the SAME wonderful person they love and respect. Wow that was a long sentence lol.

[~Dee~]

im counting down the days.
:happy:
ive told my friends and school that i wont start living fulltime until the start of next year .. or possibly the end of this one. (im hoping all will be ready for new years eve, that would be a nice celebration to restart)

this gives me time to sort out troubles, concerns and make sure that people can have time to adjust to the change.
i still get to wear some pretty girly stuff when i go out to places, but i try not to wear anything too openly feminine, even though that can really bug me at times :p
its kind of hard, cause i threw away most of my boy clothes, so its made my choice rather limited, but oh well its not for long.

i still get to be myself when im home or at work or visiting with my parents.
but my friends and school is a bit of a different matter. besides, it gives me time to prepare myself too - not for the wanting.. but for things like facial hair removal and waiting for the hormones to kick in, things like that.
i know .. i know .. im vain.

all i know is that thats going to be one heck of a good new years eve party we go to... quite possibly a rather uncomfortable one for certain people too ..
:D
D.

[danadoll]

count me in !

[AngelAshley]

24/7 since November :)


My bigest problems so far have been my neibors who one is totale upset at my change
Hold a TS party on your front lawn :)

[VickySTG]

Wow yesterday was the best.
My hair was highlighted about 3weeks ago. (Just to make what happened understood) I have not shaved for 5 days because there is an event coming and I plan on waxing what is left of my facial hair.
I went fishing yesterday. Now not this polite fishing with fishing poles. More like commercial fishing with hand lines.
We deep sea fish with hand lines because we can get the fish in the boat faster. We are fishing for meat not fun.
Any way coming back we haul the boat onto a trailer. I did most of the work on the trailer wench (not easy at all). Any way here I am with my hat sun glasses and orange fishing gloves on, covered in dolphin blood (as in green dolphin Mahi mahi). These 2 girls (about 12 14) walk up to me and ask if I was a man or a woman. I said human one of the girls repeated as the walked off and they started 1 said I told man you can hear the voice and the other said woman. So as I came around the boat I pull of 1 of my gloves and said to the girls see now you can decide. I have a purple frosted nail polish on sport length acrylic nails. I fished all day and my 2 brothers in laws said nothing about my nails guess they are used to me now. I have been living full time now so long I forget.

[LucyP]

I have been 24/7 for 3 weeks. Every one at work is fully accepting about it, and I can honestly say i have never experienced a problem from anyone I have met.