How would you feel if you .....

[Rayleen]

How would you feel and what would you do if you woke up in the opposite sex ?

I have been asking the question myself, and wondering how it would be mentally and how to cope living the rest of my life as female. Some of us would adapt but there would be a lot of adjustements.

As a born female, there's a lifetime of learning details which make the female person.


Younger would adapt easier , but older wouldn't maybe.


Rayleen

[phili]

Hi Rayleen,
I think I know the answer to that now. I just ignored my stereotypical male body and let myself feel perfectly feminine. It was not forced, it was more like letting it overtake me. Two things happened- first, I felt all the hassles females encounter in the world, and the desire to not be trapped in female role expectations. I'd be arguing for women's liberation! Second, I felt like myself at last. Deep peace and a much more fun sense of enjoyment of things, from clothes to conversation to seeing colors!

[Patience]

Younger would adapt easier , but older wouldn't maybe.


Rayleen

So experience counts for nothing?

I think there are too many variables involved to anticipate adaptability based on a single trait.

How one would feel depends on how bad one wants to be a biological woman. I’m quite happy being a CDer. A trans person may feel differently.

Xox,

Tina V.

[Rayleen]

So experience counts for nothing?

I think there are too many variables involved to anticipate adaptability based on a single trait.

How one would feel depends on how bad one wants to be a biological woman. I’m quite happy being a CDer. A trans person may feel differently.

Xox,

Tina V.

Tina, younger would adapt easier because of constraint in physical aspect in older.

[Tracy Irving]

To wake up one morning as a biological male but now thinking I am the opposite sex, or identifying as gender female, would certainly be a new experience. In the short term, I would do my best to continue my life with some normality.

There are some out there, even on this site, who think that way, and they have adjusted well. So, I don't see why mine would be any different.

If opposite sex was to be biological and not gender based, then please ignore the above.

[colleen ps]

How would you feel and what would you do if you woke up in the opposite sex ?

Like a Butterfly emerging from a Chrysalis.

[Alice_2014_B]

I would literally "check" everything out. Then wait for my wife freak out like no other, LOL!
:)

[GretchenM]

Presumably, the memory of being male yesterday would also be present. The first feeling would be confusion and bewilderment. Pleasure? Probably not. Grateful of having at least some experience in being "female" in terms of gender. Then I would have to show myself to my wife who would say, "Ah oh! You have a lot to learn and at 73 not a lot of time to learn it." Basically, it might be a good experience in general but terrifying with respect to the specifics. My wife might then add, "I guess I better pack my bags because I am not a lesbian. Good luck."

Makes me wonder what creatures that are capable of changing their sex do when that happens. Do they have a built in knowledge of how to reproduce whichever way they are? Does their overall behavior shift. Of course, these creatures are of the more simple varieties that are aware but, unlike us, they are not aware that they are aware, that is, conscious. Not being aware would help in this situation, but for us that consciousness might have something to do with why we primates have never evolved the ability to change sex in the middle of the night while still asleep.

[sarah_hillcrest]

This sounds like a dream come true until I considered the ramifications. Waking up with a different body?

I don't think my wife would be interested in being a lesbian, but who knows.
Would I try to dress in male drag to go to work?
Could DNA prove that I was still the same person? Could I keep my old identity? Who would I be legally?
Would I be carted off to some science lab? No got to keep it secret!

Obviously as a CD I would at least be comfortable with putting on a bra and woman's clothes but...
Could I handle the upkeep, like the hair alone....

In my mind a more interesting question is a magic potion to permanently become a female overnight, would you take it? No changing back.

My own belief is that if I was really under the influence of the PINK FOG, I would. It seems to override my logical decision making skills. LOL

the real point of a question like this I think is to consider transition and it's affect on one's life.

[Megan Nicole]

Wow, I used to dream of this happening through most of my pre teen and teenage years. Ok, I’ve had a his dream most of my life now that I think about it. Still hasn’t happened. I would adapt rather quickly. Bring it on! -Meg

[Cheryl T]

Elation would be my first response.
Then curiosity of course would kick in followed by exploration.
Then concern as I know what it would do to my spouse.

[mscaseyjane]

I don't think I'd handle it well. I very much enjoy the femminine aspects of being dressed. I admire femminine qualities that I see in women I encounter everyday. However, I find that my CD desires are a part of my male being as opposed to a female part of me wanting to be set free.

[Meghan4now]

Well, I think that it is really hard to predict. First of all, I find that people's reactions to real life situations are often different than what they say they would be. People more often than not fall into a pragmatic and ultimately safe position. This means not freaking out. Secondly, I believe that, contrary to all the hype we get about men and women's emotional and expression gender differences, we are far more similar than not. I believe that movies and shows where this happens like to highlight the differences for dramatic and comedic effect. If this were to really happen, I think that most men and women have enough of an understanding of the social cues and expectations in their respective cultures to survive.

Even if this were a shock, the fact that I am a CD, and I believe somewhere on the TG scale, I believe that I would just function. I would try to figure out why and how it happened. I would come to grips with my wife, and see how that relationship would move forward. I am not sure that I would try to reverse anything. I think I would just do what anyone should do. Learn to live a happy life.

[Patience]

Could DNA prove that I was still the same person?

Not without your Y chromosome. Women are XX, men are XY.

Xox,

Tina.

[Tracii G]

I would think its a common feeling or thought for a CD or trans person to have.
I know I wondered that years ago even had a dream about it. Don't remember how I reacted tho'.

[Jane G]

Hyperthetical question. Simply wonderful is the answer.

[rockerreds]

It would be wonderful.

[Queen Bridget]

I'd quickly make my way to town for a day of clothes shopping :daydreaming:

[Confucius]

I have a little twist on your question, and wonder how my life would be different if I was born a child today.
As a young boy I was always getting into my mom's closet. I preferred to play with girls, and had little interest in sports. I envied how girls got all the pretty things, and thought my mother would love me more if I was born a girl. However, the idea of being transwoman wasn't an option in my youth.

Over the years I got over my gender dysphoria. Today, I can say I am happier being a CDer than any other possibility. Nonetheless, with today's tolerances I could have easily been directed toward being a transwoman. I don't think that would have been the right path.

[Rayleen]

Thank you all for your point of views .

It would be living a dream for most

Nothing wrong in dreaming a little.

Rayleen

[Joyce Swindell]

Here is my thoughts...If it was so magical as to happen I would assume the magical history would also be true as well. So...I would check out my closet for attire and go to work like normal but in more fem attire. If all I had was my current wardrobe I expect I would have memory of my recent dealings with others in my job and wear what I had been wearing but go shopping after work for the fem wear. Until I figured out how everyone else viewed me prior to this morning I think that's the best approach.

If this was the only thing that changed then I would wear the same as before and test the waters, so to speak, then act accordingly. My wife has already told me she would support me if I wanted to be trans but she wouldn't be staying.

[Nikki A.]

I think I'd be able to handle the change and continue on. Hopefully as part of the magic, people would just know me as a GG not as trans (less questions). On a day to day basis I do realize there would be a big change in preparation, but I think I would be happy.

[Teresa]

Rayleen
I know this question has been asked several times.
To give an updated answer , because I'm dressing far more now to wake up in the opposite gender would hopefully mean all the baggage from my DADT years would be over .

I know this question suggests to wake up the gender we prefer doen't mean you're laying on a bed of roses , women don't have a cushy life , for some living alone is a much harder life . It also means you can't shop everyday and dress to the nines , not unless the gender change also came with a stash of money .

[LeannS]

I think it would be wonderful !! My wife on the other hand would not hope she would but??
Grandson that I watch hummm take some time but he would come around his parents I don't know how they would react.

well it hasn't happened yet so I keep on hoping

[Rayleen]

Rayleen
I know this question has been asked several times.
To give an updated answer , because I'm dressing far more now to wake up in the opposite gender would hopefully mean all the baggage from my DADT years would be over .

I know this question suggests to wake up the gender we prefer doen't mean you're laying on a bed of roses , women don't have a cushy life , for some living alone is a much harder life . It also means you can't shop everyday and dress to the nines , not unless the gender change also came with a stash of money .

Teresa, you are right about living alone, not by choice for myself, but can't shop as I please because of the lack of money.

Rayleen

[Lana Mae]

I would (will) survive! Just me on the flip side! Hugs Lana Mae

[sometimes_miss]

You mean if I woke up as a 60 year old, quite tall, homely overweight female with arthritis & thinning gray hair? I'd pretty much do everything the same as I do now, only I'd have to sit down in the bathroom. That's the only real difference that I would have in my life.

[Diane Smith]

My current wardrobe and presentation are close enough to "right down the middle" that I don't suppose it would make any immediate difference to how I would dress, act, or be perceived by others.

- Diane

[Tina B.]

Well once I got over the shock, I would have a much prettier and larger wardrobe to work with when I got out of bed. I've got a great wardrobe, I would love to get more use of. being retired, other than that, life would just go on. And if you just woke up and found yourself changed, no one could hold it against you it's not your fault!

[SaraLin]

If I didn't have to start all over and find ID, income, partner, etc, I'D BE THRILLED!

But then, I consider myself to be a bit beyond 'just' CD

[Teresa]

Rayleen
That's why I shop in charity shops , only today I bought a lovely Cragshopper cotton wrap skirt for £4.99 . The really great part was when a young boy tried to jump the queue , the SA said, " no this lady is first "( referring to me ) I let him go anyway .

[GracieRose]

I'm not sure how I'd react.
However, that certainly was a reoccurring daydream of mine when I was much younger.

[Jenny22]

As a young boy, I used to pray almost every night that God would let me wake up as a girl. I'm sure many of you did, too. Sorta fits the post.

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Rayleen :hugs:, If I woke yp as a female I would probably want to

be a F to M Crossdresser. >Orchid ..o:daydreaming:o..

[hellkat13]

I think it really depends on the situation.

If I magically woke up as me but I’ve been changed into a genetic female…

If everyone remembers me as a male I would probably try to figure how I was going to explain that. I would also try to figure out how to function legally since I would have nothing showing who I was. The clothes wouldn’t be an issue as long as I didn’t wake up a different size.

If I magically woke up as a woman I know I would probably try to figure out if I knew enough about them to try to function as them until I could figure out what happened, but it might be a mental trip to see someone’s face in the mirror.

Either one would probably still be a culture shock trying to adapt to a foreign body.

[Rollermiss]

I think my wife and daughters would be OK with it. My partner who knows. Big thing would be how the change was done, magical, chemical, etc. I think I would take the day off work and try and figure it out. I would have to contact my boss and tell him. first month would be turmoil but eventually (maybe) would settle down to normalcy.

Kelsey

[Alice B]

The first issue would be my wife,s response. I'm sure all my kids and familky that knows alice would be ok withg it. But it would mean a total change of my life, what i do, who i see and loss ofa ll my male friends. At my age it is not worth it

[sometimes_miss]

If I magically woke up as me but I’ve been changed into a genetic female….
My dyslexia kicking in. I read that as GERIATRIC female.

[phili]

My thought today would be: "Well, thank goodness that's over! I don't have to struggle about this anymore with anyone."


I used to be sure I would then turn into a tomboy, as Orchid said. But then I actually did wake up as a woman a few days ago.

It was strange- I actually felt like I was a woman, in both emotions and body feeling, and perfect certainty about it, so no thoughts about not being accepted status, and having all the normal options for a woman, and being fine with them.

I felt strangely comfortable and at peace. The world looked different to me, obviously- with the main thing being a kind of deep centeredness, which let me feel, and thus explained or embodied to me what I observe in a lot of female women- a tolerance for all sorts of minor and major negative things done by others. I felt it as a feeling of safety in knowing who I am, and being able to be sensitively observant.

I also felt no need to wear specific clothes to communicate my womanness. My world shifted to be more about what was going on around me than in me, since the 'in me' part was fine.

I lost the feeling after going to the gym and doing bicep curls and other weight training, which revived my sense of male physique and general purpose of being strong, and then a day of installing garden irrigation filled my head with my man's history.

I am trying to get back.

[Lea]

I was one those who when I was young would pray for this to happen.

Now it depends on the variables involved. I would not give up my relationship with my wife or being her husband. If that was not in the equation I think I would easily adjust.

[IleneD]

I would be entirely dangerous with a real vagina.
That stuff is going out for at test flight.

[Beverley Sims]

I would think positive and make the best of the situation.

I would certainly feel better in myself knowing I was not living a lie any more.

[abby054]

[QUOTE=Username;4257354]So experience counts for nothing?

Experience and treachery will beat youth and enthusiasm any day!

[Vikky]

I have often dreamt of this, especially when younger. I think I would thank heaven,although it would bring on lots of issues to have to address, but hey, bring it on.
Which pill do I need to take?

Vikky

[Becky Blue]

I would certainly need to go shopping as Becky's stack is very small.. it would be tough but i would be more than up for the challenge... as for my wife, well if I can wake up as a woman then I see no reason why she can't be converted to lesbianism by the same force that changed me :)

[Kiwi Primrose]

It's not something I yearn for but I wouldn't be disappointed and I'm sure I could cope and enjoy it.

[Girl]

I would love it!