Have your other tastes changed, too?

[Chrissycd]

Since I finally accepted my true self, my wardrobe has grown incredibly, but I find now that much more is changing as well. For instance, my master bedroom, from the drapes (sheer lavendar) to the wall art (watercolors) have changed with me. I value things differently now. I have less interest in things past. I'd much rather watch ice skating than brutish sports like football. I'd rather listen to classical music than rock. I just seem to see so many feminine things as naturally pleasurable now that I thought it might be an interesting topic for us.
Are some of you girls experiencing similar changes? I think these feeling have always been there, but they were always suppressed. Thoughts???
Chrissy

[Tristen Cox]

Hmm my tastes in food has only changed slightly due to me watching my figure more these days. Music? Well I have taken to dance and soft easy listening more but really these aren't changes but just exploring more of what was already present under the surface. I don't go for playing sports that are amnly anymore, they've lost their appeal. Even to some extent cars which have been a passion have become something I don't think much about anymore. Some things around the house I've changed but all in all not too much. It's just letting myself 'be' more than I have previously been able to express(if that makes sense).



Love
Tristen

[Danielle1960]

I guess the answer would be yes. Although I liked the big manly things I really didn't find them all that great. Hunting, sports, and other stuff. Since I've realized and discovered more of who I am, I have become comfortable with the more femme things.

I guess I'm a real woman. Remember the comercial I can bring in the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and when the day is over I can turn on my man? Ok turn on my woman!!

Lovin it all :)

[Princess_Anasia]

I have more shoes now than I would ever know what to do with,I went from listening to Insane clown posse to prince and the dresden dolls, walking with a pimp limp(lol) to standing and walking proper , talking in a deep street voice to to an uncanny female voice

[Helana]

I dont think of it changing me, rather I am returning back to my original complete self, its about getting back the part of me that I had discarded and throwing out the bits which society told me I had to like, and I tried hard to, but in truth I am not interested in them.

Things which are now different

I like color - any color, bright and cheerful, not the drab greys, blacks and blues.
I like flowers - almost a taboo for men but what looks and smells better than flowers.
I like romantic movies, and ....gulp....I like to cry over romantic movies. Previously I was like Mr Spock - all logic and no emotion.
I love dancing, something that was a personal taboo of mine before
I love talking and gossiping - again another personal taboo of mine. Previously I was like the old Clint Eastwood Westerns - the man with no name who said very little :D
Here's a good one - I look people in the eye when I am talking to them so that I can read their emotions.

I dont appreciate rough sports anymore, I don't think war should be glorified, I don't like getting drunk, I dont like laughing at jokes with racial/bigoted/sexist overtones and I hate listening to men boast about their sexual performance or the number of girls they have laid, or how she was begging for it etc :rolleyes:

Thats just a few off the top of my head! :)

[angieSP]

I enjoy going shopping with my wife more,and I don't mind holding her purse while she trys on clothes.

[Chrissycd]

yes, I love them dearly, and gardening. It's like taking care of a hundred little friends who all need me. That is also why I love my puppy and kitty so much. Thank you for such thoughtful (and joyful) responses, girls. Keep 'em coming!
:)
Chrissy

[Tracie Lynn]

Hello Girlfriends, yes my tastes have changed in many areas, I have more indoor plants doilys and lace table runners have found their way into my dining room a few more nick nacks here and their softer colors through the house I watch more movies of the heart and less shootem upmovies than I used to and I love to watch Ice Skateing and gymnastics more than any other sporttheese are just some of the changes that have taken place in my home and I am sure I am not finished yet.
Love & Hugs Tracie Lynn

[Holly]

Yes I do think that I am changing in other ways. Scents are more important to me now. I love candles in the house! I've also toned down what I watch for movies and tend now more toward movies that talk about affairs of the heart and not about physical relationships. I cry easier (this is a good thing). I try and find value in everyone and not be in competition with them. I'm sure there's more if I give it more thought.

Hugs

[Wendy me]

have things changed ...........why yes thay have .................lets see just a bit.......
well "he" was /is ??? a outlaw biker all wild and crazy.......no rules and no strings.....
out razing hell just free and crazey nouthing fem. abought "him" the only thing "he"
ever thought abought was "his" bros and partying.......................................... ....

now our dear sweet little wendy...........she is a whole outher person ...............
she is warm careing loveing home boady...............the perfit house girl cooking and cleaning...............the wash going.................tunes playing ........danceing........
dressing and playing candles a diffrent scent every day..............just a truly fun girl
(hard to tell witch one i love right/)

sometimes it can get a lot scarey.........the feelings and thoughts that i have that are so new and so mutch a part of me now ...............i love were i am and love were i think i am going..........

for now we are working on getting things sorted out........every now and then "he" comes out and gets all out of controll................at best we can try to plsy nice to gether.....................

[Vickie-CD]

None of the above, Let me explain: I have been x-dressing since my early pre-teens. It is such a natural thing for me I really don't give it any thought. I think if I tried to self analize everything I do, it would probably drive me out of my mind(I'm not claiming I have much up there to begin with).
Love,
Vickie

[sherri]

I was never very macho anyway. Not effeminate at all in speech or appearance or mannerisms, just not typically male. Not interested in watching football all weekend, don't play poker or hunt, not blown away by guns and motorcycles and muscle cars, never fit in with the good ole boys. I'll never understand the appeal of hockey, or boxing. Keg beer is awful. So is aggression. I'm not very competitive.

Instead, I've always loved music and books, art and "deep" movies, and above all, women. I've always been organized and neat. I have no capacity at all for small talk. My career involves a great deal of creativity, design and writing. Later in life I've come to love home decorating and cooking, and I think good wine is art in a bottle. My pasta sauce may be the best on the planet. Sushi is almost too beautiful to eat, and too delicious not to. I have a serious stock of Pier 1 candles. I adore a lux hotel and the Sunday Times, brunch.

So my feminization feels like a natural progression, the next logical step, a flourishing of the whole me. I embrace and nourish personality traits that may have bothered me a little bit before. I like the color pink now. I still love women, still feel the physical attraction intensely, but I also think I understand them better than I ever have before. Likewise I look at men differently now, looking into them more than at them. I understand how coarse, clumsy and myopic they can be, and pick up very quickly on the ones who are more refined, insightful, empathetic. I touch people more often, and notice how they touch, and when they don't. Sex, or the prospect of it, is more emotional, and more complicated. Erotic photography excites me, but coarse pornography makes me queasy. Cheating and dishonesty upset me, even when it's happening to someone else.

I still like flyfishing. I like its quietness, gentleness, finesse and sudden excitement. Only now, I want to exchange my chest waders for hip waders and some cute short shorts, and I wonder if my breastforms would interfere with my casting.

[Chrissycd]

much more evenly spread than I expected. I hope more girls will jump in here to add their thoughts. It's interesting to see so many points of view on this. I'm with you, though, Sherri. You and I are very much alike this way.
Thanks for your thoughts regardless of your take on it though, girls. We are all very much alike in some ways, but individuals in others, too.
Chrissy
ps - This is my very first poll. Did I do well?

[Tristen Cox]

This is my very first poll. Did I do well?


You did just fine. And you hit upon an excellent question I think. Keep those replies coming ladies!


Love
Tristen

[Wendy me]

Chrissy
ps - This is my very first poll. Did I do well?


well girlfreind if this the first ..............please more.............very well done....
well lets see some more......................... :p

[AnnaMaria]

I don't think that I have changed that much. More open to my wife most of the time and more concerned with my looks than before but nothing that ayone would really be abnle to point to and say "that has changed".

Of course I suppose the clothing thing is a big thing in it's self. But I don't really see it that much because I have always felt that way I just didn't show it because I was trying to deny what I really felt.

huggs
anna

[ToniB]

Testing, testing. I just wrote a long post (my first) on this subject, and it got lost because I had only just joined, and my membership had probably not been confirmed by the time I posted. If this gets listed, then I know I will not be wasting my time when I re-write it.
Watch this space, but it may be a little while before I get the time while my SO is not in. She unfortunately does not approve, and I won't do anything to hurt her in any way.
See you soon, hopefully.

Toni

[Chrissycd]

You are on board. Fasten your seatbelt, please.
:)

[Melissa A.]

My guy side (which I still love very much) Still likes watching sportcenter and playing poker with the boys, That will never change.

However, Since I have accepted Melissa as a large part of me, there have been some subtle changes.

For one thing, the apartment is cleaner!

I buy more femmy and softer things for around my place, and have fallen in love with candles, Not happy unless I smell one burning.

I(and this has happened unconsciously, over time) listen to people talk more, interrupting and talking about myself far less. I feel I am much more empathetic, now.

When I drink, I now much prefer wine over beer.

I completely get the whole shopping thing, now. I love it!

I have always been athletic, in a guy sort of way, now I can feel that my movements, when not dressed , are just a little more graceful and smooth. When I am dressed, it's almost like a switch goes off- I am completely feminine in every way.

Even though I still love sports, I find myself watching them less on tv, and watching more feminine movies and series.

I still try to be active, but prefer a good aerobic workout, like riding my bike, and the only exercise I do now are sit ups, to keep my tummy in shape.
I would love to see my biceps get smaller,(not that they are huge) but since I dont do the hormone thing, I'll have to live with that.

I use alot of feminine products now, like, deodorant, bodywash, bubble bath, and body lotion.

I have gotten awesome at makeup!

Hugs,

Melissa :)

[Melissa A.]

Oh, almost forgot. I shave my entire body regularly, now, and SO much prefer being smooth to being hairy, even when not dressed!

[Sharon]

My tastes haven't really changed much at all. I've always been told my house was decorated a little effeminately, but other than that I still like playing and watching sporting events, reading the same books and magazines, watching the same television programs and movies, etc.
I still have the same mind and the same emotions, but they exist somewhere in the middle of stereotypical male and female traits.

[Chrissycd]

Again, thank you for sharing your thoughts, girls. I'm surprised how many girls feel it's only about the clothes, but that's what makes this so interesting to me.
MelissaA -- I just wanted to say that I feel the same way about having nice scents at home. And, what you said about "understanding shopping now" really hit home. I remember shopping when I was married, and thinking how boring it was to wait for my wife, but now I'd love to have those times back again. When you see it from the girl's perspective, shopping is like an adventure, and if you find a bargain, it's like finding hidden treasure!!!
:)
Chrissy
ps - one other thing you said -- finding yourself using things like bubble bath, scented lotions and women's deodorant -- I totally understand.