I wish I had the answer to that Anne. I really wish I did so I could understand myself better
I wish I had the answer to that Anne. I really wish I did so I could understand myself better
you wouldn't know it from this post but Anne has told us in past post that she believes she is TS, I think this is why Bree brought it up but I could be wrongOriginally Posted by Emma Leigh
Anne your asking the wrong question. As enticing as why is to ask the question you should be asking yourself is HOW!
Annie, I don't know how old you are but I bet that I have been a CD longer than you have been alive. I started when I was 6 years old and I am now approaching 80. In all that time I have never cared for the label of "tranny!" I am one because I do crossdress, but I crossdress because I like to wear feminine clothes. I dress to please myself, and I bet you do to!!
So don't worry about being a "tranny," just dress the way YOU want and be yourself!! BTW, you are a darn good looking girl!!
Stephanie
Lady on the outside, but man underneath!
Anne I just hope you are celebrating your new found trannyness <--- new word.
We'll just keep calling you Anne though.
Disclaimer normally I wouldn't wish being TS on anybody but Anne you've discovered who you are after fighting with it for a long time. You sound relieved by finding your answer.
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I read more into it because I've read more about what she's going through.
Me neither. This is not a fate I would hope for anybody. But finding yourself, regardless of who you are, is.
Who knew? ;-)
Nice post Anne, as usual. I smiled through the whole thing.
[SIZE="2"]Congratulations – you’re MORE than just a crossdresser (but I already knew that)!
PS - Don't let the bullies talk you out of it...[/SIZE]
As the saying goes, Pull on your big girl panties and to out there and just do it. Anne, I am so glad you have so distinctly found out who/what you are. Not all of us can so distinctly place our being as you have, although we are trying each and every day. I applaud your arrival. I can only hope that I will find my self and my place in all of this in the near future. I only fear that i have found myself so late in life that I will not have the benefit of time to settle in on just who I am and where I fit into this spectrum of our lives. I do so envy you if you truly have found your place. i hope that you will be able to settle, rest, and grow with some peace in your life. I have found many of your posts emotionally challenging and deeply personal to me, and this one is no different. I cannot call myself a tranny as of yet, but if I am, i will embrace it with my being, as i know i am at the least a cross dresser, what comes beyond that, I cannot say for certain, but i love who i am. and I love/respect you for showing us who you are.
Babes
He (she) who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance.
- Friedrich Nietzche -
I may never get to fly like the other girls, but I do so want to dance, so I continue to climb.
I have been reading your post as I sit cross-legged on my bed and tweeze my eyebrows. Where you are now is where many people on this board have been before and where many more will be in the future. Honestly, where you are right now scares the $}{!+ out of me...
Anna
i am what iam because thats the way god made me only i can change that
Anne get up every morning put on your bra, panties and makeup and be happy with your life
hugs
Ronda
The heck with the labels. That's not what this is about. Yeah, there are times I feel the exact same way. What, this is something like a one in twenty occurrance, and I'm one of them? Me? I look at myself all decked out in a pretty dress, with hosiery and high heels, pretty hair, jewelry, and boobs - boobs! - and I think to myself, "How extraordinary it is that I do this!" It's unbelievable! I'm one of those trannies. Me. A transvestite. A crossdresser! I'm wearing a dress!!! Sometimes I've just got to pinch myself in order to realize the reality of it all, that I am indeed one of those people you read about every now and then. I'm one of those trans persons.
Heavy sigh. But I accept it within myself. I do this. Willingly. And I like it!
Any money found in the laundry is MINE!
"This is no social crisis....this is me having fun!"
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I think another way to express the exact same thing Anne without sparking any sort of a label debate is that this thing of ours can seem so surreal at times. This is our absolute reality and as normal as it might feel to us lends to much introspection when compared to societal expectations. The things we do, all of those you describe and more, would make mere men shudder (not to mention scoff, mock, laugh, etc). But this is who we are, simple as that...and surreal as that as well.
Like a corpse deep in the earth I'm so alone, restless thoughts torment my soul, as fears they lay confirmed, but my life has always been this way - Virginia Astley, "Some Small Hope" (1986)
Sunlight falls, my wings open wide. There's a beauty here I cannot deny - David Sylvian, "Orpheus" (1987)
Beautifully expressed Anne, as you do so often, and so thought-provoking.
I share the sentiments of many who have expressed that the labels are generally useless oversimplifications that can do more harm than good, but also accept that they are often necessary for diagnosis and treatment. We are who we are, and no one fits exactly into the definition provided by another. So long as we don't take the labels too seriously, we can move forward in harmony.
Miriam
OMG!!! If you are Anne then that means I’m one too! :facepalm: I need a drink.[Or I need a counsellor?………no, scrub the councillor
]
SUZY
We are who we are. I just came to except that I love strolling around in high heels and want to be fully dressed now. What stinks is women crossdress everyday out in public. They throw on a sweatshirt, tennis shoes and a hat and they are cute. We throw on a wig, dress, makeup, hose & some killer high heels and we are the freaks to society. I was born this way. No other explanation.
You look above great Anne.
I am an Artist working in all Mediums including Sexy
Thank you all for being so brave!! You are all awesome !!!
Ther,s nothing like wearing heels it just makes you feel so good and complete!!
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Well for what it's worth,me neither.
Ah, yes! The OMG moment! There has to be one, of course. After 55 years of accepting that I was "male", within 48 hours we realized that it wasn't that simple. As Karren has said on numerous occasions, it would be some much simpler not to have this feminine part of us. Then we decided to see who Tina was by letting her "loose", and that just verified the OMG moment: We are transgendered. Tina is a t-girl. Tina is here to stay!
Great post Anne! You've said in a terrific way what all of us have felt.
I'm late to the conversation and find that all I can do is echo, Tina's comment above.
I never before knew that the '67 came with a 3 speed stick. Is it a 6-cylinder? I thought they all came with the 302 V-8. Just proves that you learn the damndest things on crossdressers forum. lol!
As I said in a number of previous replies to threads this AM, and whether its due to the time change, I believe I have had a second or third coming as a semi-true feminist as i must have the bra and the gaff on to start the day. As a tranny or as a transgenderist, I really can't quess.
Anne, as far as whiplash-inducing realizations go, being TS is not a bad thing. It's just very misunderstood. Had you realized you were a Cyberdyne Technologies creation, then I'd be worried.
Either way, I've grown rather fond of your insightfulness, humor, and writing style, and such things know no boundaries or labels.
Hug and a fistpump,
Tanya
Silk and Steel
I used to be guilty of over thinking it, but at the end of the day if you love, then do it!
I love this! And it is so true...Start living your life and don't think about so much. But if I could come out to my best friend, and my brother, and......
Love,
Michelia
"Genius is the recovery of childhood at will." Rimbaud
Anne2345:
Excellent. I should have responded much sooner to this excellent post...I was playing possum.Trying to decide which face of man I should show.
The first face is the face of love. Love for the person and the act. The book of John speaks of love for one another if you truly love God. To
embellish; he most certainly was speaking of the love between crossdressers and the love of the act of being a crossdresser. I like when you
said "when the opportunity presents itself".Imagine that opportunity presening itself, all across this board, to every member, at different times
simontaneously....like a trillion stars shining in the same direction.
The second face is the face of function. What started for me as simple curiosity (wandering into moms room, rambling in her girdle drawyer) has
become a needed compulsion.Makeup and wigs came much later but even in those early days, I started to function as a crossdresser. Learning
to hide things, learning what the underside of couch cusions were like, learning to deny, even learning the importance of lying. Growing up, the
need for privacy was paramount..So to function more effectively, I had to grow up in a hurry...I had to get my own place.Crossdressers funcion
so much better on their own.
And finally admitting.."ime a tranny".The final act of this movie has been written and the credits are rolling..Look at me now. I am no more worse for
wear.We, to the suprise of those who really love us, are actually better people, more thoughful citizens, GOOD neighbors, happier people, smiling, caring,
dog loving, child-mentoring, republican, democratic, voting, veteran, musician, painters, poets, church attending and more patriotic. More sissified than
the normal person perhaps,. Chideing those around us with lit cigarettes to not come too close to our pantyhosed legs, perhaps.But better. I too had to admit to
being a tranny and this road I have chosen (thanks r.frost) has made all the difference.....dana
I assure you, I am that goliath...so proclaimed.
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